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 == Automata ==
-An [[Automaton|automaton]] (plural: ''[[automata]]'' or ''automatons'') is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe what later became known as a [[Robot]], more specifically an "autonomous robot". The reference may also be to life-size '''[[Automaton]]''' figures, worked automatically through wires, gears, ropes, steam or by someone inside the huge puppets.  The latter were particularly popular in the 19th century, though the practice is much older than that.
+An [[Automaton|automaton]] (plural: ''[[automata]]'' or ''automatons'') is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe what later became known as a [[Robot]], more specifically an "autonomous robot". The reference may also be to life-size '''[[Automaton]]''' figures, worked automatically through wires, gears, ropes, steam or by someone inside the huge [[mechanical puppets]].  The latter were particularly popular in the 19th century, though the practice is much older than that.
 == Automata in South Africa ==

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]
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	[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.		[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.

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 "Robot" in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]
+[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 == Return to ==
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Themes|South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
+Return to [[The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
+Return to [[South African Theatre/Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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 == Automata ==
-An [[Automaton|automaton]] (plural: ''[[automata]]'' or ''automatons'') is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe what later became known as a [[Robot|robot]], more specifically an "autonomous robot". The reference may also be to life-size '''[[Automaton]]''' figures, worked automatically through wires, gears, ropes, steam or by someone inside the huge puppets.  The latter were particularly popular in the 19th century, though the practice is much older than that.
+An [[Automaton|automaton]] (plural: ''[[automata]]'' or ''automatons'') is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe what later became known as a [[Robot]], more specifically an "autonomous robot". The reference may also be to life-size '''[[Automaton]]''' figures, worked automatically through wires, gears, ropes, steam or by someone inside the huge puppets.  The latter were particularly popular in the 19th century, though the practice is much older than that.
 == Automata in South Africa ==

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 == Automata in South Africa ==
-The first appearance in South Africa appears to have been a brief visit by an [[M.Decanis]], who showed one figure in June 1837 at 84 Long Street, Cape Town. It is described as "An Automaton Figure, which speaks and moves" and was on show for a month.
+The first appearance in South Africa appears to have been a brief visit by an [[M. Decanis]], who showed one figure in June 1837 at 84 Long Street, Cape Town. It is described as "An Automaton Figure, which speaks and moves" and was on show for a month.
 In November 1837 the magician and puppeteer [[W.F.H.  Parker]] arrived at the Cape, with [[Mr Parker's Theatre of Mechanics]], which had a number of figures (puppets).  He was in South Africa between 1837 and 1848.  In 1837 they impressed Cape Town audiences with the huge, life-size [[Automaton]] figures.  They “worked automatically through wires, ropes, steam” or someone inside the huge puppets.  Some sources claim that this may have been the first recorded puppet displays in Cape Town.

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 == Sources ==
-Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton
+"Automaton" in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton
 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp
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 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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 The first appearance in South Africa appears to have been a brief visit by an [[M.Decanis]], who showed one figure in June 1837 at 84 Long Street, Cape Town. It is described as "An Autonmmaton Figure, which speaks and moves" ad was on show for a month.
-In November 1837 [[W.F.H.  Parker]] arrived at the Cape, with a number of figures (puppets).  He was in South Africa between 1837 and 1848.  In 1837 they impressed Cape Town audiences with the huge, life-size [[Automaton]] figures.  They “worked automatically through wires, ropes, steam” or someone inside the huge puppets.  Some sources claim that this may have been the first recorded puppet displays in Cape Town.
+In November 1837 the magician and puppeteer [[W.F.H.  Parker]] arrived at the Cape, with [[Mr Parker's Theatre of Mechanics]], which had a number of figures (puppets).  He was in South Africa between 1837 and 1848.  In 1837 they impressed Cape Town audiences with the huge, life-size [[Automaton]] figures.  They “worked automatically through wires, ropes, steam” or someone inside the huge puppets.  Some sources claim that this may have been the first recorded puppet displays in Cape Town.
 == Sources ==