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[[Brittain Booth]] was a British actor.

== Biography ==

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

== Awards, etc ==

== Sources ==

[[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. 375, 384, 391

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Booth arrived in Cape Town from England on 24 August, 1882 with [[The Mabel Hayes Company]], and performed there for them in a long season at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, for a season lasting till July 1883, before the core company left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth. He is described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923)  as being "an actor of the old school, safe in everything he did, but - always unmistakably Brittain Booth!"
+Booth arrived in Cape Town from England on 24 August, 1882 with [[The Mabel Hayes Company]], and performed there for them in a long season at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, lasting till July 1883, before the core company left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth. He is described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923)  as being "an actor of the old school, safe in everything he did, but - always unmistakably Brittain Booth!"
 He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[The Harbour Lights]]'' (Sims and Pettitt) when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and in 1891 he appeared in an ill-fated production of ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).

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 Booth arrived in Cape Town from England on 24 August, 1882 with [[The Mabel Hayes Company]], and performed there for them in a long season at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, for a season lasting till July 1883, before the core company left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth. He is described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923)  as being "an actor of the old school, safe in everything he did, but - always unmistakably Brittain Booth!"
-He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[The Harbour Lights]]'' () when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and in 1891 he appeared in an ill-fated production of ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
+He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[The Harbour Lights]]'' (Sims and Pettitt) when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and in 1891 he appeared in an ill-fated production of ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
 == Sources ==

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 Booth arrived in Cape Town from England on 24 August, 1882 with [[The Mabel Hayes Company]], and performed there for them in a long season at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, for a season lasting till July 1883, before the core company left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth. He is described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923)  as being "an actor of the old school, safe in everything he did, but - always unmistakably Brittain Booth!"
-He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[Harbour Lights]]'' () when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and in 1891 he appeared in an ill-fated production of ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
+He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[The Harbour Lights]]'' () when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and in 1891 he appeared in an ill-fated production of ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
 == Sources ==

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 Booth arrived in Cape Town from England on 24 August, 1882 with [[The Mabel Hayes Company]], and performed there for them in a long season at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, for a season lasting till July 1883, before the core company left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth. He is described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923)  as being "an actor of the old school, safe in everything he did, but - always unmistakably Brittain Booth!"
-He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[Harbour Lights]]'' () when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]].
+He thereafter made Cape Town his home, finding work with various companies performing in the city over the years. For example, in 1887 he was a member of the cast of ''[[Harbour Lights]]'' () when performed at the [[Theatre Royal]], by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and in 1891 he appeared in an ill-fated production of ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
 == Sources ==

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−		+	Booth arrived in Cape Town from England on 24 August, 1882 with [[The Mabel Hayes Company]], and performed there for them in a long season at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, for a season lasting till July 1883, before the core company left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth.
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