Corporal Bishop

Corporal Bishop (18**-18**) was a soldier and amateur comic actor, active in Cape Town in the 1850s.

A Corporal in the 73srd Regiment, he was a member of the Garrison Players in Cape Town and is specifically mentioned for a good performance as "Dr Budd"  in  St Cupid, or Dorothy's Fortune in the Garrison Theatre,  done by Captain Hall's Company on Tuesday 2 May, 1854.

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