Ivor: Created page with "A. Vogado was a soldier serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1..."

2018-08-17T11:01:26Z

Created page with "A. Vogado was a soldier serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1..."

New page

[[A. Vogado]] was a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1862, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858).

The Regiment was first posted to Grahamstown but in 1862 it was transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek).

==Contribution to SA theatre==

[[A. Vogado]] acted in seven productions, during which he portrayed four males and three females.

'''July 9 & 16, 1860:''' Played in the [[Band of Amateurs]] production of ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]''. (Estelle, lady of the ballet).

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

'''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]]''. (Martha).

([[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]]''. (Barbara Rawbold).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 18.)

'''September 20 1860:''' Acted in the [[ Amateurs of the Band]]s produced two-act drama, ''[[Time Tries All]]''. (Fanny Fact).

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

'''Christmas 1860:''' Acted in "a grand Balletical (sic) Introduction" entitled ''[[The Rivals]]''. (Lionjumper, a jockey with a large hunting cap and most aspiring hopes).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 4, Christmas Supplement, 1860. Page 51.)

'''November 12, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] performed John Baldwin Buckstone's two-act domestic “melo-drama”, ''[[Luke The Labourer]]''. The play is set in a village in Yorkshire. (Dick, a postilion).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 271.)

'''November 26, 1862:''' Acted in the F. Kenny's capital old two-act farce, ''[[The Illustrious Stranger]]''. (High Priest).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 272.)

== Sources ==

See below individual postings.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

== Return to ==

Return to [[ESAT Personalities A]]

Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]

Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]

Return to [[Main Page]]

A. Vogado - Revision history

Ivor: Created page with "A. Vogado was a soldier serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1..."