The Prisoner at Large

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The Prisoner at Large is a comedy by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833)[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Keeffe_(Irish_writer)].

The original text

First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 2 July 1788. Published by G. G. J and J. Robinson,1788.


Performance history in South Africa

1802: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 March, with The Agreeable Surprise (O'Keeffe).

1822: Performed with The Rivals (Sheridan) on Monday 28 October by the Garrison Amateur Company, as a benefit performance for Mrs Smith, Mrs Delamore and Mrs Green.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Keeffe_(Irish_writer)

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O'Keeffe,_John_(DNB00)

"The prisoner at large", ebook version of the 1788 text, Great Writers Inspire, Univerity of Oxford[1]. Accessed on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 68,


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