The Poor Soldier

The Poor Soldier is a comic opera by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833)

(Sometimes simply referred to as Poor Soldier in sources)

The original text

First performed at the Covent Garden, London on 4 Nov. 1783.

Performance history in South Africa

1802: Performed as Poor Soldier in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 6 September, with Three Weeks after Marriage (Murphy).

1818: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players in conjunction with Mr Cooke on 16 May, with She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night (Goldsmith).

1818: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players in conjunction with Mr Cooke on 24 October , as a benefit for Miss Williams, with Othello (Shakespeare).

1824: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatricals on 16 October , with A Bold Stroke for a Wife (Mrs Centlivre).

1824: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatricals on 27 November , with The Castle Spectre (Lewis).

Sources

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

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

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 69, 109,

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