Laugh When You Can

Laugh When You Can is a comedy in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841).

The original text
Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1799. Published by Longman in 1799. New edition, 1802

Performance history in South Africa
1817: Presented in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 14 July, with as afterpiece  The Adopted Child (Birch).

1817: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 11 October, with The Mayor of Garratt (Foote) and The Turnpike Gate (Knight)

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