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 == Biography ==
-Born in Buffalo , New York on January, 1830 .
+Born in Buffalo , New York on 2 January, 1830 .
 Died in in the Glasgow Infirmary (Scotland)  of a ruptured bloodvessel on 25 October, 1883.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999
-Obituary. ''New York Clipper'', 15 December 1883[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=NYC18831215.2.27&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN----------]
+"Deaths in the Profession", . ''New York Clipper'', 15 December 1883[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=NYC18831215.2.27&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN----------]
 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was a member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator (with [[Wash Norton]]) of the [[Ethiopian]] skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
+He was a member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator (with [[Wash Norton]]) of the [[Ethiopian skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
 They performed at the [[Theatre Royal]]) in August (20-31), followed thereafter by shows in the [[Circus]], the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the Cape Town vicinity (e.g. Simonstown and Stellenbosch) till 19 September). The troupe returned to Cape Town and vicinity (21 October-20 November) for more performances, this time including also places such as Paarl and Worcester. They also visited Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown between there Cape Town engagements. The repertoire thus included burlesques of works such as ''[[La Somnambula]]'' (Moncrieff, frequently done by the company), ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' (Verdi) and ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'' (Fitzball), as well as a number of comic sketches and songs, such as ''[[The Crow Family]]'', ''[[The Nerves]]'', ''[[Good News from Home]]'' (referred to as ''[[Goed Nieuws van Huis]]'' in [[Dutch]] reports) and even an act from a musical comedy billed as ''[[Cinderella Ball, or Lucy at the Ball]]''.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was a member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator (with [[Wash Norton]]) of the [[Ethiopian skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
+He was a member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator (with [[Wash Norton]]) of the [[Ethiopian]] skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
 They performed at the [[Theatre Royal]]) in August (20-31), followed thereafter by shows in the [[Circus]], the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the Cape Town vicinity (e.g. Simonstown and Stellenbosch) till 19 September). The troupe returned to Cape Town and vicinity (21 October-20 November) for more performances, this time including also places such as Paarl and Worcester. They also visited Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown between there Cape Town engagements. The repertoire thus included burlesques of works such as ''[[La Somnambula]]'' (Moncrieff, frequently done by the company), ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' (Verdi) and ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'' (Fitzball), as well as a number of comic sketches and songs, such as ''[[The Crow Family]]'', ''[[The Nerves]]'', ''[[Good News from Home]]'' (referred to as ''[[Goed Nieuws van Huis]]'' in [[Dutch]] reports) and even an act from a musical comedy billed as ''[[Cinderella Ball, or Lucy at the Ball]]''.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-A member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator (with [[Wash Norton]]) of the [[Ethiopian skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
+He was a member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator (with [[Wash Norton]]) of the [[Ethiopian skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
 They performed at the [[Theatre Royal]]) in August (20-31), followed thereafter by shows in the [[Circus]], the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the Cape Town vicinity (e.g. Simonstown and Stellenbosch) till 19 September). The troupe returned to Cape Town and vicinity (21 October-20 November) for more performances, this time including also places such as Paarl and Worcester. They also visited Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown between there Cape Town engagements. The repertoire thus included burlesques of works such as ''[[La Somnambula]]'' (Moncrieff, frequently done by the company), ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' (Verdi) and ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'' (Fitzball), as well as a number of comic sketches and songs, such as ''[[The Crow Family]]'', ''[[The Nerves]]'', ''[[Good News from Home]]'' (referred to as ''[[Goed Nieuws van Huis]]'' in [[Dutch]] reports) and even an act from a musical comedy billed as ''[[Cinderella Ball, or Lucy at the Ball]]''.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
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		+	Born in Buffalo , New York on January, 1830 .

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

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	W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999		W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999
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		+	Obituary. New York Clipper, 15 December 1883[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=NYC18831215.2.27&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN----------]

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.

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	W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999		W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999
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−	Chinua Thelwell. 2013. "The young men must blacken their faces": The Blackface Minstrel Show in Preindustrial South Africa. ''[[The Drama Review]]'' (1988-) Vol. 57, No. 2, "Routes of Blackface": Special Issue (Summer 2013), pp. 66-85 (20 pages)

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.

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	W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999		W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999
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		+	Chinua Thelwell. 2013. "The young men must blacken their faces": The Blackface Minstrel Show in Preindustrial South Africa. ''[[The Drama Review]]'' (1988-) Vol. 57, No. 2, "Routes of Blackface": Special Issue (Summer 2013), pp. 66-85 (20 pages)

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-140.