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Mr Arnot (17**-18**) was apparently a well respected comedian and may have been a British officer stationed in Cape Town.

He seems to have been involved in productions in the African Theatre by the Garrison Players during the early 19th century, possibly in association with Mr Cuerton. He is only mentioned twice by F.C.L. Bosman (1928), both times with reference to his appearance as "Harlequin" in a Pantomime Farce, also featuring Mr Cuerton as "Clown" (13 August 1814), done as an afterpiece to a "grand ballet" called Don Juan, or The Libertine Destroyed (Shadwell).

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 145, 170.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He seems to have been involved in productions in the [[African Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] during the early 19th century, possibly in association with [[Mr Cuerton]]. He is only mentioned twice by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928), both times with reference to his appearance as "Harlequin" in a ''[[Pantomime Farce]]'', also featuring [[Mr Cuerton]] as "Clown" (16 April 1814).
+He seems to have been involved in productions in the [[African Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] during the early 19th century, possibly in association with [[Mr Cuerton]]. He is only mentioned twice by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928), both times with reference to his appearance as "Harlequin" in a ''[[Pantomime Farce]]'', also featuring [[Mr Cuerton]] as "Clown" (13 August 1814), done as an afterpiece to a "grand ballet" called ''[[Don Juan, or The Libertine Destroyed]]'' (Shadwell).
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