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(17?-18?) Professional actor who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mrs Cooke]], [[Miss Williams]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]) during the 1818 season at the Cape. They began with  ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' on 24th January 1818 and ended their visit on  21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'', ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'', and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny]]'', held as a benefit performance for Mr Cooke. The English performers left the Cape left the Cape for the East after this. [JH/TH]

== Sources ==

Bosman, 1928:pp 151-157; 170-177.   


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