The Rebel Chief
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| The Rebel Chief | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Francis Belfield |
| Date premiered | December 14, 1849[1] |
| Place premiered | Queens Theatre, Melbourne |
| Original language | English |
The Rebel Chief is an 1849 Australian stage play by Francis Belfield. It was produced at a time when Australian plays were extremely rare.[2]
The play was also revived a number of times.[3][4][5]
Bells Life said "it has all the requisites of a good drama – the plot is excellent and clearly developed; tho situations are of thrilling interest; the characters naturally drawn, and tbo language is powerful without hyperbole or exaggeration."[6]
Leslie Rees later called it "a longer, multicoloured melodrama set in the reign of Charles the Second, with a comic Irishman and his biddy thrown in for good measure. The dialogue was highfalutin, to say the least. Mr Belfield gallantly attempted to breathe life into it by filling the title-role himself."[7]
The play was published in 1850.[8]