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| − | A comedy in five acts by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812). The play, one of many he wrote, appears to have been popular in its time, running to 12 editions between 1804 and 1805. It was also reprinted in 1815 edition and a 1825 edition. | + | A comedy in five acts by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812). The play, one of many he wrote, was first acted at Drury Lane on 7 February 1804, and appears to have been popular in its time, running to 12 editions between 1804 and 1805. It was also reprinted in 1815 edition and a 1825 edition. |
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A comedy in five acts by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812). The play, one of many he wrote, was first acted at Drury Lane on 7 February 1804, and appears to have been popular in its time, running to 12 editions between 1804 and 1805. It was also reprinted in 1815 edition and a 1825 edition.
Performance history in South Africa
2 November 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Amateur Company company (Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with Speed the Plough (Morton) and the farce Fortune's Frolic (Allingham).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://www.forgottenbooks.org/books/The_Soldiers_Daughter_1000305313
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Soldier_s_Daughter.html?id=fi1TAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
Bosman, 1928: pp. 189
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