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Work	All for Gold or, Fifty Millions of Money
Country of Origin	Australia
Date First Known	10 March 1877
Creator Contributors	F R C Hopkins
Events	Date Contributor Organisation Venue
	All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 27 March 1886 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877
	Alfred Dampier Company All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 27 March 1886 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877
	Alfred Dampier - Actor, Director All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 27 March 1886 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 F R C Hopkins - Adaptor, Playwright All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 27 March 1886 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 Eugène Sue - Playwright, Writer All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 J Caesar - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Lily Dampier - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 Rose Dampier - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 B N Jones - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 Alexander - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 Fred Appleton - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 W E Baker - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 James Bartlett - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 Alfred Boothman - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Jenny Bryce - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Edouin Bryer - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Amy Davis - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Constance Deorwyn - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 J H Deorwyn - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Laurence Foley - Lessee All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 George - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Gladstone - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Gray - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 J R Greville - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 John Hennings - Scenic Artist All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 W J Holloway - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 James - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Lawrence - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 R W Lawrence - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Kate Lester - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Harry Leston - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Eva Levy - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Phoebe Levy - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Little - Scenic Artist All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Anne Marsh - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Julia Merton - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Mildmay - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Stuart O'Brien - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Rosier - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Seagrave - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1877 Harry Sefton - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 S Shorey - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Joe Stark - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Harry Stoneham - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Tasman - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 C H Taylor - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Maude Walton - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Frank Ward - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887 Jenny Watt - Actor All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1877 Watkin Wynne - Actor All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1887
	Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW All for Gold; or Fifty Millions of Money, 15 October 1887 All for Gold, 27 March 1886 Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, 6 June 1877 Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money, 10 March 1877
Resources	Richard Fotheringham, All for Gold, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 36 All for Gold or, Fifty Millions of Money. Play in three acts by F.R.C. Hopkins from Le Juif errant, novel by Eugène Sue. premiere 10 March 1877, Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney. Cast: Mr Alexander, Mr Bartlett, Alfred Dampier, Lily Dampier, Rose Dampier, B.N. Jones, Mr Seagrave. Director: Alfred Dampier. The actor-manager Alfred Dampier launched his reputation as the major supporter of Australian dramatists when he took All for Gold into his repertoire. It was the first of five plays by F.R.C. Hopkins that he staged. Dampier had just set up his own company and was looking for starring roles for himself and his little daughters Lily and Rose. Hopkins obligingly dramatised parts of Eugène Sue’s popular 32-year-old novel about the Wandering Jew – although the Jew himself was rendered irrelevant to the plot. Dampier played Dagobert, an old soldier entrusted with taking a general’s two young daughters to Paris, where they are due to inherit a fortune if they appear at the reading of a will. Dagobert’s ‘honesty of purpose and indomitable character’ overcome the obstacles of a Mafia-like secret society, a double-dealing lion tamer and a character known only as ‘the Thug’. The play was staged with great care and remarkably fine ensemble acting, said the Sydney Mail on 17 March 1877. The acting of nine-year-old Lily Dampier was central to the initial success of the play. Dampier presented it in Australia, New Zealand and the USA in 1877 and in England in 1878. He was still dusting it off – with new child actors – as late as 1892. Article: Richard Fotheringham, All for Gold, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 36 Book: Souvenir of the Dramatic Works of Francis R. C. Hopkins, Websdale, Shoosmith Ltd., Sydney, National Library of Australia, 1910
Data Set	AusStage
Work Identifier	16039

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