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- Dive into the captivating narrative of Captain Moonlite, a new musical that unveils the gripping true story of Australian bushranger Andrew 'George' Scott.
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Andrew George Scott (5 July 1842 – 20 January 1880), also known as Captain Moonlite, though also referred to as Alexander Charles Scott and Captain Moonlight, was an Irish-born New Zealand immigrant to the Colony of Victoria, a bushranger there and in the Colony of New South Wales, and an eventual and current day Australian folk figure.
In the annals of bushranging, Andrew George Scott (aka Captain Moonlite) is not as familiar a name as Ned Kelly, though arguably he was just as complex and interesting a character as well as being similarly accomplished as a horseman.
Jul 15, 2023 · The new Australian musical ‘Captain Moonlite,’ explores the real-life story of the queer Australian bushranger through his unsent letters about his actions leading up to his death and relationship with a fellow outlaw. The musical is set in a death cell in Sydney’s Darlinghurst Gaol on the eve of Andrew ‘George’ Scott’s execution.
Sep 5, 2023 · Thanks in part to historian Garry Wotherspoon’s rediscovery of the Moonlite Letters in the NSW State Archive in 2004, the story of Captain Moonlite has not only been resurrected as an iconic aspect of Australia’s bushranging history, but he is also increasingly being recognised as a definitively queer figure from a period when homosexual ...
Aug 1, 2017 · Captain Moonlite was the pseudonym of Andrew George Scott, a bushranger who led a gang of young men through the New South Wales Riverina in the late 1870s. The events of Scott’s life are often portrayed inaccurately because of the unreliable stories about his past that were circulated during his life, but recent efforts have helped to clarify ...
Mar 30, 2020 · Moonlite was surprisingly not the first film depiction of Captain Moonlite. In 1910 John Gavin directed and starred in a silent film also called Moonlite. The film was produced by Herbert Forsyth and based on a play by William Joseph Lincoln, who himself was a prolific writer and director of films.
Jan 12, 2017 · Their relationship is a fragmented story – one which, from the vantage point of the 21st century, reads like love. But like much of his life – from his overseas escapades to his age – Moonlite’s public and well-recorded grief over James’ death leaves historians divided about the cause.
