The Castle of Andalusia

The Castle of Andalusia is a 1782 comic opera by Samuel Arnold and a libretto by John O'Keeffe. It was a heavily rewritten version of the 1781 work The Banditti, which had been a failure.^[1]

Original languageEnglish

Written byJohn O'Keeffe

GenreComedy

Date2 November 1782

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The Castle of Andalusia
John Braham as Don Alphonso, 1817
Original language	English
Written by	John O'Keeffe
Genre	Comedy
Premiere
Date	2 November 1782
Place	Covent Garden Theatre

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After its first performance on 2 November 1782,^[2] the original run saw the work performed thirty-nine times, and it was revived on several occasions until 1817.^[3] It became a popular play for amateur dramatics and was performed by the Kilkenny players, including many of the elite, with the writer Thomas Moore appearing several times in the role of Spado.^[4]