Three Years with Thunderbolt
{{Short description|1905 memoir by William Monckton}}
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| author = William Monckton
Ambrose Pratt
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| subject = Captain Thunderbolt
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| publisher = NSW Bookstall Company
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Three Years with Thunderbolt is a 1905 memoir by William Monckton concerning his time with the Australian bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. The book was edited by Ambrose Pratt.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237680658 |title=Three Years With Thunderbolt. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=8172 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 August 1905 |accessdate=28 July 2023 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Its full title was Three Years With Thunderbolt: Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police.
The book was serialised in newspapers before being published in book form.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211409460 |title=Personal Gossip |newspaper=Critic |volume=IX |issue=42 |location=South Australia |date=8 November 1905 |accessdate=1 July 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Stage adaptation
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| writer = Ambrose Pratt
A.S. Joseph
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| premiere = {{Start date|1905|10|14}}
| place = Theatre Royal, Sydney{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120494244 |title=THE THEATRICAL GAZETTE |newspaper=Referee |issue=988 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 October 1905 |accessdate=1 July 2024 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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The book was adapted in a 1905 melodrama Thunderbolt.[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C560749 Thunderbolt] at AustLit{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14716216 |title=Theatre Royal—"Thunderbolt." |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=21,095 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 October 1905 |accessdate=28 July 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139198071 |title=Dramatic Notes. |newspaper=The Australasian |volume=LXXIX |issue=2063 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 October 1905 |accessdate=28 July 2023 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The play was produced by William Anderson and the cast of the original production included Bert Bailey.
The play was very popular.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141395561 |title=STATE & SCREEN |newspaper=The Australasian |volume=CXXVII |issue=4,202 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 July 1929 |accessdate=1 July 2024 |page=19 (METROPOLITAN EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
Film adaptation
The stage version was adapted into the 1910 film Thunderbolt.
References
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External links
- [https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C559579?mainTabTemplate=workWorksRelatedTo Three Years with Thunderbolt] at AustLit
- [https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1305801h.html Complete text] at Project Gutenberg
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52861897 Complete book] at National Library Australia
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Category:Memoirs adapted into films