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| − | Said to be "adapted from the French", it was first performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on January 13, 1851, with Mrs. Stirling as "Martha Gibb". It was first played in New York Broadway Theatre, March, 1851 and later at the Bowery Theatre, 1851. It was apparently widely performed in America and the British colonies afterwards. | + | Said to be "adapted from the French", it was strangely credited to both father and son, but that is only possible if this play is an adaptation by the the son of an original verion or idea of his father's - since the first performance onluoccurred it was first performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on January 13, 1851, with Mrs. Stirling as "Martha Gibb". It was first played in New York Broadway Theatre, March, 1851 and later at the Bowery Theatre, 1851. It was apparently widely performed in America and the British colonies afterwards. |
Published as ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold]]'' by London : T.H. Lacy in 1851 and in New York by William Taylor, 1851 | Published as ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold]]'' by London : T.H. Lacy in 1851 and in New York by William Taylor, 1851 | ||
| − | Published under this title by Samuel French as well and as Dicks' Standard Plays: no.1054. Published as ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary]]'' by the School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio and by A.D. Ames, Publisher, Clyde, Ohio in 1888. There is a strange confusion in cataloguing of this latter version of the work by American libraries, for it is often listed as ''[[The Factory Girl, or, All that Glitters is not Gold]]'', even though the text says ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary]]'' on the title page, and simply ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold]]'' at the head of the text itself. | + | Published under this title by Samuel French as well and as Dicks' Standard Plays: no.1054. Published as ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary]]'' by the School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio and by A.D. Ames, Publisher, Clyde, Ohio in 1888. There is a strange confusion in cataloguing of this latter version of the work by American libraries, for it is often listed as ''[[The Factory Girl, or, All that Glitters is not Gold]]'', even though the text says ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary]]'' on the title page, and simply ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold]]'' at the head of the text itself. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 9 September 2017
All that Glitters is not Gold is a comic drama in two acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[1] and John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[2].
This piece also found as All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary, All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Factory Girl, The Factory Girl, or, All that Glitters is not Gold or simply The Factory Girl.
Not to be confused with the 17th century play All is not Gold that Glisters by Henry Chettle and Samuel Rowley or the 1863 novel The Factory Girl, or All is not Gold that Glitters, "a romance of real life", by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
Contents
The original text
Said to be "adapted from the French", it was strangely credited to both father and son, but that is only possible if this play is an adaptation by the the son of an original verion or idea of his father's - since the first performance onluoccurred it was first performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on January 13, 1851, with Mrs. Stirling as "Martha Gibb". It was first played in New York Broadway Theatre, March, 1851 and later at the Bowery Theatre, 1851. It was apparently widely performed in America and the British colonies afterwards.
Published as All that Glitters is not Gold by London : T.H. Lacy in 1851 and in New York by William Taylor, 1851 Published under this title by Samuel French as well and as Dicks' Standard Plays: no.1054. Published as All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary by the School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio and by A.D. Ames, Publisher, Clyde, Ohio in 1888. There is a strange confusion in cataloguing of this latter version of the work by American libraries, for it is often listed as The Factory Girl, or, All that Glitters is not Gold, even though the text says All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary on the title page, and simply All that Glitters is not Gold at the head of the text itself.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1851 text of All that Glitters is not Gold by Taylor, Hathitrust Digital Library[3]
Facsimile version of All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary, Hathitrust Digital Library[4]
Facsimile version of the 1851 text of All that Glitters is not Gold by Samuel French, Hathitrust Digital Library[5]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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