A.R. Bennett - Revision history

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[[A.R. Bennett]] was a railway worker and [[amateur]] singer and performer.

''[[The Mikado]]''

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 ==Biography==
 He seems to have been born in Scotland and had settled in Cape Town as an employee at the Railway Work Shops in Salt River. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), Bennett  "possessed a very powerful and pure tenor voice, but had no histrionic ability whatever" and had a heavy Scots accent to boot.
 He had his one moment in the theatrical spotlight when he appeared in the first South African production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' (Gilbert and Sullivan), produced by the [[Wheeler Company]]. It opened at the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape on 3 July, 1886, a woman,  [[Miss Pell]], appeared in the tenor role of  "Nanki-Poo". However, after a few nights she was replaced in the tenor role by [[A.R. Bennett]]. The production played for four weeks.
 Nothing more is heard of Bennett as stage performer after that.

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		+	He seems to have been born in Scotland and had settled in Cape Town as an employee at the Railway Work Shops in Salt River. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), Bennett "possessed a very powerful and pure tenor voice, but had no histrionic ability whatever" and had a heavy Scots accent to boot.
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		+	He had his one moment in the theatrical spotlight when he appeared in the first South African production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' (Gilbert and Sullivan), produced by the [[Wheeler Company]]. It opened at the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape on 3 July, 1886, a woman, [[Miss Pell]], appeared in the tenor role of "Nanki-Poo". However, after a few nights she was replaced in the tenor role by [[A.R. Bennett]]. The production played for four weeks.
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		+	Nothing more is heard of Bennett as stage performer after that.