Hands Up (Leitch play)

Hands Up is a 1893 Australian play by George Leitch.

[1][2] The play was specifically devised to be a vehicle for Mrs Keightley, the wife of a gold commissioner at Bathurst, who was robbed by Ben Hall the bushranger.

Keightley played herself[3] The Mercury said it was "especially composed and arranged for her, containing many incidents not merely probably but absolutely true.

"[4] Reviewing the production, The Mercury called it "this splendid portrayal of life in the old bushranging days.

"[5] It is not to be confused with the play Hands Up about Ned Kelly.