All that Glitters is not Gold
All that Glitters is not Gold is a comic drama in two acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[] and John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[].
This piece also published as All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary (e.g by the School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio)
The Factory Girl, or, All that Glitters is not Gold or simply called The Factory Girl.
Contents
The original text
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.
Published in New York by William Taylor, 1851.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1851 text by Taylor, Hathitrust Digital Library[1]
Facsimile version of All that Glitters is not Gold, or The Poor Girl's Diary, Hathitrust Digital Library[2]
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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