BENEDICT: The Lily of Killarney

BENEDICT: The Lily of Killarney 8 February. London, C.G. Text by J. Oxenford and D. Boucicault (founded on the latter’s play Colleen Bawn). Three acts. Benedict’s most successful work; given in all English-speaking countries, viz.: Dublin 21 April 1862; Edinburgh 19 April 1863; Melbourne 29 July 1864; New York 1 January 1868; Calcutta 27 November 1875, etc. Produced in a revised version, London, Ly. 12 September 1876. Successful also in a German version by F. von Dingelstedt, as Die Rose von…