The Inchcape Bell, or The Dumb Sailor Boy

The Inchcape Bell, or The Dumb Sailor Boy is a nautical melodrama in 4 acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873).

(Some alternative titles found include The Inchcape Bell, or The Dumb Sailor Boy of the Rocks and The Inch Cape Bell, or The Dumb Boy of the Rocks.)

The original text
Possibly inspired by Robert Southey’s poem The Inchcape Bell (1802) and largely founded on the legend of the Inch Cape Rock in Scotland. The play was performed in London on 26 May 1828 at the Surrey Theatre.

South African productions
1833: Performed as The Inch Cape Bell, or The Dumb Boy of the Rocks in Cape Town in the African Theatre by All the World's a Stage on 3 August, with a play announced as The Two Gregorys, or Where Does the Money Come From? (Dibdin) and a vaudeville act on the "slack rope" by Monsieur Dupree.

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