Good For Evil Explained

Good for Evil
Premiere:	1876
Orig Lang:	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]

Notes and References

1. News: LATE MR. F. R. C. HOPKINS. . . 24,506 . New South Wales, Australia . 22 July 1916 . 3 May 2024 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
2. Book: Rees, Leslie. Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. 32. 1987. Angus & Robertson . 978-0-207-15354-9 .
3. News: THEATRE ROYAL. . . 9,709 . Victoria, Australia . 28 July 1877 . 3 May 2024 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Advertising . . 9,708 . Victoria, Australia . 27 July 1877 . 3 May 2024 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: the Riverine Herald . . XIX . 3262 . Victoria, Australia . 8 February 1884 . 3 May 2024 . 2 . 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. News: MUMMER MEMOIRS. . . VIII . 410 . New South Wales, Australia . 3 June 1908 . 3 May 2024 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
8. Book: Rees, Leslie. Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. 32. 1987. Angus & Robertson . 978-0-207-15354-9 .