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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was one of the many regimental officers stationed in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Like many of them he then performed at the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, ''inter alia'' taking the lead role of "Octavian" in Colman's ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town on 30 August and 13 September  1817, and in 1818 possibly appearing in ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin), ''[[The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd |The Devil To Pay]]'' (Coffey) and   ''[[The Weathercock]]'' (Tobin) , as well as taking on other roles in 1818.
+He was one of the many regimental officers stationed in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Like many of them he then performed at [[Garrison Theatre]] and the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, ''inter alia'' taking the lead role of "Octavian" in Colman's ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town on 30 August and 13 September  1817, and in 1818 possibly appearing in ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin), ''[[The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd |The Devil To Pay]]'' (Coffey) and   ''[[The Weathercock]]'' (Tobin) , as well as taking on other roles in the 1818 season.
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 == Biography ==
-Little is known of him, except that he appears to have been a very talented amateur [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p.170) citing an advert referring to him as "the celebrated amateur tragedian" and [[Jill Fletcher]] (1994: pp. 55-6) noting that he had early in 1817 played "Shylock" in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and had done so well in London that he had been offered £50 a night by managers to remain as performer - a sum he turned down.
+Little is known of him, except that he appears to have been a very talented amateur actor. [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p.170) for example cites an advert referring to him as "the celebrated amateur tragedian" and [[Jill Fletcher]] (1994: pp. 55-6) notes that he had early in 1817 played "Shylock" in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and had done so well that he had been offered £50 a night by managers in London to remain as performer - a sum he turned down.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was one of the many regimental officers stationed in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Like many of them he then performed at the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, ''inter alia'' taking the lead role of "Octavian" in Colman's ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town on 30 August and 13 September  1817, and possibly appearing in ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin) in January as well as taking on other roles in 1818.
+He was one of the many regimental officers stationed in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Like many of them he then performed at the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, ''inter alia'' taking the lead role of "Octavian" in Colman's ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town on 30 August and 13 September  1817, and in 1818 possibly appearing in ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin), ''[[The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd |The Devil To Pay]]'' (Coffey) and   ''[[The Weathercock]]'' (Tobin) , as well as taking on other roles in 1818.
 == Sources ==

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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/]: pp. 150, 170
-[[Jill Fletcher|Fletcher, Jill]], 1994.  ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: pp55-6.
+[[Jill Fletcher|Fletcher, Jill]], 1994.  ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: pp. 55-6.
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-CARTER, Captain. One of the many regimental officers who performed at the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. He took the lead in Colman’s ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town in 1817 and apparently took part in other performances in 1818. Apparently a very talented amateur, he is reported to have done so well in London as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, that he had been offered fifty pounds a night by managers to remain as performer - a sum he turned down.
+[[Captain Carter]] (17**-18**) was a soldier and amateur actor.
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