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 She also appeared as a comic actress for their company when they did the occasional theatrical piece, as well as appearing for other companies on occasion, including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city). She and [[Amelia Bailey]] were apparently adept at transformation roles, and this talent seems to have been exploited in productions of pieces like ''[[In Love with a Waltz]]'' (Moriot), ''[[The Painter and his Model]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Fancy Ball]]'' (Anon).
-According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (180, p. 273), ''[[Wacht-een-beetje]]'' ("wait-a-bit"), a satirical song about various local matters in the Cape Town, was originally intended for performance by Calzado.
+According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (180, p. 273), ''[[Wacht-een-beetje]]'' ("wait-a-bit"), a satirical song about various political and social matters current in the Cape Town during the late 1860s, was originally intended for performance by Calzado.
 In November 1868, the company temporarily broke up when the two men, the manager [[Robert Sparrow Smythe]] and the violinist [[Horace Poussard]]  left for England and France, while the two singers,  [[Amelia Bailey]] and  Florence, stayed at the Cape until June 1869. Now billed as [[Calzado-Bailey]], they undertook a private tour in South Africa during May, ''inter alia'' performing in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town, in a concert that also included songs by [[James Leffler]] and "Tragic Recitations" by [[T. Brazier]].

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 She also appeared as a comic actress for their company when they did the occasional theatrical piece, as well as appearing for other companies on occasion, including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city). She and [[Amelia Bailey]] were apparently adept at transformation roles, and this talent seems to have been exploited in productions of pieces like ''[[In Love with a Waltz]]'' (Moriot), ''[[The Painter and his Model]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Fancy Ball]]'' (Anon).
-In November 1868, the company temporarily broke up when the two men, the manager [[Robert Sparrow Smythe]] and the violinist [[Horace Poussard]]  left for England and France, while the two singers,  [[Amelia Bailey]] and  Florence, stayed at the Cape until June 1869 (''inter alia'' presenting concerts in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town), now billed as [[Calzado-Bailey]].
+According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (180, p. 273), ''[[Wacht-een-beetje]]'' ("wait-a-bit"), a satirical song about various local matters in the Cape Town, was originally intended for performance by Calzado.
 Thereafter they sailed directly back to Melbourne to rejoin the rest of the company and reconstitute the [[Poussard-Bailey Company]].

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 Coming to South Africa with the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] in 1867, she was billed as [[Florence Calzado]] and gave more than 150 performances in most of the major centres of the country.
-She also appeared as a comic actress for their company when they did the occasional theatrical piece, as well as appearing for other companies on occasion, including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city). She and [[Amelia Bailey]] were apparently adept at transformation roles, and this talent seems to have been exploited in productions of pieces like ''[[In Love with a Waltz]]'' (Moriot), ''[[The Painter and his Model]]'' () and ''[[The Fancy Ball]]'' ().
+She also appeared as a comic actress for their company when they did the occasional theatrical piece, as well as appearing for other companies on occasion, including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city). She and [[Amelia Bailey]] were apparently adept at transformation roles, and this talent seems to have been exploited in productions of pieces like ''[[In Love with a Waltz]]'' (Moriot), ''[[The Painter and his Model]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Fancy Ball]]'' (Anon).
 In November 1868, the company temporarily broke up when the two men, the manager [[Robert Sparrow Smythe]] and the violinist [[Horace Poussard]]  left for England and France, while the two singers,  [[Amelia Bailey]] and  Florence, stayed at the Cape until June 1869 (''inter alia'' presenting concerts in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town), now billed as [[Calzado-Bailey]].

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 Coming to South Africa with the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] in 1867, she was billed as [[Florence Calzado]] and gave more than 150 performances in most of the major centres of the country.
-She also appeared as a comic actress for their company when they did the occasional theatrical piece, as well as appearing for other companies on occasion, including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city). She and Bailey were apparently adept at transformation roles, and this talent seems to have been exploited in productions of ;
+She also appeared as a comic actress for their company when they did the occasional theatrical piece, as well as appearing for other companies on occasion, including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city). She and [[Amelia Bailey]] were apparently adept at transformation roles, and this talent seems to have been exploited in productions of pieces like ''[[In Love with a Waltz]]'' (Moriot), ''[[The Painter and his Model]]'' () and ''[[The Fancy Ball]]'' ().
 In November 1868, the company temporarily broke up when the two men, the manager [[Robert Sparrow Smythe]] and the violinist [[Horace Poussard]]  left for England and France, while the two singers,  [[Amelia Bailey]] and  Florence, stayed at the Cape until June 1869 (''inter alia'' presenting concerts in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town), now billed as [[Calzado-Bailey]].

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Coming to South Africa with the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] in 1867, she was billed as [[Florence Calzado]] and gave more than 150 performances in most of the major centres of the country. She also appeared as actress for other companies on occasion including playing" Sarah Blunt" om a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city);
+Coming to South Africa with the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] in 1867, she was billed as [[Florence Calzado]] and gave more than 150 performances in most of the major centres of the country.
 In November 1868, the company temporarily broke up when the two men, the manager [[Robert Sparrow Smythe]] and the violinist [[Horace Poussard]]  left for England and France, while the two singers,  [[Amelia Bailey]] and  Florence, stayed at the Cape until June 1869 (''inter alia'' presenting concerts in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town), now billed as [[Calzado-Bailey]].

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-[[Florence Calzado]] (fl circa 1860s)[http://outoftheinkbottle.blogspot.com/2009/06/calzado-who.html] is one of the professional names of the "serio-comic vocalist" and actress '''[[Florence Beverley]]'''.
+[[Florence Calzado]] (fl circa 1860s)[http://outoftheinkbottle.blogspot.com/2009/06/calzado-who.html] was a singer and actress.
 == Biography ==
-According to the blog ''Out of the In Bottle''[http://outoftheinkbottle.blogspot.com/2009/06/calzado-who.html], virtually nothing seems to be known about either [[Florence Beverley]] or [[Florence Calzado]] (her stage name for a while - she is also referred to [[Floraette Blanche Beverley]] on at least one occasion). While in South Africa she was billed as a "serio-comic vocalist" and having linked up with him, apparently she became the "wife" of violinist [[Horace Poussard]], having had a child by him.
+According to the blog ''Out of the In Bottle''[http://outoftheinkbottle.blogspot.com/2009/06/calzado-who.html], virtually nothing seems to be known about either [[Florence Beverley]] or [[Florence Calzado]] (her stage name for a while - she is also referred to [[Floraette Blanche Beverley]] on at least one occasion). While in South Africa she was billed as a "serio-comic vocalist" and is also described as an  accomplished "comic (burlesque) actress".
-She definitely joined forces with him,  the manager [[Robert Smythe]] and the latter's wife, the soprano [[Amelia Bailey]], to found the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] and undertake a 4-year "Grand Tour" of India and South Africa.
+Having linked up with violinist [[Horace Poussard]], whe apparently became his "wife", having had a child by him. She definitely joined forces  professionally with Poussard, the manager [[Robert Smythe]] and the latter's wife, the soprano [[Amelia Bailey]], to found the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] and undertake a 4-year "Grand Tour" of India and South Africa.
 The blog further mentions that she later listed herself as a widow, and goes on to marry a miner named Samuel Paynter Thomas Cornish in Hill End NSW. After that nothing more seems to be heard of her.

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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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 223, 243-6,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 222-5, 243-6, 273, 294.
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	[[Florence Calzado]] (fl circa 1860s)[http://outoftheinkbottle.blogspot.com/2009/06/calzado-who.html] is one of the professional names of the "serio-comic vocalist" '''[[Florence Beverley]]'''.	+	[[Florence Calzado]] (fl circa 1860s)[http://outoftheinkbottle.blogspot.com/2009/06/calzado-who.html] is one of the professional names of the "serio-comic vocalist" and actress '''[[Florence Beverley]]'''.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Coming to South Africa with the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] in 1867, she was billed as [[Florence Calzado]] and gave more than 150 performances in most of the major centres of the country. She also appeared as actress for other companies on occasion including a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' () for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] on28 May 1867;
+Coming to South Africa with the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]] in 1867, she was billed as [[Florence Calzado]] and gave more than 150 performances in most of the major centres of the country. She also appeared as actress for other companies on occasion including a production of ''[[Poor Pillicoddy]]'' (Morton) for [[Le Roy's Original Company]] in Cape Town on 28 May 1867 (her first appearance as actress in the city);
 In November 1868, the company temporarily broke up when the two men, the manager [[Robert Sparrow Smythe]] and the violinist [[Horace Poussard]]  left for England and France, while the two singers,  [[Amelia Bailey]] and  Florence, stayed at the Cape until June 1869 (''inter alia'' presenting concerts in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town), now billed as [[Calzado-Bailey]].