What May Happen to a Man in Victoria

What May Happen to a Man in Victoria is a 1878 Australian play by E.C. Martin.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5932713 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=9,958 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 May 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Martin was a journalist who would later write a play about Ned Kelly, Ostracised.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60606811 |title=The Theatres |newspaper=The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil |volume=VI |issue=68 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 June 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}} This play was his first and was based on the real life of an Italian charcoal-burner, Biondiette, found guilty of murdering his mate who was condemned and hanged on circumstantial evidence.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143311228 |title=Entertainments |newspaper=The Australasian |volume=XXIV |issue=632 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=11 May 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Australasian said "It is a good play of the sensation order, and it has some excellent points. "{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143311528 |title=Entertainments|newspaper=The Australasian |volume=XXIV |issue=633 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 May 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Age called it "a good effective drama of its kind."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5932710 |title=Princess's Theatre |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=9,958 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 May 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Advocate called it "a good acting drama."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170439603 |title=Public Amusements |newspaper=Advocate |volume=IX |issue=487 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 May 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Leader said "the language is forcible, the interest of the action is well kept up, and does not exceed the licence accorded to the dramatist to create effects by the introduction of sensational incidents. "{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197284813 |title=Amusements|newspaper=Leader |volume=XLI |issue=1168 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 May 1878 |accessdate=5 May 2024 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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Category:1878 plays

Category:1870s Australian plays