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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He arrived in Cape Town on 30 December 1854 and his brief visit to Cape Town with his company ''en route'' for his first engagement in the Australian goldfields apparently had quite an impact on local culture in South African city. His appearances were apparently arranged by the Cape Town based impresario [[J.R. Taylor]].
+He arrived in Cape Town on 30 December 1854 and his brief visit to Cape Town with his company ''en route'' for his first engagement in the Australian goldfields apparently had quite an impact on local culture in the South African city. His appearances were apparently arranged by the Cape Town based impresario [[J.R. Taylor]].
 The company consisted of Miss [[Fanny Cathcart]] and Mr [[R. Younge]] and they performed in the [[Barracks Theatre]]  during the revictualling of their vessel, presenting excerpts from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Othello]]'',''[[ The Iron Chest]]'' and ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'', plus full performances of ''[[Box and Cox]]'', ''[[The Stranger]]'', ''[[The Angel of the Attic]]'',  and other light afterpieces. Apparently not well staged, but popular nevertheless.

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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.409-412, 431, 475, 490-4, 504.		[[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.409-412, 431, 475, 490-4, 504.
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 58, 166, 204-6, 253

	[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.		[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.

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	So he took to touring, which appears to have suited him better, playing in America and the colonies. He left England on 25 November 1854, played a week at Cape Town [[Garrison Theatre]] and arrived at Melbourne on 23 February 1855 - to stay in Australia for more than six years. He died in the shipwreck of the ''SS London'', while on his way back to Australia for a second engagement in 1866.		So he took to touring, which appears to have suited him better, playing in America and the colonies. He left England on 25 November 1854, played a week at Cape Town [[Garrison Theatre]] and arrived at Melbourne on 23 February 1855 - to stay in Australia for more than six years. He died in the shipwreck of the ''SS London'', while on his way back to Australia for a second engagement in 1866.
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		+	His name was at one time linked to that of the actress [[Marie Duret]], though the two were never married.

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 [[Gustavus V. Brooke]] (1818-1866)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Vaughan_Brooke] was a visting actor, styled as a “great Tragedian” from England.
-Also referred to in some sources as ''[[Gustavus Brooke]]''' or '''[[G.V. Brooke]]'''.
+Also referred to in some sources as '''[[Gustavus Brooke]]''' or '''[[G.V. Brooke]]'''.
 == Biography ==

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 [[Gustavus V. Brooke]] (1818-1866)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Vaughan_Brooke] was a visting actor, styled as a “great Tragedian” from England.
-Also referred to in sources as '''[[G.V. Brooke]]'''.
+Also referred to in some sources as ''[[Gustavus Brooke]]''' or '''[[G.V. Brooke]]'''.
 == Biography ==

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 [[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.
-Hartnoll.
+Phyllis Hartnoll (ed). 1967. ''The Oxford Companion to the Theatre''. Third edition, Oxford University Press: p. 133.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Dublin, Ireland, he went onto the stage at the age of about 15. He apparently had a good presence and a fine voice, and for a while made quite a career in England and Ireland, but ultimately  failed to fulfill his early promise, mainly due to a major drinking problem and poor financial management.
+Born [[Gustavus Vaughan Brooke]] in Dublin, Ireland, he went onto the stage at the age of about 15. He apparently had a good presence and a fine voice, and for a while made quite a career in England and Ireland, but ultimately  failed to fulfill his early promise, mainly due to a major drinking problem and poor financial management.
 So he took to touring, which appears to have suited him better,  playing in America and the colonies. He left England on 25 November 1854, played a week at Cape Town [[Garrison Theatre]] and arrived at Melbourne on 23 February 1855 - to stay in Australia for more than six years. He died in the shipwreck of the ''SS London'', while on his way back to Australia for a second engagement in 1866.

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−	[[Gustavus V. Brooke]] (1818-1866)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Vaughan_Brooke] was a “great Tragedian” from England.	+	[[Gustavus V. Brooke]] (1818-1866)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Vaughan_Brooke] was a visting actor, styled as a “great Tragedian” from England.

	Also referred to in sources as [[G.V. Brooke]].		Also referred to in sources as [[G.V. Brooke]].