All is not Gold that Glisters

All is not Gold that Glisters is a play by Henry Chettle (c.1564–c.1606)[1] and Samuel Rowley (fl. 17th c)[2]

Title also found as All is not Gold that Glitters and

See also All that Glitters is not Gold by Thomas Morton and J.M. Morton.

The original text

First performed in March 1600 or 1601. Not printed.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1858: A play called All is not Gold that Glitters, or The Factory Girl was performed by Sefton Parry and his company, assisted by members of the local Garrison, on 27 April in the Cape Town Theatre. According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 69) it was apparently called "a beautiful pathetic play" and ascribed to Chettle and Rowley, though the subtitle seems to suggest it was the play written in 1851 by Thomas Morton and J.M. Morton. Also performed was The Ratcatcher's Daughter; Buried Alive ().

1861: Performed as on 13 May 1861, the opening night of the newly completed Theatre Royal.

1862: Performed final performance on 11 April.

1865: Performed in Port Elizabeth on 31 July, with Mrs Clara Tellett appearing as "Martha Gibbs".

Sources

William Davenport Adams. A dictionary of the drama; a guide to the plays, play-wrights, players, and playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the earliest times to the present: page 9, Google Online Library[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 69, 73, 76, 97, 100, 112, 139.

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