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 ===[[The Rickards Combination]]===
-''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to Rickards's company and to the [[vaudeville]] act they presented. The programme consisted of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" and were presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]].
+''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to Rickards's company and to the [[circus]]-style [[vaudeville]] act they presented. The programme consisted of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" and were presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]].
 The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).

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 Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards Combination]]''''', appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
-''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to the company and/or a [[vaudeville]] act presented by [[Harry Rickards]]'s company, consisting of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]],
+Rickards (now billed as "the well known music hall artiste"), paid the country a return visit in March 1982, to appear at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, for a season of five weeks.
 The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards' Combination]]''''', appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
+Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards Combination]]''''', appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
 ''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to the company and/or a [[vaudeville]] act presented by [[Harry Rickards]]'s company, consisting of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]],

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards\ Combination]]''''', appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
+Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards' Combination]]''''', appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
 ''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to the company and/or a [[vaudeville]] act presented by [[Harry Rickards]]'s company, consisting of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]],

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards' Combination]]''''', appearing in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
+Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company while en route between Australia and England, with a vaudeville-style show billed as '''''[[The Rickards\ Combination]]''''', appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
-''[[The Rickards' Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to the company and/or a [[vaudeville]] act presented by [[Harry Rickards]]'s company, consisting of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]],
+''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to the company and/or a [[vaudeville]] act presented by [[Harry Rickards]]'s company, consisting of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]],
 The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).

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 The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
-The name of the company/act varied over the years, for example in 1873 it was billed as "The Rickards London Star Comique Combination"[[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110]] and in 1900
+The name, cast and content of the company/act varied over the years of course, for example in 1873 it was billed as "The Rickards London Star Comique Combination" in the Australian ''Sydney Herald''[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110].
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	The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November) and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).		The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November) and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
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		+	The name of the company/act varied over the years, for example in 1873 it was billed as "The Rickards London Star Comique Combination"

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	''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (25 August, 1873)[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110]		''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (25 August, 1873)[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110]
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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.)		[[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.)