The Irish Widow

A farce in two acts by David Garrick (1717 – 1779)

The original text

The plot in part derived from of Le Mariage forcé by Molière. First staged at Drury Lane Theatre on 23 October 1772 and first published in 1772, for T. Becket.

Performances in South Africa

1824: Presented in Cape Town, in South Africa under by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre 22 May 1824, as afterpiece to The Mountaineers (Colman). Repeated on 12 June 1824, as afterpiece to Lovers' Vows (Inchbald/Kotzebue)

1838: Performed on 2 April by the 27th Enniskillen Regiment (see Garrison Players) in "The Theatre, New Barracks" (see Barracks Theatre) with The Rivals (Sheridan).