The Great Rescue
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The Great Rescue is a 1907 Australian play by Bland Holt.[1][2]
It was one of the most successful early Australian plays and one of Holt's best known.[3][4]
The play was based on Lincoln Carter's American story Bedford's Hope.[5] It was adapted to be set in Australia and to refer to the rescue of Modesto Varischetti.[6] George Darrell also wrote a play on this called The Land of Gold.[7]
It featured considerable spectacle on stage including a train.[8]