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[[Mr Brooks]] (fl 1860s) was an actor.

== Biography ==

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

He is only mentioned once, when he played the role of "Death Head & Crossbones" (an "attendant spirit") in [[Ray and Cooper]]'s 1865 production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town.

== Sources ==

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.196

Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 [[Mr Brooks]] (fl 1860s) was an actor.
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) also refers to a '''[[Mr Brooks|Sydney Brooks]]''' on page 201, but it would seem this is an error, for the programme printed on pages 195-9 clearly has two ''individual'' names: "[[Mr Sydney]]" and "[[Mr Brooks]]".  The reference should most probably have included a comma, to read "Sydney, Brooks en  E.Turner"
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) also refers to a '''[[Sydney Brooks]]''' on page 201, but it would seem this is an error, for the programme printed on pages 195-9 clearly has two ''individual'' names: "[[Mr Sydney]]" and "[[Mr Brooks]]".  The reference should most probably have included a comma, to read "Sydney, Brooks en  E.Turner"
 == Biography ==

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 [[Mr Brooks]] (fl 1860s) was an actor.
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) also refers to a '''[[Sydney Brooks]]''' on page 201, but it would seem this is an error, for the programme printed on pages 195-9 clearly has two ''individual'' names: "[[Mr Sydney]]" and "[[Mr Brooks]]".  The reference should most probably have included a comma, to read "Sydney, Brooks en  E.Turner"
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) also refers to a '''[[Mr Brooks|Sydney Brooks]]''' on page 201, but it would seem this is an error, for the programme printed on pages 195-9 clearly has two ''individual'' names: "[[Mr Sydney]]" and "[[Mr Brooks]]".  The reference should most probably have included a comma, to read "Sydney, Brooks en  E.Turner"
 == Biography ==

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 [[Mr Brooks]] (fl 1860s) was an actor.
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) also refers to a '''[[Sydney Brooks]]''' on page 201, but it would seem this is an error, for the programme printed on pages 195-9 clearly has two ''individual'' names: "[[Mr Sydney]]" and "[[Mr Brooks]]".
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) also refers to a '''[[Sydney Brooks]]''' on page 201, but it would seem this is an error, for the programme printed on pages 195-9 clearly has two ''individual'' names: "[[Mr Sydney]]" and "[[Mr Brooks]]".  The reference should most probably have included a comma, to read "Sydney, Brooks en  E.Turner"
 == Biography ==

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 [[Mr Brooks]] (fl 1860s) was an actor.
 == Biography ==
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He is only mentioned once by this name, when he played the role of "Death Head & Crossbones" (an "attendant spirit") in [[Ray and Cooper]]'s 1865 production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town.
+[[Mr Brooks]] played the role(roles?) of "Death Head & Crossbones" (or "Death Head" AND "Crossbones" - two of the three "attendant spirits") in [[Ray and Cooper]]'s 1865 production of the pantomime ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town.
 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.196
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 111, 196 201
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]