Amoroso, King of Little Britain

by James Planché. A play written for an amateur performance at a private theatre in 1818. It was subsequently performed at Drury Lane, London. The play was a success and persuaded Planché to take up play-writing full-time.

Performance history in South Africa

Performed by the Garrison Players on 14 September 1822 in the African Theatre, as interlude between The Point of Honour (Kemble) and The Irishman in London (Wm Macready)

Played by the Garrison Players again on 12 October 1822in the African Theatre, as an afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr.) and billed a "burlesque entertainment".

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp 182

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9

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