Hunted to Death

{{Short description|1907 Australian stage play}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}

Hunted to Death, or Tales of Old Bendigo is a 1907 Australian stage play that was presented by Edward Irham Cole's Bohemian Drama Company.{{cite news |date=19 June 1907 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243289527 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |newspaper=The Herald |location=Victoria, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=9880}} The play made its world debut in Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198622904 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Age |issue=16,310 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 June 1907 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} The play then toured in Sydney.{{cite news |date=1 December 1907 |title=MUSIC AND DRAMA |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227139297 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |newspaper=The Sunday Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=244}} {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14892695 |title=THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=21,806 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 December 1907 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The drama is one dealing with life on the gold,

fields in the early days. It is suitably staged and mounted, and received a flattering reception."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14911369 |title=HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=21,807 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1907 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

When the play was revived in 1910 it was called Hunted to Death or Murder in Golden Gully.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90669255 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Bendigo Advertiser |volume=LVIII |issue=17,134 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 July 1910 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} An ad said the play was being done for the first time and "This drama is said to

be founded upon facts, and also deals with incidents in the career of the notorious Power."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227158298 |title=ROYAL PRINCESS THEATRE. |newspaper=The Bendigo Independent |issue=12,348 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 July 1910 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}