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-While in South Africa she was a leading member of [[The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company]], when it first visited Cape Town in January, 1890, to perform various operas and musical pieces in the [[Exhibition Theatre]].
+While in South Africa she was a leading member of [[The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company]] during their South African tour. When it first visited Cape Town in January, 1890, to perform various operas and musical pieces in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) found her a superb performer, praising her performances in ''[[Falka]]'' and ''[[The Mikado]]'' in particular.
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 Ada began her career as a member of Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "E" Company chorus from 1886 until March 1887, when she was cast as  "Yum Yum" in ''[[The Mikado]]'' when they were in Llandudno. She next departed on the company's continental tour in 1887, , and from there played "Yum Yum" and "Patience" with Carte's Continental Company until February 1888.
-After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her career seems to have diminished, though her name does appear in the occasional [[variety]] production  (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and as a member of the chorus for some Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
+After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her promising career seems to have become stalled, though her name does appear in the occasional [[variety]] production  (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and as a member of the chorus for some Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
 She was twice married, to Charles W. Tayleur (1896-1901) and to Alexander Thomas (1904-1918).

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 Ada began her career as a member of Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "E" Company chorus from 1886 until March 1887, when she was cast as  "Yum Yum" in ''[[The Mikado]]'' when they were in Llandudno. She next departed on the company's continental tour in 1887, , and from there played "Yum Yum" and "Patience" with Carte's Continental Company until February 1888.
-After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her name also appears on occasion in [[variety]] productions (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and once more billed as a member of the chorus for the Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
+After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her career seems to have diminished, though her name does appear in the occasional [[variety]] production  (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and as a member of the chorus for some Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
 She was twice married, to Charles W. Tayleur (1896-1901) and to Alexander Thomas (1904-1918).

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 Ada began her career as a member of Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "E" Company chorus from 1886 until March 1887, when she was cast as  "Yum Yum" in ''[[The Mikado]]'' when they were in Llandudno. She next departed on the company's continental tour in 1887, , and from there played "Yum Yum" and "Patience" with Carte's Continental Company until February 1888.
-After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her name appears on occasion in [[variety]] productions (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and once more as a member of the chorus for the Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
+After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her name also appears on occasion in [[variety]] productions (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and once more billed as a member of the chorus for the Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
 She was twice married, to Charles W. Tayleur (1896-1901) and to Alexander Thomas (1904-1918).

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 Ada began her career as a member of Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "E" Company chorus from 1886 until March 1887, when she was cast as  "Yum Yum" in ''[[The Mikado]]'' when they were in Llandudno. She next departed on the company's continental tour in 1887, , and from there played "Yum Yum" and "Patience" with Carte's Continental Company until February 1888.
-After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' during for example[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her name appears on occasion in [[variety]] productions (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and once more as a member of the chorus for the Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
+After a tour in South Africa during 1889-1890, and a period in Australia (appearing as "Robin Hood" in the 1892 Christmas [[pantomime]] of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' for instance[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/669-tracking-the-babes-in-time]),  she returned to England again, where her name appears on occasion in [[variety]] productions (e.g. as "Dick Whittington" in Glasgow) and once more as a member of the chorus for the Savoy productions, e.g. in  London revivals of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' between 1895-1897.
 Between 1895 and 1897 she was a member of the Savoy chorus for London revivals of The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard.

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 https://gsarchive.net/whowaswho/B/BemisterAda.htm
-Kurt of Gerolstein. ''Around the World in Twenty Years: Years One to Twelve''. (Blog on Friday, April 24, 2020)
+Kurt of Gerolstein. ''Around the World in Twenty Years: Years One to Twelve''. (Blog on Friday, April 24, 2020)[http://kurtofgerolstein.blogspot.com/2020/04/cartesians-who-do-you-think-you-are.html]
 [http://kurtofgerolstein.blogspot.com/2020/04/cartesians-who-do-you-think-you-are.html]
 [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)