The Soldier's Daughter

The Soldier's Daughter is a comedy in five acts by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812)[1].

The original text

The play, one of Cherry wrote and was first acted at Drury Lane on 7 February 1804. It appears to have been popular in its time, running to 12 editions between 1804 and 1805. It was also reprinted in 1815 edition and a 1825 edition.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1822: Performed on 7 December in the African Theatre, Cape Town, by the Amateur Company company (Garrison Players) with Speed the Plough and the farce Fortune's Frolic (Allingham).

1832: Performed on 22 September in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town, by All the World's a Stage with The Miller's Maid (Saville) and Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots! (Booth).

1866: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Le Roy-Duret Company on 12 March, with Hunting a Turtle (Selby) and an opening address "written by a gentleman of Cape Town" and given by Le Roy.

Sources

http://limerickslife.com/andrew-cherry/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cherry

http://www.forgottenbooks.org/books/The_Soldiers_Daughter_1000305313

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Soldier_s_Daughter.html?id=fi1TAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.183, 202-204, 224

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 203, 211

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