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A special celebratory piece by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833), written for the naval victories.
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#REDIRECT[[Britain's Brave Tars, or All for Saint Paul's]]
 
 
The full title was ''[[Britain's brave tars, or all for Saint Paul's]]''. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden in 1796(?)
 
 
 
London : printed by T. Woodfall; for T. N. Longman, 1796
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
On 16 July, 1808, a play called ''The Tars of Old England'' was apparently performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 16 July, 1808, with ''[[The Agreeable Surprise]]'' (O'Keeffe). One possibility is that this could have been  Smollett's play ''[[The Reprisal, or The Tars of Old England]]'', given the use of the sub-title. However, it is also very likely that it could have been a version of  this piece, given the predilection the [[Garrison Players]] had for the work of O'Keeffe and the fact that it was a patriotic play in a time of war. 
 
 
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/The-Reprisal-Tars-Old-England/dp/1165884445
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Smollett
 
 
 
http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=20658&back=
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.  76 
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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