The Smuggler's Daughter
The Smuggler's Daughter is a melodrama in two acts by Thomas Dibdin (Thomas John Dibdin, 1771–1841)[1]
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The original text
First performed at Astley's Amphitheatre in 1831(?*) and first published by Thomas Richardson, London, with ten editions in all being published between 1831 till 1855. A full edition with commentary published by J. Cumberland in 1834.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1847: Performed in the "Amateur Theatre" (i.e. the Garrison Theatre) , Cape Town, by the 90th Light Infantry on Friday, 30th April, with John of Paris (Pocock) as afterpiece.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_John_Dibdin
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 395,
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