Mr Leslie - Revision history

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 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
-Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]'''(fl. 1870's), he was  a British [[Christy's]] style singer and performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London. In South Africa he was a leading member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]''' (fl. 1870's), he was  a British [[Christy's]] style singer and performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London. In South Africa he was a leading member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
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 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
-Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]''', he was  a [[Christy's]] style performer and singer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a leading member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]'''(fl. 1870's), he was  a British [[Christy's]] style singer and performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London. In South Africa he was a leading member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
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 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
-Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]''', he was  a [[Christy's]] style performer and singer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]''', he was  a [[Christy's]] style performer and singer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a leading member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
 He may have been either one, or both, of the two "[[Mr Leslie]]s" discussed above.

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 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
-Also identified as [[W.S. Leslie]], he was  a [[Christy's]] style performer and singer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+Also identified as '''[[W.S. Leslie]]''', he was  a [[Christy's]] style performer and singer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
 He may have been either one, or both, of the two "[[Mr Leslie]]s" discussed above.

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 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
-Also identified as [[W.S. Leslie]] or as was a [[Christy's]] style performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+Also identified as [[W.S. Leslie]], he was  a [[Christy's]] style performer and singer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the Orange Free State for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
 He may have been either one, or both, of the two "[[Mr Leslie]]s" discussed above.
 (fl. 1870's) was a British [[Christy's]] style singer and performer.
 = Sources =

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-There are a few references to a performer called [[Mr Leslie]] (fl. 1860's) who performed in the Cape Province in the mid 19th century. The extent to which they are related, or are the same person, is difficult to discern from available evidence.
+There are a few references to a performer called [[Mr Leslie]] (fl. 1860's) who performed in the Cape Province in the mid 19th century.
 ="Mr Leslie", 1858=
 The "first appearance in Cape Town" of a  [[Mr Leslie]] was announced for an evening of entertainment by the [[Charles Fraser]] company and a company of amateurs in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 27 December, 1858, which included the three pieces ''[[A Blighted Being]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) and ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom]]'' (Moncrieff). [[Mr Leslie]] apparently played the lead of "Job Wort" in ''[[A Blighted Being]]''.
 ="Mr Leslie", 1862=
 A comedian in the [[Christy's]] idiom, he claimed to have been a member of the original 1842 Broadway company led E.B. Christy and was a member of [[The Christy Minstrels]] troupe that visited Cape Town, Port Elizabeth as well as various smaller settlements in 1862, ''en route'' to Australia.
 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
-Also identified as [[ W.S. Leslie]] was a [[Christy's]] style performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+Also identified as [[W.S. Leslie]] or as was a [[Christy's]] style performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
 He may have been either one, or both, of the two "[[Mr Leslie]]s" discussed above.
 (fl. 1870's) was a British [[Christy's]] style singer and performer.
 = Sources =
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 193-194
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 124,193-194, 251-2
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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 193-194		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 193-194

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 ="Mr Leslie", 1872-4=
- was apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
+[[ W.S. Leslie]] was a Christy's style performer, apparently attached to the St James Hall, London, and a member of the touring [[Harvey-Dougherty-Leslie-Braham  Minstrels]],  that visited the Cape Colony for a set of three seasons, between November 1872 and the end of 1874.
-He may have been the same [[Mr Leslie]] who first appeared in Cape Town with [[Charles Fraser]] in three pieces during 1858, playing the lead in ''[[A Blighted Being]]'' (Taylor). ('''see [[Charles Fraser]]''').
+He may have been either one, or both, of the two "[[Mr Leslie]]s" discussed above.