The Miller's Maid

The Miller's Maid is a melodrama in two acts by John Faucit Saville (1783?–1853)

The original text
Founded on a like-named poem by Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), with the songs principally selected from his works as well, it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, London, in 1821, and printed for the author by Longman et al in the same year.

Performance history in South Africa
1830: Performed in Cape Town in English by H. Booth and local amateurs on 24 July, as an afterpiece to Pizarro, or The Death of Rolla (Von Kotzebue, credited to Sheridan).

1832: Performed on 22 September in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town, by All the World's a Stage  with The Soldier's Daughter (Cherry) and Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots! (Booth).

1837: Performed by the Private Amateur Company on 31 July 1837 in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles (Planché).

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