Corporal Bishop
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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.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: p. 406-7, 493.
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