Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy

Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy is a musical play in three acts by Daniel Terry (1780?-1829), with music by which Henry Bishop (1786–1855).

Sometimes simply referred to as Guy Mannering.

The original text
Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering or The Astrologer (1815), which was dramatised by Scott's associate Daniel Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with a musical score by Henry Bishop. Originally published by John Miller, London, in 1816. In 1860 Samuel French, New York, published an American edition of the text, with a useful short editorial introduction by "H.L.".

Performance history in South Africa
1836: Performed as Guy Mannering in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 August, with The Review (Colman Jr) as afterpiece.

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