Good For Evil

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Good for Evil
Written by F. R. C. Hopkins
Date premiered1876
Original languageEnglish

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

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. Angus & Robertson. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-207-15354-9.
  3. ↑ "THEATRE ROYAL". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 9, 709. Victoria, Australia. 28 July 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 9, 708. Victoria, Australia. 27 July 1877. p. 8. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ 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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