Abroad and at Home

A comic opera, in three acts by J. G. Holman.

The original text

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on 19 November, 1796, with music by William Shield. Published by George Cawthorn, London: 1796.

1807: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on Saturday 26 September, with The Citizen (Murphy), and an epilogue written and spoken by Captain Collins.

Bosman, 1928: pp. 73,

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