M. Rafferty
M. Rafferty was a soldier in the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot which was sent to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Province, South Africa) between 1860 and 1862, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858). The regiment was based in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek.
Contribution to South African Theatre
M. Rafferty was a member of the Dramatic Club, in the section known as the Amateurs of the Band, and acted in seven productions during his stay on the Eastern Frontier. Two of the roles were male while the other five were female.
July 9 & 16, 1860: Played in the Band of Amateurs production of The Corsican Brothers. (M. de Chaserd Rensud).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 15.)
July 21, 26 & 27, and August 3, 1860: Acted in the Band of Amateurs production of The Wandering Minstrel. (Mrs Crincum).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 16.)
July 30 and August 1, 1860: Starred in the Corps Dramatique (Band of Amateurs) a two-act "comediatta" (sic) (probably commedia dell’arte, which, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, is an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th – 18th centuries and is based on stock characters.) of The Review, or The Wags of Windsor. (Captain Beauguard).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 17.)
August 20th and 22nd, 1860: Starred in the three-act play produced by the Band of Amateurs, The Iron Chest. (Judith).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 18.)
November 26, 1860: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of The British Volunteers. (Mrs Percival Floff).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 4, Christmas, 1860. Page 47.)
February 17, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of J. M. Morton’s one-act farce, Poor Pillicoddy. (Mrs Pillicoddy).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 12, February 28, 1862, page 179.)
February 17, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of The Omnibus. Or A Convenient Distance. (Mrs Dobbs).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 12, February 28, 1862, page 179/180.)
Sources
(See beneath each production.)
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1.
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