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[[Miss Durney]] was the stage name used by Private [[J. Durney]], a soldie serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when they were stationed in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) on the Eastern Frontier, 1860 - 1862.
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[[Miss Durney]] was the stage name used by Private [[J. Durney]], a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when they were stationed in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) on the Eastern Frontier, 1860 - 1862.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre==
  
'''April 5, 11 & 19, 1861:''' Acted in the [[Officers of the Regiment]]'s second play, Stirling Coyne's one-act farce, '''''[[Urgent Private Affairs]].''''' (Sally Vokins).
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'''April 5, 11 & 19, 1861:''' Acted in the [[Officers of the Regiment]]'s second play, Stirling Coyne's one-act farce, ''[[Urgent Private Affairs]]''. (Sally Vokins).
  
(North Lincoln Sphinx Vol. 1, No 6. Grahamstown, April 25, 1861. Page 75.)
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'''North Lincoln Sphinx:''' "Miss Durney, as Sally Vokins, was pleasing and looked her part."
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([[North Lincoln Sphinx]] Vol. 1, No 6. Grahamstown, April 25, 1861. Page 75.)
  
 
= Sources =
 
= Sources =

Latest revision as of 08:30, 18 August 2018


Miss Durney was the stage name used by Private J. Durney, a soldier serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when they were stationed in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) on the Eastern Frontier, 1860 - 1862.

Contribution to SA theatre

April 5, 11 & 19, 1861: Acted in the Officers of the Regiment's second play, Stirling Coyne's one-act farce, Urgent Private Affairs. (Sally Vokins).

North Lincoln Sphinx: "Miss Durney, as Sally Vokins, was pleasing and looked her part."

(North Lincoln Sphinx Vol. 1, No 6. Grahamstown, April 25, 1861. Page 75.)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_(rank)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire

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