T. Paterson

T. Paterson 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

T. Paterson was a member of the Dramatic Club, in the section known as the Amateurs of the Band, and acted in 14 productions during his stay on the Eastern Frontier. All the parts were males.

July 9 & 16, 1860: Played in the Band of Amateurs production of The Corsican Brothers. (Grifio) & (a Surgeon).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 15.)

July 30 and August 1, 1860: Starred in the Corps Dramatique the Amateurs of the Band's 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. (Sergeant Higginbottom).

(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 Amateurs of the Band. The Iron Chest. (Gilbert Rawbold).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 17.)

September 20 1860: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band produced two-act drama, Time Tries All. (John).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 3, Grahamstown, November 1, 1860, page 30.)

September 20 1860: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band produced one-act farce, The Dead Shot. (Williams, Frederick Thornton’s friend).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 3, Grahamstown, November 1, 1860, page 30.)

November 4, 1861: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band's production of Thomas J. Lynch's two-act drama, The Rose of Ettrick Vale or The Bridal of the Borders. (Old Adam of Teviot).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 9, November 13, 1861. Page 125.)

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 12, February 28, 1862, page 179/180.)

May 28, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of a “serio-comic, bombastic, operatic Interlude, in one act" by J.R. Planché, Amoroso, King of Little Britain. (Blusterbus, yeoman of the guard).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)

May 28, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of The Irish Tutor. (Beadle).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)

June 5, 1862: Acted again in the Amateurs of the Band's production of The Spectre Bridegroom or A Ghost in Spite of Himself. (Thomas, a servant).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)

June 5, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band's production of the one-act farce, Slasher and Crasher. (John, a servant).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)

June 19, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band's production of a two-act melo-drama, Robert Macaire, or The Two Murderers of Lyons. (Dument, an inn-keeper).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)

June 19, 1862: Acted in George Wood's one-act farce, The Irish Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cured from Moliere's Le Médecin malgré lui. (Squire Robert).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)

September 24, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band's performance of George Dibdin Pitt's two-act “melo-drama”, The Eddystone Elf. (Captain Brilliant, agent for Government).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)

October 8, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band's production of Edward Ball’s' two-act “melo-drama”, The Floating Beacon or Norwegian Wreckers. (Ormoloff, Angerstoff’s companion).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)