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First performed on 2 October, 1852 in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1852

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 Barley-Sugar Polka by "a New Comedian from London".

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)

Facsimile version of the 1852 Lacy edition, Google E-book[2]

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: 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]]'' (Coyne), a dance by [[Miss Powell]] and ''[[Barley-Sugar Polka]]'' by "a New Comedian from London".
+: 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 ''[[Barley-Sugar Polka]]'' by "a New Comedian from London".
 : 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]])''