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| − | ''[[Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings!]]'' is a farce in one act by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne].
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| − | Also found as ''[[Wanted, One Thousand Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings]]'' or simply ''[[Wanted 1000 Milliners]]''.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | First performed on 2 October, 1852 in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1852
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1860: Performed as ''[[Wanted 1000 Milliners]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 21 and 22 May, with ''[[The Sea of Ice, or The Thirst for Gold]]'' (d'Ennery and Dugué/Robertson), a dance by [[Miss Powell]] and the ''Barley-Sugar Polka'' by "a New Comedian from London". The décor for the plays designed and painted by [[Thomas Baines]].
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| − | 1862: Performed in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Keiskama Hoek, on October 18 by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) as ''[[Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings!]]'' with a cast consisting of: [[J. M'Kechnie]] Mr Singleton, a solicitor), [[W. Allan]] (Joe Baggs, his clerk), [[J. F. Gay]] (Tom Tipton, a medical student at Guy's), [[J. Davies]] (Selina Smith), [[P. Mulrennan]] (Sophy Stokes), ******** (Charlotte Simpson), [[J. Newham]] (Caroline Jones), ******** (Bella Brown), ******** (Jemima Jukes), [[T. Smith]] (Angelica Todd). Also performed was Edward Ball's two-act melodrama, ''[[The Floating Beacon, or Norwegian Wreckers]]''. ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1852 Lacy edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Wanted_1000_Spirited_Young_Milliners_for.html?id=fUpBngAACAAJ&redir_esc=y]
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| − | ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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