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−	[[John F. Sheridan]] (1843-1908) was an actor-manager and dramatist.	+	[[John F. Sheridan]] (1843-1908)[https://www.theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/itemlist/tag/John%20F%20Sheridan] was an actor-manager and dramatist.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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-He visited South Africa in 1904 for a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]]. His repertoire included and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' They played in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September. Besides the actor manager [[John F. Sheridan]] himself, the company also featured the popular midget[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget] performer [[John Rumbelow]] (known as "[[Little Gulliver]]"), a long-time member of Sheridan's enterprise.
+He visited South Africa in 1904 for a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]]. His repertoire included ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]''. They played in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, opening on 10 September. Besides the actor manager [[John F. Sheridan]] himself, the company also featured the popular midget[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget] performer [[John Rumbelow]] (known as "[[Little Gulliver]]"), a long-time member of Sheridan's enterprise.
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−	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]] and [[The Sheridan Company]]) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.	+	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]] and [[The Sheridan Company]].) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

	He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).		He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).

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−	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], [[The Sheridan Company]]) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.	+	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]] and [[The Sheridan Company]]) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

	He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).		He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).

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−	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan ~~Company~~ Comedy Company]], [[The Sheridan Company]]) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.	+	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], [[The Sheridan Company]]) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

	He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).		He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).

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−	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Company]], The Sheridan ) Over the course of his career he toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.	+	He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Company Comedy Company]], [[The Sheridan Company]]) Over the course of his career he and his company toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

	He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).		He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).

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 He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources ''inter alia'' as [[The Sheridan Company]], The Sheridan ) Over the course of his career he toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
 He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (1882), ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (1903).
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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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.)
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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.~~

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.421.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.421.