Mr Holt - Revision history

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Performer and teacher Frank Holt (or Mr Holt, 18**-1920s)

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Performer and teacher Frank Holt (or Mr Holt, 18**-1920s)

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Performer and teacher Frank Holt (or Mr Holt, 18**-1920s)

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Singer, performer, teacher of singing and elocution Frank Holt (or Mr Holt, 18**-1920s)

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Singer and performer Mr Holt

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Singer and performer Mr Holt

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 =Performer and teacher [[Frank Holt]] (or [[Mr Holt]], 18**-1920s)=
-He seems to have arrived in South Africa in 1897, as a prominent member of the first [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country. When the company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was still active in the city the 1920s.
+He seems to have arrived in South Africa in 1897, as a prominent member of the first  [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country, as well as the second (in 1902-3). When the latter company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town.
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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, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.56-7,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.56-7, 405,
 [[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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 =Performer and teacher [[Frank Holt]] (or [[Mr Holt]], 18**-1920s)=
-He seems to have arrive in South Africa as a prominent member of the first [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country. When the company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was still active in the city the 1920s.
+He seems to have arrived in South Africa in 1897, as a prominent member of the first [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country. When the company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was still active in the city the 1920s.
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 =Performer and teacher [[Frank Holt]] (or [[Mr Holt]], 18**-1920s)=
-He seems to have arrive in South Africa as a prominent member of the first [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country. When the company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town.
+He seems to have arrive in South Africa as a prominent member of the first [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country. When the company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was still active in the city the 1920s.
 = Sources =

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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, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.56-7,		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.56-7,

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 =Singer and performer [[Mr Holt]]=
-A  soldier and singer simply listed as [[Mr Holt]] is mentioned in connection with the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (1868 and 1869) by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p.263). He may have been the [[Frank Holt]] mentioned above.
+A  soldier and singer simply listed as [[Mr Holt]] is mentioned in connection with the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (1868 and 1869) by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p.263). He was most probably the same person as the  bandleader [[Frank Holt]], mentioned below.
 =Band leader [[Frank Holt]] (or [[Mr Holt]], 18**-1888)=

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−	The name '''[[Holt]]''' or [[Mr Holt]] appears in three guises in the 19th century.	+	The name '''[[Holt]]''' or [[Mr Holt]] appears in three guises in the 19th century, two of them known as '''[[Frank Holt]]'''.

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-The name '''[[Holt]]''' or [[Mr Holt]]  appears in two guises in the 19th century.
+The name '''[[Holt]]''' or [[Mr Holt]]  appears in three guises in the 19th century.
 =Band leader [[Frank Holt]] (or [[Mr Holt]], 18**-1888)=
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 He was frequently involved in Cape Town entertainments, for example participating as band-leader in the productions put on by [[Sefton Parry]], including the gala opening of the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 14 September,  1857.
-=Singer and performer [[Mr Holt]]=
+=Singer, performer, teacher of singing and elocution [[Frank Holt]] (or [[Mr Holt]], 18**-1920s)=
-A  soldier and singer simply listed as [[Mr Holt]] is mentioned in connection with the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (1868 and 1869) by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p.263). He may have been the [[Frank Holt]] mentioned above.
+He seems to have arrive in South Africa as a prominent member of the first [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] to visit the country. When the company returned to the UK he remained behind to pursue a career as teacher of singing and elocution in Cape Town.
 = Sources =