Five Miles Off, or The Finger Post

Five Miles Off, or The Finger Post is a comedy in three acts by Thomas John Dibdin (1771 – 1841)

The original text
First performed on July 1806 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket; with a Prologue and Epilogue by George Colman Junior. First published by Barker and Son in 1806.

Performance history in South Africa
1824: Performed in Cape Town on 7 July by the Amateur Company with Love, Law and Physic (Kenney).

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