Edward Geoghegan
Edward Geoghegan 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
- The Currency Lass
- True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted
- Ravenswood
- The Last Days of Pompeii
- The Royal Masquer
- Captain Kyd
- ''Lafitte the Pirate''