The Birthday, or the Prince of Arragon

by John O'Keeffe. Also written The Birth Day or The Birth-Day

Described as "A dramatick piece with songs in two acts [and in prose]", it was a special piece to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of the prince of Wales.

First performed in London at the Theatre-Royal Haymarket in 1783.

Performance history in South Africa

Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 12 October, 1812, (using the title The Birth Day , and apparently billed as a comedy in 3 acts), with Silvester Daggerwood (Colman, Jr) and The Apprentice (Murphy) .

Sources

National Library of Ireland catalogue[1]

http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=20658&back=

Bosman, 1928: pp. 143

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