The Agreeable Surprise

by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833) Also spelled 'The Agreable Surprise'

A comic opera, with music by Dr. Arnold

First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London on 3 Sept. 1781, and printed in Cumberland's 'British Theatre,' No. 232)

Performance history in South Africa

Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 March, 1802, with The Prisoner at Large (O'Keeffe).

Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 21 May, 1808, with The West Indian (Cumberland).

Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 16 July, 1808, with the farce The Tars of Old England.

Bosman, 1928: pp. 68,75, 76

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