The Poor Soldier
by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833)
A comic opera, first performed at the Covent Garden, London on 4 Nov. 1783.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 6 September, 1802, with Three Weeks after Marriage (Murphy).
Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players in conjunction with Mr Cooke on 16 May 1818, with She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night (Goldsmith).
Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players in conjunction with Mr Cooke on 24 October 1818, as a benefit for Miss Williams, with Othello (Shakespeare).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Keeffe_(Irish_writer)
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O'Keeffe,_John_(DNB00)
Bosman, 1928: pp. 69,109,
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