Good For Evil
| Good for Evil | |
|---|---|
| Written by | F. R. C. Hopkins |
| Date premiered | 1876 |
| Original language | English |
Good For Evil is a 1876 Australian play by F. R. C. Hopkins.[1] The play was "suggested" from a novel by Ouida.[2] [3][4]
The play made its debut in Dunedin in 1876.[5]
The play was published as Clay and Porcelain: A Drama of the Present Day (Melbourne, 1875); it was produced by Alfred Dampier in London in 1881.[6][7]
Hopkins dedicated the play to Dampier, saying "Of one thing I am positive The character of John Gladstone Smith in your hands will be safe to exhibit the many intended traits of a Mephistophelian Iago, which, no matter how much society may pretend to ignore, exists in various forms throughout the world."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "LATE MR. F. R. C. HOPKINS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 24, 506. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. Angus & Robertson. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-207-15354-9.
- ^ "THEATRE ROYAL". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 9, 709. Victoria, Australia. 28 July 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 9, 708. Victoria, Australia. 27 July 1877. p. 8. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "the Riverine Herald". The Riverine Herald. Vol. XIX, no. 3262. Victoria, Australia. 8 February 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ John Rickard, 'Hopkins, Francis Rawdon Chesney (1849–1916)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hopkins-francis-rawdon-chesney-505/text6001, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 3 May 2024.
- ^ "MUMMER MEMOIRS". Sydney Sportsman. Vol. VIII, no. 410. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. Angus & Robertson. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-207-15354-9.
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