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All That Glitters Is Not Gold

John Maddison Morton

Length
2 h 4 min
Chapters
2
Language
English
Genre
Romance
First published
1851

Fresh from the success of his phenomenally popular farce, “Box and Cox,” playwright James Madison Morton and his brother, Thomas, adapted a French script into this light-hearted romantic Victorian-era melodrama. Wealthy cotton factory owner Jasper Plum has two sons, Stephen and Frederick. One has fallen in love with honest factory worker, Martha Gibbs. The other has lost his heart to beautiful Lady Valeria. Dashing Sir Arthur Lassell also has an admiring eye on both of these young ladies. Father Jasper wants his sons to make the best match possible and not be taken in by a gold-digger who is just after the millions they will inherit. Plum distrusts the motivations of penniless Martha and is dazzled by the attentions of the nobility. However, appearances can be deceiving, or as the title states, “All that glitters is not gold!” - Summary by Kelly Taylor

Cast List:

Sir Arthur Lassell: Alan Mapstone

Jasper Plum: Algy Pug

Stephen Plum: ToddHW

Frederick Plum: Greg Giordano

Toby Twinkle: Adrian Stephens

Harris: James R. Hedrick

Servant: Rapunzelina

Lady Leatherbridge: WendyKatzHiller

Lady Valeria: Matea Bracic

Martha Gibbs: Jenn Broda

Stage Directions: Kelly S. Taylor

Chapters

From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org), the text (opens archive.org), all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org).