The Irishman in London

Subtitled The Happy African. A farce in two acts by William MacReady (?1755-1829). First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1792.Published 1793.

Performance history in South Africa

This play was apparently a great favourite with the Garrison Players in the first half of the 19th century.

6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Speed the Plough (Th. Morton).

14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Point of Honour (Kemble) and the burlesque Amoroso, King of Little Britain (Planché).

4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr).

2 November 1824: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr). A benefit performance for Mrs Green and Mrs Johnson.

23 July 1831: Performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth Field

8 June 1836: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Flying Dutchman (Fitzball).

4 August, 1848: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players ("the 6th Royal Regiment") in the Garrison Theatre, as afterpiece to The Review, or The Wags of Windsor (Colman Jr).

29 March, 1854: Performed in King William's Town (Eastern Cape) by the soldiers of the garrison, possibly with Box and Cox (Morton), in the presence of the Governor General.

Sources

Oxford Dictionary of British History: William Macready[1]

Free online E-Book, Google Books[2]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 143, 182-6, 195, 216, 397,

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