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Revision as of 08:01, 4 December 2015
John Bull, or an Englishman's Fireside is a comedy in five acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[1].
The original text
First written in 1802, first performed on 5 March 1803 at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden and published in 1805 in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, It was Colman's most successful play.
Production history in South Africa
1822: Performed the African Theatre on 14th and 16th August, by the Garrison Players, along with High Life Below Stairs , as a charity performance for shipwreced sailors. An original Prologue was written and performed by Captain Straton, who also played "Roscius", and an Epilogue was sung by Dr M'Donnell in the role of "Dennis Brulgruddery".
1825: Presented in Cape Town, South Africa under the patronage of the Governor by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre on 18 August, as a charity performance, intended to raise patriotism among the colonists during the Napoleonic war. As an afterpiece they performed The Anatomist (Ravenscroft).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger
https://archive.org/stream/johnbullorenglis00colmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 147, 179-181
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