Edward Geoghegan
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Edward Geoghegan (1813 – 11 January 1869) was an Irish-Australian writer and town clerk. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was a medical student when transported as a convict to Australia in 1840. He wrote a number of plays, including The Hibernian Father the first Australian written play professionally performed in Sydney.
Geoghegan died in 1869.
Plays
- The Hibernian Father (1844)
- The Currency Lass (1844)
- True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted (1845)
- Ravenswood (1843)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1844)
- The Royal Masquer (1845)
- Captain Kyd (1845)
- Lafitte the Pirate (1845)
External links
- at Ausstage
- at AustLit
- at Australian Variety