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The Red Rover, or The Mutiny of the Dolphin. A nautical drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[1]. Based on the much dramatised novel The Red Rover. A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper. (published in Paris on November 27, 1827.)
It was one of 4 adaptations that appeared in London in 1829, but by far the most popular. (Unbdeservedly so, according to Marianne Philbrick in her 1991 introduction to Cooper’s novel[2]) Performed 9 February, 1829 in the Adelphi Theatre, London. Published John Dicks, 1828; London : John Cumberland, [1831?]
South African productions
1831: Performed on 12 November, by All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, with Blue Devils (an interlude by Patrat/Colman) and The Two Galley Slaves (Payne) as afterpiece.
1839: Performed some time in the year in the Commercial Hall, Grahamstown, by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense under the title The Innkeeper of Abbeville, with Love, Law and Physic (Kenney).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Rover https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/2397528
James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale (edited by Thomas Philbrick and Marianne Philbrick) SUNY Press, 1991[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[4]: pp. 397
