Fun on the Bristol

Fun on the Bristol is a musical comedy created by John F. Sheridan (1848-1908)[] and written by George Fawcett

Also known as Fun on the Bristol, or A Night on the Sound.

The action takes place in an uptown New York house and later on the Sound steamer Bristol, the story revolves around an the elderly Irish widow O'Brien and her two daughters. Both women have become enraptured by Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, and as a consequence are to be taken to a lunatic asylum.

A sketch of the "Widow O'Brien", it was created while Sheridan was in Australia, and was first performed some time between 1879 and 1882.

1904: Performed at the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, on 10 September, with John F. Sheridan in the role of the Widow.

E. Le Roy Rice. 1911. Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date. Рипол Классик: p.183[1]

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book: p. 183[2]