The Dear Admiral

According to William Groom (1899-1900, cited by Bosman, 1980 on p. 203), a play called either The Dear Admiral or simply Dear Admiral was done in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the LeRoy-Duret Company during their first season, being played on 20 and 26 April, 1866. No author is mentioned.

No reference to a play by this name can be found, though there is a reference by Bogar (20**) to an anonymous play called The Rear Admiral (also by an anonymous author), performed in Baltimore in 1845 by the comedian John E. Owens (1823-1886)[1]

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager, McFarland:p. 172[2]