Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners, for the Gold Diggings!

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Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners, for the Gold Diggings! is a farce, in one act, by Joseph Stirling Coyne

Also found as : Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners, for the Gold Diggings, Wanted 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings or Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!!

The original text

First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 October, 1852 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1858: Performed as Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners, for the Gold Diggings in the Cape Town Theatre on 29 July by Sefton Parry and his company, supported by the "Cape Town Dramatic Club", with The Rent Day (Jerrold). The evening a benefit for Mr and Mrs Parry.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original text, Google E-book[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.70, 74

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