| Wild Oats | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Wild_Oats_(play).jpg) | |
| Written by | John O'Keeffe |
| Date premiered | 16 April 1791[1] |
| Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | Hampshire, England, present day |
Wild Oats is a comedy play by the Irish writer John O'Keeffe which premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1791. O'Keefe's eyesight deteriorated so the play would have been dictated to his daughter Adelaide O'Keeffe.[2] The original Covent Garden cast included John Quick as Sir George Thunder, William Thomas Lewis as Rover, Joseph George Holman as Harry, Richard Wilson as John Dory, Thomas Hull as Banks, William Cubitt as Gammon, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Ephraim Smooth, William Blanchard as Sim, James Thompson as Sailor, Charles Farley as Sailor, Willaim Macready as Midg, Jane Pope as Lady Amaranth and Mary Wells as Jane. The Irish premiere took place at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin on 5 December 1791.[3]
- ^ Greene p.4498
- ^ Clare L. Taylor, ‘O'Keeffe, Adelaide (1776–1865)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 accessed 20 Jan 2017
- ^ Greene p.4498