[1] According to one description the play was "founded on episodes in the careers of the old time bushrangers Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner and the gangs that, in the days before telegraphs and railway extension, kept parts of this colony and Victoria in a state of terrorism.
[8] Lead roles were usually played by Cole and his wife Vene Linden.
[10] Reviewing a 1908 production the Bulletin said the play "makes the blood-guilty Benjamin a sympathetic character–in a word, a Hero.
He smokes not, neither does he swear or spit... Ben’s strong points are Manliness (on Manliness Benjamin is a veritable whale) and a certain maudlin and a illogical sentimentality which keeps him in a simmering fever-heat of trouble.
"[11] Looking at the same production the Sydney Morning Herald said "The piece is full of sensational incidents and was well interpreted by the company.