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 http://www.stagebeauty.net/th-frames.html?http&&&www.stagebeauty.net/brown-potter/brown-potter-m.html
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 393-4,
+[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 Fletcher, 1994,

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 In the early 1890s they undertook a tour to Australia and the Far East.
-P==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Brought to South Africa by [[Luscombe Searelle]] in 1892, on her way back from the eastern tour, she performed for the  [[Potter-Bellew Company]] in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], doing scenes from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Camille]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''. They returned to England toward the end of February after the [[Exhibition Theatre]] in Cape Town  burnt down, with all their costumes, just before a final performance of ''[[As You Like It]]''.
-She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'' (Bellew), ''[[Tosca]]'' (, ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
+She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'' (Bellew), ''[[Tosca]]'' (Puccini), ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' (Sheridan) and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
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 In the early 1890s they undertook a tour to Australia and the Far East.
-==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
+P==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Brought to South Africa by [[Luscombe Searelle]] in 1892, on her way back from the eastern tour, she performed for the  [[Potter-Bellew Company]] in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], doing scenes from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Camille]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''. They returned to England toward the end of February after the [[Exhibition Theatre]] in Cape Town  burnt down, with all their costumes, just before a final performance of ''[[As You Like It]]''.
-She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'' (Bellew), ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
+She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'' (Bellew), ''[[Tosca]]'' (, ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
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 Brought to South Africa by [[Luscombe Searelle]] in 1892, on her way back from the eastern tour, she performed for the  [[Potter-Bellew Company]] in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], doing scenes from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Camille]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''. They returned to England toward the end of February after the [[Exhibition Theatre]] in Cape Town  burnt down, with all their costumes, just before a final performance of ''[[As You Like It]]''.
-She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
+She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'' (Bellew), ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
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 Brought to South Africa by [[Luscombe Searelle]] in 1892, on her way back from the eastern tour, she performed for the  [[Potter-Bellew Company]] in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], doing scenes from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Camille]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''. They returned to England toward the end of February after the [[Exhibition Theatre]] in Cape Town  burnt down, with all their costumes, just before a final performance of ''[[As You Like It]]''.
-She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'', ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
+She returned with a new company under her own name for a second, though short and less successful, season under the management of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in June-July of 1907. Though [[Kyrle Bellew]] was no longer with her, the company included a fine performer in [[A.G. Poulton]], but according to Boonzaier (1923) the rest of the company was not that great. The repertoire presented included ''[[Camille]]'' (Dumas), ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' (Berton), ''[[Charlotte Corday]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and ''[[The Ironmaster]]'' (Pinero)
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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. 393-4,		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 393-4,

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 == Biography ==
-Born [[Cora Urquhart]], she made her name as amateur in America and was trained by David Belasco. She was a glamorous red-head, especially celebrated for her costumes, and started a successful partnership with [[Kyrle Bellew]] at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in the New York production of ''Civil War'' in 1887, after which she and Bellew toured the world for the next ten years, referred to as the [[Potter-Bellew Company]] in many instances.
+Born [[Cora Urquhart]] in New Orleans, she made her name as amateur in America and was trained by David Belasco. She was a glamorous red-head, especially celebrated for her costumes, and started a successful partnership with [[Kyrle Bellew]] at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in the New York production of ''Civil War'' in 1887, after which she and Bellew toured the world for the next ten years, referred to as the [[Potter-Bellew Company]] in many instances.
 In the early 1890s they undertook a tour to Australia and the Far East.

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−	[[Cora Brown-Potter]] (1857–1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter] was a ~~British born and American born~~ professional actress.	+	[[Cora Brown-Potter]] (1857–1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter] was a professional actress.

	Also known as [[Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter]] or [[Cora Urquhart Potter]] and billed as [[Mrs James Brown-Potter]], [[Mrs. Brown-Potter]], [[Mrs Brown Potter]] or [[Mrs Potter]].		Also known as [[Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter]] or [[Cora Urquhart Potter]] and billed as [[Mrs James Brown-Potter]], [[Mrs. Brown-Potter]], [[Mrs Brown Potter]] or [[Mrs Potter]].