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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. 
 
==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" (13 August 1814), done as an afterpiece to a "grand ballet" called ''[[Don Juan, or The Libertine Destroyed]]'' (Shadwell).


== Sources ==

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 145, 170.

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