The Irishman in London
Subtitled The Happy African. A farce in two acts by William MacReady (?1755-1829). First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1792.Published 1793.
Performance history in South Africa
6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Speed the Plough (Th. Morton) and the burlesque Amoroso, King of Little Britain (Planché).
14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Point of Honour (Kemble).
4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr).
23 July 1831: Performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth Field
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Oxford Dictionary of British History: William Macready[1]
Free online E-Book, Google Books[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 216
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