Omai (play)

Omai
Written byJohn O'Keeffe
Date premiered20 December 1785
Place premieredCovent Garden Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Omai is a 1785 pantomime written by John O'Keeffe with music by William Shield. It depicts the voyage of Omai, a Tahitian royal, to marry Londina the fictional daughter of Britannia. It was loosely inspired by the real visit of Omai to Europe in the 1770s and the final voyage of the explorer Captain James Cook leading up to his dramatic death in 1779. Its full name is Omai: or, a trip round the world