The Mogul Tale, or The Descent of the Balloon

A farce in two acts by Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821)

The original text
Satirising the scientific pretensions through a tale of a couple from Wapping, England, who go ballooning, get blown off course and land on the Seraglio of the Mogul in Constantinople

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Smoke-Alley, Dublin and published 1788

Performance history in South Africa
1828: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 9 May, as a benefit for Mrs Black, with an interlude called Reformation (Anon.) and Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter (Anon.).