We Fly by Night, or Long Stories

We Fly by Night, or Long Stories is a "Musical Entertainment in Two Acts" by "Arthur Griffinhoof" (George Colman Jr's (1762-1836) pseudonym. With music by Michael Kelly. An adaptation from the French play, Le Conteur, ou Les Deux Postes by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828).

First Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on January 28, 1806, and published by T. Woodfall and George Dobbin & Murphy, in the same year. Also Published by D. Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare-Gallery, New York in 1815.

Performance history in South Africa

1826: Performed in Cape Town on 20 September by the Garrison Amateur Company) in The Cape Town Theatre, with A Cure for the Heartache (Morton). A quite comprehensive review of the production appeared in the The Commercial Advertiser on 26 September (though, interestingly, the names of performers are not mentioned, only roles.)