£SD, or One of the Crowd is a 1882 Australian play by F. R. C. Hopkins.[1] [2]
| £SD | |
|---|---|
| Written by | F. R. C. Hopkins |
| Date premiered | 1882 |
| Original language | English |
| Setting | Sydney |
The play was set in Sydney and was produced by Alfred Dampier.[3][4][5]
The play was based on the novel Mountjoie and was devised as a vehicle for Dampier. It was not as successful as other Dampier-Hoopkins collaborations. [6]
The Sydney Morning Herald said "Mr. Dampier has, for a wonder, a somewhat repellant part-that of a hard, unscrupulous man, who has risen to fortune by the suicide of a friend, whose ruin he has caused; but the power of his acting compels admiration, and is all the more manifest by reason of the evident difliculty: which anyone who plays such a part has in gaining the sympathy of an audience. "[7]
References
edit- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Daily Telegraph. No. 843. New South Wales, Australia. 21 March 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 722. New South Wales, Australia. 23 March 1882. p. 7. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 33.
- ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 720. New South Wales, Australia. 21 March 1882. p. 6. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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