Rory O'More

Rory O'More is a comic drama, in three acts play by Samuel Lover (1797–1868)[1]

The original text

Founded on Lover's own novel called Rory O'More: A National Romance (1837), it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi in 29 September, 1837. Published in 1837 by Chapman and Hall, London.

Performance history in South Africa

1849: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in March and repeated in April.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1837 play text, The Internet Archive[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Lover

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.397

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