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 [[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.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 400, 401, 404.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 397, 400, 401, 404.
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	[[Arturo Bonamici]] (fl. 1870's-1900's) was a South African theatrical impresario.		[[Arturo Bonamici]] (fl. 1870's-1900's) was a South African theatrical impresario.
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		+	Also referred to at times as [[Mr Bonamici]] or [[A. Bonamici]]

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 The melodrama ''[[Jo]]'' (by John Pringle Burnett) with British actress [[Jennie Lee]] (c. 1854–1930)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Lee_(British_actress)]doing her impression of "Jo" from Dickens's ''[[Bleak House]]''.
-Madame [[Ancarina Massimimi]] and her Italian Opera Company in a season that included ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Rossini), ''[[Barber of Seville]]'',  ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[Gioconda]]'' (Verdi), and ''[[Ernani]]''(Verdi).
+Madame [[Ancarina Massimimi]] and her [[Italian Opera Company]] in a season that included ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Rossini), ''[[Barber of Seville]]'',  ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[Gioconda]]'' (Verdi), and ''[[Ernani]]''(Verdi).
 The British tenor Sims Reeves in concert.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-[[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) records various acts [[Mr Bonamici]] brought to Cape Town in 1894-5, the following events put on in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under his auspices:
+[[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) records various acts [[Mr. Bonamici]] brought to Cape Town in 1894-5, the following events put on in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under his auspices:
 The melodrama ''[[Jo]]'' (by John Pringle Burnett) with British actress [[Jennie Lee]] (c. 1854–1930)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Lee_(British_actress)]doing her impression of "Jo" from Dickens's ''[[Bleak House]]''.

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 == Sources ==
-The Sydney Morning Herald, New South Wales: Saturday, April 14, 1894: page 2
+''The Sydney Morning Herald'', New South Wales: Saturday, April 14, 1894: page 2
 http://www.ancestors.co.za/were-your-ancestors-in-the-circus/

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 Other presentations by Bonamici include:
-[[Frank Fillis]] and his [[Imperial Circus]] in in 1902.
+[[Frank Fillis]] and his [[Imperial Circus]] in 1902.
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 == Biography ==
-According to an advert calling for potential performers, placed  in  ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' of April 14, 1894, he had established himself as an impresario in South Africa in 1879, and was at various times the proprietor of the touring [[Lyric Opera Company]] and the lessee of inter alia the [[New Opera House]], Cape Town, the [[Globe Theatre]], Johannesburg, the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg, and the South African [[Fillis Amphitheatre]]. He advertised that he "is open to undertake Operatic, Dramatic, Burlesque Companies' Tours in South Africa" , also Circus acts on behalf of another company.
+According to an advert calling for potential performers, placed  in  ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' of April 14, 1894, he had established himself as an impresario in South Africa in 1879, and was at various times the proprietor of the touring [[Lyric Opera Company]] and the lessee of inter alia the [[New Opera House]], Cape Town, the [[Globe Theatre]], Johannesburg, the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg, and the South African [[Fillis's Amphitheatre]]. He advertised that he "is open to undertake Operatic, Dramatic, Burlesque Companies' Tours in South Africa" , also Circus acts on behalf of another company.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	The Sydney Morning Herald, New South Wales: Saturday, April 14, 1894: page 2		The Sydney Morning Herald, New South Wales: Saturday, April 14, 1894: page 2
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		+	http://www.ancestors.co.za/were-your-ancestors-in-the-circus/

	[[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.)		[[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.)

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	The British tenor Sims Reeves in concert.		The British tenor Sims Reeves in concert.
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		+	Other presentations by Bonamici include:
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		+	[[Frank Fillis]] and his [[Imperial Circus]] in in 1902.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==