Mr Loftus

(18**-) Performer. A member of the Officers of the Garrison (often referred to as the Garrison Players), a theatrical company which performed  in the African Theatre   at the Cape in 1807-8 in a range of plays, including The Rivals, The West Indian, Tom Thumb, The Beaux Stratagem, She Stoops to Conquer, etc.

Specifically mentioned by name in a prologue to the production of The Brothers (Cumberland) on 10 October 1808, written by Captain Collins.

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