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 == Sources ==
-[[The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser]], Saturday, September 7, 1822.
+Original advert in [[The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser]], Saturday, September 7, 1822.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger

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		+	[[The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser]], Saturday, September 7, 1822.

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 : Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]], in association with [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of performers from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, on Saturday, 28th March 1818, with ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' as afterpiece.
-: Performed  the [[African Theatre]] on 14th and 16th August,  by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[High Life Below Stairs]]'' (Townley), as a charity performance for shipwreced sailors. An original [[Prologue]] was written and performed by [[Captain Straton]], who also played "Roscius", and an [[Epilogue]] was sung by [[Dr M'Donnell]] in the role of "Dennis Brulgruddery". (Extracts from the texts are contained in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.180-182.)
+: Performed by Amateurs in the [[African Theatre]] on Wednesday 14th and Friday 16th August, "to crouded (sic) and well-satisfied Audiences," by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[High Life Below Stairs]]'' (Townley), as a charity performance for shipwreced sailors. An original [[Prologue]] was written and performed by [[Captain Straton]] of the Madras Cavalry, who also played "Roscius", and an [[Epilogue]] was sung by [[Dr M'Donnell]], Assistant Surgeon, 55th Regiment, in the role of "Dennis Brulgruddery". (Extracts from the texts are contained in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.180-182.)
 : Performed  the [[African Theatre]] on 24 July by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[Two Strings to your Bow]]'' (Goldoni/Jephson).

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 : Performed  the [[African Theatre]] on 14th and 16th August,  by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[High Life Below Stairs]]'' (Townley), as a charity performance for shipwreced sailors. An original [[Prologue]] was written and performed by [[Captain Straton]], who also played "Roscius", and an [[Epilogue]] was sung by [[Dr M'Donnell]] in the role of "Dennis Brulgruddery". (Extracts from the texts are contained in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.180-182.)
-: Performed  the [[African Theatre]] on 24 July by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[Two Strings to your Bow]]'' (Cherry).
+: Performed  the [[African Theatre]] on 24 July by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[Two Strings to your Bow]]'' (Goldoni/Jephson).
 == Sources ==

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 ''[[John Bull, or an Englishman's Fireside]]'' is a  comedy in five acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger].
-Also referred to by some sources as ''[[John Bull, or The Englishman's Fireside]]'', or more often simply as ''[[John Bull]]''.
+Also referred to by some sources as ''[[John Bull or The Englishman's Fireside]]'', or more often simply as ''[[John Bull]]''.
 (See Wikipedia entry on '''John Bull'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull] for more information on the character.)
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 : Performed simply as ''[[John Bull]]'' by the [[Garrison Players]], under the directorship of [[Mr Cuerton]], in the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, on 7 April, followed by a "Harlequin Pantomime" (possibly by [[Mr Cuerton]], cited in [[Dutch]] (by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p 146),  as ''[[Oud tot Jong Gemaald, of De Krommesprongen van Harlequin]]'').
-:  Presented in Cape Town, South Africa under the patronage of the Governor by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 18 August, as a charity performance, intended to raise patriotism among the colonists during the Napoleonic war. As an afterpiece they performed ''[[The Anatomist]]'' (Ravenscroft).
+:  Presented in Cape Town, South Africa (apparently as ''[[John Bull or The Englishman's Fireside]]''), under the patronage of the Governor by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 18 August, as a charity performance, intended to raise patriotism among the colonists during the Napoleonic war. As an afterpiece they performed ''[[The Anatomist]]'' (Ravenscroft).
 : Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]], in association with [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of performers from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, on Saturday, 28th March 1818, with ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' as afterpiece.

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-''[[John Bull, or an Englishman's Fireside]]'' is a  comedy in five acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger].  Also referred to by some sources simply as ''[[John Bull]]''.
+''[[John Bull, or an Englishman's Fireside]]'' is a  comedy in five acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger].
 (See Wikipedia entry on '''John Bull'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull] for more information on the character.)
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 https://archive.org/stream/johnbullorenglis00colmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up
-[[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. 142-3, 146-7, 179-182,
+[[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. 142-3, 146-7, 179-185,
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1822: Performed the [[African Theatre]] on 14th and 16th August, by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[High Life Below Stairs]]'' (Townley), as a charity performance for shipwreced sailors. An original [[Prologue]] was written and performed by [[Captain Straton]], who also played "Roscius", and an [[Epilogue]] was sung by [[Dr M'Donnell]] in the role of "Dennis Brulgruddery". (Extracts from the texts are contained in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1928: pp.180-182.)		1822: Performed the [[African Theatre]] on 14th and 16th August, by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[High Life Below Stairs]]'' (Townley), as a charity performance for shipwreced sailors. An original [[Prologue]] was written and performed by [[Captain Straton]], who also played "Roscius", and an [[Epilogue]] was sung by [[Dr M'Donnell]] in the role of "Dennis Brulgruddery". (Extracts from the texts are contained in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1928: pp.180-182.)
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		+	1824: Performed the [[African Theatre]] on 24 July by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[Two Strings to your Bow]]'' (Cherry).

	1825: Presented in Cape Town, South Africa under the patronage of the Governor by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 18 August, as a charity performance, intended to raise patriotism among the colonists during the Napoleonic war. As an afterpiece they performed ''[[The Anatomist]]'' (Ravenscroft).		1825: Presented in Cape Town, South Africa under the patronage of the Governor by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 18 August, as a charity performance, intended to raise patriotism among the colonists during the Napoleonic war. As an afterpiece they performed ''[[The Anatomist]]'' (Ravenscroft).