Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith is a play by W. S. Gilbert, styled "A Three-Act Drama of Puritan times". It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 11 September 1876, starring Hermann Vezin, Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Marion Terry. The play was a success, running for about 100 performances and enjoying tours and several revivals. It was popular enough to be burlesqued in a contemporary work, Dan'l Tra-Duced, Tinker, at the Strand Theatre.[1] In an 1894 revival, Nancy McIntosh played Dorothy.
The text notes that "An incident in the First Act was suggested by George Eliot's Novel Silas Marner".
- ^ Moss, Simon. "Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith" at Gilbert & Sullivan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia, c20th.com, accessed 16 November 2009