The Mountaineers

A three-act musical historical drama in three acts by George Colman (the Younger). Based loosely on a pair of stories in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605).It was first performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Saturday, August 3, 1793, and had 25 performances. There were many revivals in later years.

Performances in South Africa

1815: Presented in English in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 22 July by a Society of Amateurs, with Fortune's Frolic (Allingham) as an afterpiece . The evening is a benefit for Miss Delamore.

1817: Presented in Cape Town on 30 August under the patronage of the Governor by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre , with The Anatomist (Ravenscroft) as afterpiece.

1824: Presented in Cape Town on 22 May by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre , as afterpiece to The Irish Widow (Garrick).

1832: Performed on 1 September by the All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre with Ambrose Gwinett (Jerrold) as afterpiece.

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp 150

http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1170387438

http://www.uwec.edu/mwood/colman/summaries.html

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