All for Gold | |
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Written by | F. R. C. Hopkins |
Based on | The Wandering Jew |
Date premiered | 1877 |
Original language | English |
All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money is a 1877 Australian stage play by F. R. C. Hopkins written for Alfred Dampier. [1] It was the first play of Australian origin to be licensed for performance in Australia. [2]
The play was an adaptation of The Wandering Jew and although Australian was set in Europe. [3] [4] This story was extensively adapted in order to provide starring roles for Dampier and his daughters Lily and Rose. [5]
The play was popular and was often revived. [6] [7] It was performed by Dampier in England in 1881. The lay was the second of five Hopkins wrote for Dampier, others being Good For Evil (1876), Only a Fool (1880), LSD (1882) and Russia As It Is (1882). [8] [9]
All for Gold | |
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Written by | F. R. C. Hopkins |
Based on | The Wandering Jew |
Date premiered | 1877 |
Original language | English |
All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money is a 1877 Australian stage play by F. R. C. Hopkins written for Alfred Dampier. [1] It was the first play of Australian origin to be licensed for performance in Australia. [2]
The play was an adaptation of The Wandering Jew and although Australian was set in Europe. [3] [4] This story was extensively adapted in order to provide starring roles for Dampier and his daughters Lily and Rose. [5]
The play was popular and was often revived. [6] [7] It was performed by Dampier in England in 1881. The lay was the second of five Hopkins wrote for Dampier, others being Good For Evil (1876), Only a Fool (1880), LSD (1882) and Russia As It Is (1882). [8] [9]