All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money is a 1877 Australian stage play by F. R. C. Hopkins written for Alfred Dampier.[1] It was the first play of Australian origin to be licensed for performance in Australia.[2]
The play was an adaptation of The Wandering Jew and although Australian was set in Europe.[3][4] This story was extensively adapted in order to provide starring roles for Dampier and his daughters Lily and Rose.[5]
The play was popular and was often revived.[6][7] It was performed by Dampier in England in 1881. The lay was the second of five Hopkins wrote for Dampier, others being Good For Evil (1876), Only a Fool (1880), LSD (1882) and Russia As It Is (1882). [8][9]
^"THEATRE ROYAL". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 9, 685. Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.