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[[Mr Bowmer]] (fl 1860s) was a singer and performer.

He was the co-founder and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]] was the name usually given to a company of singers and performers, led by [[Mr Bowmer]] and [[Madame Bowmer]], and including [[Miss Whitfield]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The name of a [[Mr Schilling]] is mentioned as pianist.

[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 187) specifically mentions their first performance, in the Theatre Royal, during March of 1863, for which they offered selections from Il Trovatore, ("with Scenery, Chorus and Effects") and "Mr and Madame Bowmer's Dialogue Entertainment, in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''

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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.)
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 186-7, 290
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was the co-founder and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]] was the name usually given to a company of singers and performers, led by [[Mr Bowmer]] and [[Madame Bowmer]], and including [[Miss Whitfield]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The name of a [[Mr Schilling]] is mentioned as pianist.  He and his wife were apparently also the creators of a "Dialogue Entertainment", in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''
+He was the co-founder, with [[Madame Bowmer]],  and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The company also included [[J.F. Finlayson]], [[Miss Whitfield]], and a [[Mr Schilling]] as pianist.  He and his wife were apparently also the creators of a "Dialogue Entertainment", in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''
 For more on his appearances and the company, see '''[[The Bowmers]]'''

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 [[Mr Bowmer]] (fl 1860s) was a singer and performer.
-He was the co-founder and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]] was the name usually given to a company of singers and performers, led by [[Mr Bowmer]] and [[Madame Bowmer]], and including [[Miss Whitfield]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The name of a [[Mr Schilling]] is mentioned as pianist.
+== Biography ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 187) specifically mentions  their first performance, in the Theatre Royal,  during March of 1863, for which they offered selections from ''[[Il Trovatore]]'', ("with Scenery, Chorus and Effects") and "Mr and Madame Bowmer's Dialogue Entertainment, in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	He was the co-founder and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]] was the name usually given to a company of singers and performers, led by [[Mr Bowmer]] and [[Madame Bowmer]], and including [[Miss Whitfield]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The name of a [[Mr Schilling]] is mentioned as pianist.		He was the co-founder and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]] was the name usually given to a company of singers and performers, led by [[Mr Bowmer]] and [[Madame Bowmer]], and including [[Miss Whitfield]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The name of a [[Mr Schilling]] is mentioned as pianist.

−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 187) specifically mentions their first performance, in the Theatre Royal, during March of 1863, for which they offered selections from Il Trovatore, ("with Scenery, Chorus and Effects") and "Mr and Madame Bowmer's Dialogue Entertainment, in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 187) specifically mentions their first performance, in the Theatre Royal, during March of 1863, for which they offered selections from ''[[Il Trovatore]]'', ("with Scenery, Chorus and Effects") and "Mr and Madame Bowmer's Dialogue Entertainment, in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''