Mr Brougham - Revision history

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-A person referred to as [[Brougham]] visited Cape Town, Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth in 1873-4, as part of [[Disney Roebuck]]'s first touring company to visit the country. Usually billed  simply as [[Brougham]], he started out in small supporting roles, playing figurants[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurant], and gradually progressed to more substantial roles,  e.g. in ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson) on 16 and 17 February 1874. He left the company after they had played in King Williamstown, and is not heard of again.
+A person referred to as [[Brougham]] visited Cape Town, Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth in 1873-4, as part of [[Disney Roebuck]]'s first touring company to visit the country. Usually billed  simply as [[Brougham]], he started out in small supporting roles, playing figurants[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurant], and gradually progressed to more substantial roles,  e.g. in ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson) on 16 and 17 February 1874. He left the company with [[E.V. Sinclair]] and [[Miss Clifford]] after they had played in King Williamstown. Brougham is not heard of again.
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 There is a great deal of uncertainty about this person. While he is referred to simply as [[Brougham]] in [[F.C.L. Bosman]]'s 1980 study, he is actually listed as "[[John Brougham]]" in the '''''Index''''' to the book. This latter reference is dubious however, for though some of Bosman's references are to clearly to an actor in Roebuck's employ, the majority of times the reference to '''[[John Brougham]]''' is clearly to the prominent 19th century Irish-American playwright of that name (1814-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brougham], whose plays were often performed in South Africa, but who as far as can be ascertained did not visit the country himself.
-Another , more feasible, possibility is that [[Mr Brougham]]  is the same person as the '''[[J.S. Brougham]]''' who had been a British soldier and amateur performer for the the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in the early 1860s, when stationed in the Eastern Cape.
+Another , more feasible, possibility is that [[Mr Brougham]]  is the same person as the '''[[J.S. Brougham]]''' who had been a British soldier and amateur performer for the the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in the early 1860s, when stationed in the Eastern Cape - perhaps having started on a career in theatre after his tour of duty.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-A person referred to as [[Brougham]] visited Cape Town, Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth in 1873-4, as part of [[Disney Roebuck]]'s first touring company to visit the country. Usually billed  simply as [[Brougham]], he started out in small supporting roles, playing figurants[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurant], and gradually progressed to more substantial roles,  e.g. in ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson) on 16 and 17 February 1874.
+A person referred to as [[Brougham]] visited Cape Town, Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth in 1873-4, as part of [[Disney Roebuck]]'s first touring company to visit the country. Usually billed  simply as [[Brougham]], he started out in small supporting roles, playing figurants[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurant], and gradually progressed to more substantial roles,  e.g. in ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson) on 16 and 17 February 1874. He left the company after they had played in King Williamstown, and is not heard of again.
 == Sources ==
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 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurant
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 306, 315,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 306, 315, 318
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Sources ==
 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurant
-[[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. 306, 315,
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Biography==
-There is a great deal of uncertainty about this person, for while he is referred to simply as [[Brougham]] in [[F.C.L. Bosman]]'s 1980 study, he is actually listed as "[[John Brougham]]" in the '''''Index''''' to the book. This latter reference is dubious however. Some of Bosman's references are to clearly to an actor in Roebuck's employ, but the majority of times the reference to '''[[John Brougham]]''' is clearly to the prominent 19th century Irish-American playwright of that name (1814-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brougham], whose plays were often performed in South Africa, but who did not visit the country himself.
+There is a great deal of uncertainty about this person. While he is referred to simply as [[Brougham]] in [[F.C.L. Bosman]]'s 1980 study, he is actually listed as "[[John Brougham]]" in the '''''Index''''' to the book. This latter reference is dubious however, for though some of Bosman's references are to clearly to an actor in Roebuck's employ, the majority of times the reference to '''[[John Brougham]]''' is clearly to the prominent 19th century Irish-American playwright of that name (1814-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brougham], whose plays were often performed in South Africa, but who as far as can be ascertained did not visit the country himself.
-Another possibility is that [[Mr Brougham]]  is the same person as the '''[[J.S. Brougham]]''' who had been a soldier and amateur performer for the the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in the early 1860s.
+Another , more feasible, possibility is that [[Mr Brougham]]  is the same person as the '''[[J.S. Brougham]]''' who had been a British soldier and amateur performer for the the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in the early 1860s, when stationed in the Eastern Cape.
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 [[Mr Brougham]] was a British actor in the 1870s.
-Also simply referred to as [[Brougham]] in programmes and articles.
+Also simply referred to as '''[[Brougham]]''' in programmes and articles.
 ==Biography==

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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.)