English Theatrical Amateur Company - Revision history

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(1828-1830) Possibly the final name of the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] (before, simply the [[English Theatricals]], and then the [[Garrison Amateur Company]]), a name which it started using in 1829. As a company of amateurs they seem to have come into existence in in Cape Town towards the end of 1828 or beginning 1829, though a group called the English Comedy put on shows in 1826. Amalgamated with their rivals the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] in 1829 for a benefit performance of Foote’s The Mayor of Garratt and other works, for survivors of the wreck of the L’Eole. The company itself ended in the same year when [[Mr H. Booth]] formed “[[All the World’s a Stage]]”, utilizing members of the two groups. When this company in turn closed down in 1834, a new amateur group – the [[Private Amateur Company]] – surfaced.

== Sources ==

(Bosman,1928, Fletcher, 1994) [TH, JH]

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−	(1828-1830) ~~Possibly~~ the final name of the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] (before, simply the [[English Theatricals]], and then the [[Garrison Amateur Company]]), a name which it started using in 1829.	+	The [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] (1828-1830) was possibly the final name of the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] (before, simply the [[English Theatricals]], and then the [[Garrison Amateur Company]]), a name which it started using in 1829.

	'''See also [[English Theatricals]]'''		'''See also [[English Theatricals]]'''

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-They played a season (1828-29) as the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company.
+They played their first season as the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] in 1828-29. Plays included:
 November 1828: ''[[The Mayor of Garratt]]'' (Foote), ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler), ''[[Past ten o'Clock, or A Rainy Night]]'' (Dibdin).
 May 1829: ''[[Reformation]]'' (Anon), ''[[The Mogul Tale, or The Descent of the Balloon]]'' (Mrs Inchbald) and ''[[Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter]]'' (Anon).
 == Sources ==

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−	(1828-1830) Possibly the final name of the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] (before, simply the [[English Theatricals]], and then the [[Garrison Amateur Company]]), a name which it started using in 1829. As a company of amateurs they seem to have come into existence in in Cape Town towards the end of 1828 or beginning 1829, though a group called the English Comedy put on shows in 1826. Amalgamated with their rivals the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] in 1829 for a benefit performance of Foote’s The Mayor of Garratt and other works, for survivors of the wreck of the L’Eole. The company itself ended in the same year when [[Mr H. Booth]] formed “[[All the World’s a Stage]]”, utilizing members of the two groups. When this company in turn closed down in 1834, a new amateur group – the [[Private Amateur Company]] – surfaced.	+	(1828-1830) Possibly the final name of the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] (before, simply the [[English Theatricals]], and then the [[Garrison Amateur Company]]), a name which it started using in 1829.
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		+	'''See also [[English Theatricals]]'''
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		+	== The Company ==
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		+	As a company of amateurs they seem to have come into existence in in Cape Town towards the end of 1828 or beginning 1829, though a group called the English Comedy put on shows in 1826. Amalgamated with their rivals the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] in 1829 for a benefit performance of Foote’s The Mayor of Garratt and other works, for survivors of the wreck of the L’Eole. The company itself ended in the same year when [[Mr H. Booth]] formed “[[All the World’s a Stage]]”, utilizing members of the two groups. When this company in turn closed down in 1834, a new amateur group – the [[Private Amateur Company]] – surfaced.
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		+	== The productions ==
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		+	They played a season (1828-29) as the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company.
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		+	8 November 1828: ''[[The Mayor of Garratt]]'' (Foote), ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler), ''[[Past ten o'Clock, or A Rainy Night]]'' (Dibdin).
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		+	9 May 1829: ''[[Reformation]]'' (Anon), ''[[The Mogul Tale, or The Descent of the Balloon]]'' (Mrs Inchbald) and ''[[Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter]]'' (Anon).
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 == Sources ==
-(Bosman,1928, Fletcher, 1994) [TH, JH]
+[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.
 == For more information ==