The Smuggler's Daughter

The Smuggler's Daughter is a melodrama in two acts by Thomas Dibdin (Thomas John Dibdin, 1771–1841)

The original text
First performed at Astley's Amphitheatre and first published by Thomas Richardson, London, in 1831, with nine further editions being published up till 1855. A full edition, with commentary, published by J. Cumberland in 1834.

Performance history in South Africa
1847: Performed in the "Amateur Theatre" (i.e. the Garrison Theatre), Cape Town, by the 90th Light Infantry on Friday, 30th April, with John of Paris (Pocock) as afterpiece.

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