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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]
All for Gold | |
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Written by | F. R. C. Hopkins |
Based on | The Wandering Jew |
Date premiered | 1877 |
Original language | English |
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]
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