The Sentinel
A musical burletta, in one act by J.M. (John Maddison) Morton (1811-1891)First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre in on January 19th, 1837. Published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper in 1837.
(Apparently called The Female Sentinel when produced in Australia in April 1838.)
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed by "Capt. Hall's Company" (popular name at the time for the Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town , as an afterpiece to A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Massinger).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19220203M/The_sentinel
Bosman, 1928: pp. 399
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