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
Written byF. R. C. Hopkins
Based onThe Wandering Jew
Date premiered1877
Original languageEnglish

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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  1. ^ ""ALL FOR GOLD."". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 9, 663. Victoria, Australia. 5 June 1877. p. 7. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 16-17.
  3. ^ "THEATRE ROYAL". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 9, 685. Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ ""ALL FOR GOLD"". The South Australian Advertiser. Vol. XX, no. 5868. South Australia. 9 August 1877. p. 6. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 32.
  6. ^ ""ALL FOR GOLD" AT THE CRITERION". The Daily Telegraph. No. 6660. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ ""ALL FOR GOLD; OR, FIFTY MILLIONS OF MONEY."". The Riverine Herald. Vol. XIX, no. 3263. Victoria, Australia. 9 February 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ John Rickard, 'Hopkins, Francis Rawdon Chesney (1849–1916)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hopkins-francis-rawdon-chesney-505/text6001, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 3 May 2024.
  9. ^ "LATE MR. F. R. C. HOPKINS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 24, 506. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.