The Irish Tiger
The Irish Tiger is a play by Morton
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as The Irish Tiger in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's Garrison Theatre by the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot on June 21, with a cast that included J. F. Gay (Peter Follet), J. Davies (Mary Markam), W. Dansie (A Voice), J. M'Kechnie (Several cats). Also performed was a scene from Alarcos (), followed by Locked in with A Lady (Addison). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009 (reprint). History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2: p. 235. Cambridge University Press[1]
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