Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings!
Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings! is a farce in one act by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1].
Also found as Wanted, One Thousand Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings
Contents
The original text
First performed on 2 October, 1852 in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1852
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed in the Garrison Theatre, Keiskama Hoek, by 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
(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
Facsimile version of the 1852 Lacy edition, Google E-book[2]
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