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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, media and performance==
-He wrote a three act drama called ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' (1866), a very successful skit called ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]''  (also known as ''[[Governor von Brute]]'' or ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on the historical play ''[[Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were]]'' (also known more succinctly as ''[[Governor van Noot]]'' or ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]] (1866).
+He wrote a very successful skit called ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]''  (also known as ''[[Governor von Brute]]'' or ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on the historical play ''[[Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were]]'' (also known more succinctly as ''[[Governor van Noot]]'' or ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]] (1866).
 According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to a text for "Little Jack Horner" originally devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when the pantomime  was produced in Cape Town by [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] in 1865.

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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.53, 192-3, 226, 228, 295

	[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica		[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica

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 He wrote a three act drama called ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' (1866), a very successful skit called ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]''  (also known as ''[[Governor von Brute]]'' or ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on the historical play ''[[Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were]]'' (also known more succinctly as ''[[Governor van Noot]]'' or ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]] (1866).
-According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to the text, which had originally been devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when it was produced in Cape Town by [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] in 1865.
+According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to a text for "Little Jack Horner" originally devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when the pantomime  was produced in Cape Town by [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] in 1865.
 [TH, JH]

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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, media and performance==
-He wrote a three act drama called ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' (1866).
+He wrote a three act drama called ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' (1866), a very successful skit called ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]''  (also known as ''[[Governor von Brute]]'' or ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on the historical play ''[[Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were]]'' (also known more succinctly as ''[[Governor van Noot]]'' or ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]] (1866).
 According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to the text, which had originally been devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when it was produced in Cape Town by [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] in 1865.

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 He wrote a three act drama called ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' (1866).
-Wrote a very successful skit called ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]''  (also known as ''[[Governor von Brute]]'' or ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on ''[[Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were]]'' (also known more succinctly as ''[[Governor van Noot]]'' or ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]] (1866).
+Wrote a very successful skit called ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]''  (also known as ''[[Governor von Brute]]'' or ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on the historical play ''[[Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were]]'' (also known more succinctly as ''[[Governor van Noot]]'' or ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]] (1866).
 According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to the text, which had originally been devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when it was produced in Cape Town by [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] in 1865.

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 [[B. Mollan]] (fl 1860s) was a Cape Town based playwright and performer.
 He wrote a three act drama called ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' (1866). Wrote a skit ''[[Governor van Brute]]'' (also known as ''[[Things as They Might Have Been]]'' and ''[[Governor van Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]'') based on [[Governor van Noot]] (also know as ''[[Things as They Were]]'') by [[C. Utting]]. **
-According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to the text, which had originally been devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when it was produced in Cape Town by Ray and Cooper in 1865.
+According to [[William Groom]] he was also the author of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', though there is some doubt about this. He most probably contributed to the text, which had originally been devised for the 1857–8  Drury Lane production in London, when it was produced in Cape Town by [[Ray and Cooper]] in 1865.
 [TH, JH]