The Irish Attorney

The Irish Attorney is a farce in two acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875).

Its full title is The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice in 1770

The original text
First produced at the Haymarket Theatre, 6 May, 1840 and published in London by J. Dicks, 1840?. Published in New York by Berford and Co, 1947.

South African performances
1842: Performed as The Irish Attorney by the Garrison Players in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 13 May, with Othello Travestie (Dowling) as the afterpiece. The performers included Mr Wellesley (as "Hawk") and Mr D. M'Donald (as "Pierce O'Hara"). Repeated on the 19th May apparently.

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