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Private [[G. Daw]] (sometimes spelt Dawe) was a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1863. He came to the Cape Colony as a private. At first, the Regiment was posted to Grahamstown but was later transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) in 1862.

Private [[G. Daw]] acted in six productions during his three-year stay on the Eastern Frontier.

Private [[G. Daw]] was a member of the section of the Dramatic Club known as the [[Amateurs of the Band]] and played four minor male roles as well as two young girls.

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)

==Contribution to SA theatre==

'''August 20th and 22nd, 1860:''' Starred in the three-act play produced by the [[Band of Amateurs]], ''[[The Iron Chest]]''. (Robber’s Boy).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 18.)

'''February 17, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of ''[[The Omnibus. Or A Convenient Distance]]''. (Farrier's Boy).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 12, February 28, 1862, page 179/180.)

'''May 28, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of a one-act farce, ''[[The Omnibus or A Convenient Distance]]'', (Farrier's Boy).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)

'''August 30, September 11 & 19, 1862:''' Acted in the adaptation to the stage from Mrs Moodie’s beautiful tale in a three-act drama by members of the [[Dramatic Club, 2nd Battalion 10th Regiment]] and presented for the first time, ''[[The Royal Quixote]]''. (Eric, Page to Gustavus Adolphus).

'''November 12, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] performed John Baldwin Buckstone's two-act domestic “melo-drama”, [[Luke The Labourer]]. The play is set in a village in Yorkshire. (Clara, Dame Wakefield’s daughter).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 271.)

'''November 26, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Band of Amateurs]] production of I. Pocock's famous “melo-drama” ''[[The Miller and His Men]]''. (Claudine, Kelmar's daughter).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 272.)

== Sources ==

See below each entry.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	Private [[G. Daw]] (sometimes spelt Dawe) was a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1863. He came to the Cape Colony as a private. At first, the Regiment was posted to Grahamstown but was later transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) in 1862.	+	Private [[G. Daw]] (sometimes spelt Dawe) was a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1863, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858). He came to the Cape Colony as a private. At first, the Regiment was posted to Grahamstown but was later transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) in 1862.

	Private [[G. Daw]] acted in six productions during his three-year stay on the Eastern Frontier.		Private [[G. Daw]] acted in six productions during his three-year stay on the Eastern Frontier.

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