Oppenheim takes issue with Alec Bagot's naming of George Coppin the 'father of Australian theatre', and in so doing provides a history of early Australian…
Oppenheim discusses the authorship and origins of the play The Hiberian Father, focusing on its similarities to an earlier Irish play, The Warden of…
He haunts the books on early Australian theatre and drama His play is lost. We know its gloomy and involved plot from newspaper reports and…