With the Colours

With the Colours is a 1905 Australian stage drama by Edward Irham Cole set during the Second Boer War.^[1] It became one of the key plays in Cole's repertoire.^[2][3]

With the Colours
Written by	Edward Irham Cole
Directed by	Edward Irham Cole
Date premiered	1905
Original language	English
Subject	melodrama

Crowds during the initial season were excellent.^[4] The play was revived in 1906,^[5] 1908,^[6] 1911,^[7] 1912, 1913,^[8] 1914 and 1918.^[9]

Premise

"A captain of the forty second is under sentence of death for supposed cowardice in action. He entrusts his all to the care of a brother officer, who however betrays his trust and robs the widow and orphan. A very exciting scene takes place at the end of the lirst act, where the captain is placed before a file of his own men and is just about to be shot, when the Boers attack the British camp. A hand to hand battle is fought and some very fine specimens of swordsmanship are shown, with the curtain falling on a British victory with Australians to the front."^[10]