The Soldier's Daughter

A comedy in five acts by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812). The play, one of many he wrote, was first acted at Drury Lane on 7 February 1804, and appears to have been popular in its time, running to 12 editions between 1804 and 1805. It was also reprinted in 1815 edition and a 1825 edition.

Performance history in South Africa

2 November 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Amateur Company company (Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with Speed the Plough (Morton) and the farce Fortune's Frolic (Allingham).

Sources

http://limerickslife.com/andrew-cherry/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cherry

http://www.forgottenbooks.org/books/The_Soldiers_Daughter_1000305313

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Soldier_s_Daughter.html?id=fi1TAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y

Bosman, 1928: pp. 189

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