Gold, or Never Too Late to Mend explained

Gold or Never Too Late to Mend
Setting:	Australian goldfields
Premiere:	7 November 1860
Place:	Royal Victoria Theare, Sydney, Australia^[1]
Orig Lang:	English

Gold or Never Too Late to Mend is a 1860 Australian stage play. It was produced at a time when local plays were relatively rare in Australia.^{[2] [3]}

The play was revived in 1873.^[4]

The Sydney Mail said "its localisms may suit an English audience, but here their absurd character is evident" and that scenes on the goldfield "shows a lamentable ignorance of the subject which the author has endeavoured to illustrate, viz., life on the gold fields."^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: List of Donations . . XLII . 6992 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 November 1860 . 12 May 2024 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Advertising . . XLII . 6994 . New South Wales, Australia . 7 November 1860 . 12 May 2024 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Lecture on Botany . . XLII . 6997 . New South Wales, Australia . 10 November 1860 . 12 May 2024 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Advertising . . LXVIII . 11,061 . New South Wales, Australia . 29 October 1873 . 12 May 2024 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: 10 November 1860 . Music and Drama . 12 May 2024 . . New South Wales, Australia . 4 . National Library of Australia . I . 19.