All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh

All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh is a farce in two acts by W.G.T. Moncrieff (William G. Thomas Moncrieff 1794–1857), with music by G.W. Reeve.

The original text
Written in 1811, when the author was apparently a boy of 17, and performed at the Olympic New Theatre in 1816. Published as a "farcical entertainment" by J. Phillips, London.

Performance history in South Africa
1835: Performed by the Private Amateur Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town, as afterpiece to Ivanhoe, or The Knight Templar (Scott/Farley)

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