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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1802: Performed as ''[[Poor Soldier]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 6 September, with ''[[Three Weeks after Marriage]]'' (Murphy). | + | 1802: Performed (as ''[[Poor Soldier]]'') in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 6 September, with ''[[Three Weeks after Marriage]]'' (Murphy). |
1818: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in conjunction with [[Mr Cooke]] on 16 May, with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer|She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night]]'' (Goldsmith). | 1818: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in conjunction with [[Mr Cooke]] on 16 May, with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer|She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night]]'' (Goldsmith). | ||
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1824: Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] on 27 November , with ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). | 1824: Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] on 27 November , with ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). | ||
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Revision as of 05:43, 14 June 2016
The Poor Soldier is a comic opera by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833)
(Sometimes simply referred to as Poor Soldier in sources)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Covent Garden, London on 4 Nov. 1783.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1802: Performed (as Poor Soldier) in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 6 September, with Three Weeks after Marriage (Murphy).
1818: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players in conjunction with Mr Cooke on 16 May, with She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night (Goldsmith).
1818: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players in conjunction with Mr Cooke on 24 October , as a benefit for Miss Williams, with Othello (Shakespeare).
1824: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatricals on 16 October , with A Bold Stroke for a Wife (Mrs Centlivre).
1824: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatricals on 27 November , with The Castle Spectre (Lewis).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Keeffe_(Irish_writer)
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O'Keeffe,_John_(DNB00)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 69, 109,
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