The Agreeable Surprise

The Agreeable Surprise is a comic opera by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833), with music by Dr. Arnold.

Also spelled The Agreable Surprise in some sources.

The original text
First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London on 3 Sept. 1781, and printed in Cumberland's British Theatre (No. 232).

Performance history in South Africa
1802: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 March, 1802, with The Prisoner at Large (O'Keeffe).

1808: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 21 May, 1808, with The West Indian (Cumberland).

1808: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 16 July, 1808, with a farce billed as The Tars of Old England, probably referring to The Reprisal,  or The Tars of Old England(Smollett).

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