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).

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

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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