Mary Villa is a large building situated at the top of Church Street and has spacious grounds attached to it. Handbook of Jamaica, 1883 

Father Jaeckel's Mary Villa College, 1877 - 1888 

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    Mary Villa College at the theatre

 the Theatre Royal, North Parade, in the 1880s

Jaeckel's second play was The Citizen Nobleman, an adaptation of Moliere's

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, which was performed by students to an admiring

audience at the Theatre Royal on June 22, 1881. Between the acts of the

comedy, ladies and gentlemen contributed instrumental music to enhance the

evening's offering.

Errol Hill, The Jamaican Stage, 1655 - 1900, page 183


          Daily Gleaner, June 25, 1881