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 The company visited Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor, probably while ''en route'' to or from Australia (and by then without the Keatons).
-They  appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with performances of  ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] reference to, title for, or even translation of, Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "'''[[A Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce, probably done in a burlesque version of [[Afrikaans]] - most probably with some help from local performers).
+They  appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with performances of  ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] reference to, title for, or even translation of, Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "'''[[A Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce, probably done in a burlesque version of [[Afrikaans]] - and likely to have been created with some help from local performers).
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 The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] was one of the many 19th century American travelling "Indian medicine shows", in this case one that also featured melodramas, banjo music and blackface minstrelsy.
-Originally founded by Frank L. Cutler (1848-1935)[https://www.geni.com/people/Frank-Cutler/6000000001915989626] in the late 19th century. For a while in the 1890s the company not only featured his daughter, Myra Cutler, but also Joe Keaton. They would later marry and become the parents of silent film star Buster Keaton.
+Originally founded by Frank L. Cutler (1848-1935)[https://www.geni.com/people/Frank-Cutler/6000000001915989626] in the late 19th century, the company not only featured his daughter, Myra Cutler, but also Joe Keaton for a while in the 1890s. The latter two would later marry and become the parents of silent film star Buster Keaton.
 Interestingly, among the many medicine's the company marketed was something known the "Kickapoo Elixir" (see the minstrel company [[The Kickapoos]])

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 The company visited Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor, probably while ''en route'' to or from Australia (and by then without the Keatons).
-They  appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with performances of  ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] reference to, title for, or even translation of, Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "'''[[A Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce, probably done in a burlesque version of [[Afrikaans]]).
+They  appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with performances of  ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] reference to, title for, or even translation of, Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "'''[[A Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce, probably done in a burlesque version of [[Afrikaans]] - most probably with some help from local performers).
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 ==Contribution to theatre and performance in South Africa==
-The company visited Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor, probably while ''en route'' to Australia (and by then without the Keatons).
+The company visited Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor, probably while ''en route'' to or from Australia (and by then without the Keatons).
-They  appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with performances of  ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] reference to, title for, or even translation of, Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "A '''[[Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce, probably done in a burlesque version of [[Afrikaans]]).
+They  appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with performances of  ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] reference to, title for, or even translation of, Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "'''[[A Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce, probably done in a burlesque version of [[Afrikaans]]).
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	Edward McPherson. 2011. ''Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat''. Faber & Faber (Chapter 1), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=rThw1-5b-PgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ucf5TmoInm&sig=ACfU3U2hbZUtsSWWslhIZ7p-nO8mZPvqmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].		Edward McPherson. 2011. ''Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat''. Faber & Faber (Chapter 1), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=rThw1-5b-PgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ucf5TmoInm&sig=ACfU3U2hbZUtsSWWslhIZ7p-nO8mZPvqmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].
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	[[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.)		[[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.)

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://www.geni.com/people/Frank-Cutler/6000000001915989626

	S.D. Trav. ''Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies, From Nickelodeons to Youtube''. BearManor Media. (Chapter 8), Google-ebook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=TDgcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ylGOsvTRTQ&sig=ACfU3U3ABo9HS2rsciW9NocidbFb6StILQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].		S.D. Trav. ''Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies, From Nickelodeons to Youtube''. BearManor Media. (Chapter 8), Google-ebook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=TDgcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ylGOsvTRTQ&sig=ACfU3U3ABo9HS2rsciW9NocidbFb6StILQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].

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−	The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] was one of the many 19th century American travelling medicine shows, in this case one that also featured melodramas, banjo music and blackface minstrelsy.	+	The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] was one of the many 19th century American travelling "Indian medicine shows", in this case one that also featured melodramas, banjo music and blackface minstrelsy.

	Originally founded by Frank L. Cutler in the late 19th century. For a while in the 1890s the company not only featured his daughter, Myra Cutler, but also Joe Keaton (They would later marry and become the parents of silent film star Buster Keaton)		Originally founded by Frank L. Cutler in the late 19th century. For a while in the 1890s the company not only featured his daughter, Myra Cutler, but also Joe Keaton (They would later marry and become the parents of silent film star Buster Keaton)

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	S.D. Trav. ''Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies, From Nickelodeons to Youtube''. BearManor Media. (Chapter 8), Google-ebook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=TDgcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ylGOsvTRTQ&sig=ACfU3U3ABo9HS2rsciW9NocidbFb6StILQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].		S.D. Trav. ''Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies, From Nickelodeons to Youtube''. BearManor Media. (Chapter 8), Google-ebook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=TDgcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ylGOsvTRTQ&sig=ACfU3U3ABo9HS2rsciW9NocidbFb6StILQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].

−	Edward McPherson. 2011. ''Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat''Faber & Faber (Chapter 1), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=rThw1-5b-PgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ucf5TmoInm&sig=ACfU3U2hbZUtsSWWslhIZ7p-nO8mZPvqmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].	+	Edward McPherson. 2011. ''Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat''. Faber & Faber (Chapter 1), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=rThw1-5b-PgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Cutler+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=ucf5TmoInm&sig=ACfU3U2hbZUtsSWWslhIZ7p-nO8mZPvqmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_koqCm-zpAhUBu3EKHa6nDi0Q6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Cutler%20Comedy%20Company&f=false].

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-The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] was an American travelling medicine show, that also featured melodramas, banjo music and blackface minstrelsy, founded by Frank L. Cutler in the late 19th century. For a while in the 1890s the company not only featured his daughter, Myra Cutler, but also Joe Keaton (They would later marry and become the parents of silent film star Buster Keaton)
+The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] was one of the many 19th century American travelling medicine shows, in this case one that also featured melodramas, banjo music and blackface minstrelsy.
-Among the many medicine's the company marketed was something known the "Kickapoo Elixir" (see [[The Kickapoos]])
+Originally founded by Frank L. Cutler in the late 19th century. For a while in the 1890s the company not only featured his daughter, Myra Cutler, but also Joe Keaton (They would later marry and become the parents of silent film star Buster Keaton)
 ==Contribution to theatre and performance in South Africa==