The Sailor's Daughter is a comedy play by the British writer Richard Cumberland which first premiered on 7 April 1804 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Ennis p.105
Plot After a young woman, Julia, is orphaned following the Battle of Copenhagen she enjoys a series of adventures until settling down with her long-lost guardian Captain Sentamore. The play is set in Bath.
Reception The first performance received a mixed reception with the house "divided in opinion". A review in Lloyd's Evening Post described it as: "marked with several traits of a muse whose labours have contributed in this department to the improvement of the English drama, but is, upon the whole, far inferior to the pieces from which the author has acquired his deserved celebrity."
Actors The original Drury Lane cast included: Mr Wroughton (Richard Wroughton) as Sir Mathew Moribund Mr Dwyer as Mandeville Mr Pope (Alexander Pope) as Captain Sentamour Mr Russell as Varnish Mr Caulfield (Thomas Caulfield) as Singleton Mr Bannister, jun. (John Bannister) as Hartshorn, an apothecary Mr Bartley (George Bartley) as Lindsay Mr Dowton (William Dowton) as Raven, Sir Mathew's servant Mr Evans as Shopman to Hartshorn Mr Rhodes as Servant to Varnish Mr Webb as Servant to Sir Mathew Mrs Jordan (Dorothea Jordan) as Louisa Davenant Mrs H. Johnston (Nannette Johnston) as Julia Clareville Mrs Sparks (Sarah Sparks) as Mrs Hartshorn Mrs Maddocks as Nurse
References
Bibliography Ennis, Daniel James. Enter the Press Gang: Naval Impressment in Eighteenth-Century British Literature. Associated University Presses, 2002.