Edward Collins - Revision history

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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. 70-75; 107.
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 [[Jill Fletcher]], 1994

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 '''Captain''' [[Edward Collins]] (18**-18**) was a soldier and an [[amateur]] performer in Cape Town.
-(Also referred to simply as [[Captain Collins]])
+(Also referred to simply as '''[[Captain Collins]]''')
-A member of the  21st Light Dragoons, he was one of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stalwarts in and a co-director of the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the [[Officers of the Garrison]] (later [[All the World's a Stage]]) which performed  a range of plays in the [[African Theatre]] at the Cape in 1807-8.
+==Biography==
 Collins played old and young male parts and was apparently a talented poet, who along with [[Captain Frazer]] wrote and delivered a number of original [[prologue]]s and [[epilogue]]s for their productions.

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 (Also referred to simply as [[Captain Collins]])
-A member of the  21st Light Dragoons, he was one of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stalwarts in and a co-director of the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the [[Officers of the Garrison]] (later [[All the World's a Stage]]) which performed  in the [[African Theatre]]   at the Cape in 1807-8 in a range of plays. He played old and young male parts and was apparently a talented poet, who along with [[Captain Frazer]] wrote and delivered a number of the [[prologue]]s and [[epilogue]]s for their productions.
+A member of the  21st Light Dragoons, he was one of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stalwarts in and a co-director of the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the [[Officers of the Garrison]] (later [[All the World's a Stage]]) which performed  a range of plays in the [[African Theatre]] at the Cape in 1807-8.
-His roles included  "Young Marlow" in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', "Bob Acres" in ''[[The Rivals]]'', ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'',
+Collins played old and young male parts and was apparently a talented poet, who along with [[Captain Frazer]] wrote and delivered a number of original [[prologue]]s and [[epilogue]]s for their productions.
-Among the prologues he wrote and spoke were one to ''[[The Brothers]]'' (Cumberland), along with an epilogue which he wrote for [[Mr Morgan]] (in the role of "Lady Dove"). His own [[epilogue]]s include those for ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (spoken as "Young Marlow"),  for ''[[The Rivals]]'' (as "Bob Acres"), for ''[[Abroad and at Home]]'' (Holman) (see [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p.71-5), .
+He almost certainly performed in most of their productions, but is specifically mentioned for two roles, namely those of "Young Marlow" in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and "Bob Acres" in ''[[The Rivals]]''.
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 His roles included  "Young Marlow" in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', "Bob Acres" in ''[[The Rivals]]'', ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'',
-Among the prologues he wrote and spoke were one to ''[[The Brothers]]'' (Cumberland), along with an epilogue which he wrote for [[Captain Morgan]] (in the role of "Lady Dove") His own [[epilogue]]s include those for ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (spoken as "Young Marlow"),  for ''[[The Rivals]]'' (as "Bob Acres"), for ''[[Abroad and Home]]'' (Holman) (see [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p.71-3), .
+Among the prologues he wrote and spoke were one to ''[[The Brothers]]'' (Cumberland), along with an epilogue which he wrote for [[Mr Morgan]] (in the role of "Lady Dove") His own [[epilogue]]s include those for ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (spoken as "Young Marlow"),  for ''[[The Rivals]]'' (as "Bob Acres"), for ''[[Abroad and Home]]'' (Holman) (see [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p.71-3), .
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