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−	He was a member of the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]] (later the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]]) in the period 1860-61. In March of 1861 he temporarily bid the amateur theatre a farewell to put on a "Grand Entertainment" of his own in the [[Theatre Royal]]. The event included a performance of negro songs by [[Mr D'Urban]]'s [[Ethiopian Minstrels]], a Grand Drawingroom Entertainment called ''[[Music under Difficulties, or The Composer in Search of Quiet]]'' by [[Mr St George]] and [[Mr Chester]] (St George himself performing 15 roles), and ended with a [[Grand Ballet Divertissement by the Spanish Dancers]], featuring "Les Senoritas Georgini, Burtoni, Lurlini and Senor D'Urban".	+	He was a member of the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]] (later the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]]) in the period 1860-61. In March of 1861 he temporarily bid the amateur theatre a farewell to put on a "Grand Entertainment" of his own in the [[Theatre Royal]]. The event included a performance of negro songs by [[Mr D'Urban]]'s [[Ethiopian Minstrels]], a Grand Drawingroom Entertainment called ''[[Music under Difficulties, or The Composer in Search of Quiet]]'' by [[Mr St George]] and [[Mr Chester]] (St George himself performing 15 roles), and ended with a ''[[Grand Ballet Divertissement by the Spanish Dancers]]'', featuring "Les Senoritas Georgini, Burtoni, Lurlini and Senor D'Urban".

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was a member of  the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]] (later the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]]) in the period 1860-61. In March of 1861 he temporarily bid the amateur theatre a farewell to put on a  "Grand Entertainment" of his own in the [[Theatre Royal]]. The event included a performance of negro songs by [[Mr D'Urban]]'s [[Ethiopian Minstrels]], a Grand Drawingroom Entertainment called ''[[Music under Difficulties, or The Composer in Search of Quiet]]'' by [[Mr St George]] and [[Mr Chester]] (St George himself performing 15 roles), and ended with a [[Grand Ballet Divertissement by the Spanish Dancers], featuring "Les Senoritas Georgini, Burtoni, Lurlini and Senor D'Urban".
+He was a member of  the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]] (later the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]]) in the period 1860-61. In March of 1861 he temporarily bid the amateur theatre a farewell to put on a  "Grand Entertainment" of his own in the [[Theatre Royal]]. The event included a performance of negro songs by [[Mr D'Urban]]'s [[Ethiopian Minstrels]], a Grand Drawingroom Entertainment called ''[[Music under Difficulties, or The Composer in Search of Quiet]]'' by [[Mr St George]] and [[Mr Chester]] (St George himself performing 15 roles), and ended with a [[Grand Ballet Divertissement by the Spanish Dancers]], featuring "Les Senoritas Georgini, Burtoni, Lurlini and Senor D'Urban".
 In 1868 he once more put on four "[[Drawing-Room Entertainments]]", a mix of an art exhibition (on the theme "Pen and Pencil Sketches, The Sea, City Village and Veld"), a talk on the art and amusing songs by St George, and a by him performance of ''[[Our Rehearsal]]'', described by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p242) as a "kostelike transformasiestukkie, met manlike en vroulike rolle (i.e. "an amusing little transformation piece with male and female parts") and credited to "St George".
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	He was a member of the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]] (later the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]]) in the period 1860-61. In March of 1861 he temporarily bid the amateur theatre a farewell to put on a "Grand Entertainment" of his own in the [[Theatre Royal]]. The event included a performance of negro songs by [[Mr D'Urban]]'s [[Ethiopian Minstrels]], a Grand Drawingroom Entertainment called ''[[Music under Difficulties, or The Composer in Search of Quiet]]'' by [[Mr St George]] and [[Mr Chester]] (St George himself performing 15 roles), and ended with a [[Grand Ballet Divertissement by the Spanish Dancers], featuring "Les Senoritas Georgini, Burtoni, Lurlini and Senor D'Urban".		He was a member of the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]] (later the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]]) in the period 1860-61. In March of 1861 he temporarily bid the amateur theatre a farewell to put on a "Grand Entertainment" of his own in the [[Theatre Royal]]. The event included a performance of negro songs by [[Mr D'Urban]]'s [[Ethiopian Minstrels]], a Grand Drawingroom Entertainment called ''[[Music under Difficulties, or The Composer in Search of Quiet]]'' by [[Mr St George]] and [[Mr Chester]] (St George himself performing 15 roles), and ended with a [[Grand Ballet Divertissement by the Spanish Dancers], featuring "Les Senoritas Georgini, Burtoni, Lurlini and Senor D'Urban".
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		+	In 1868 he once more put on four "[[Drawing-Room Entertainments]]", a mix of an art exhibition (on the theme "Pen and Pencil Sketches, The Sea, City Village and Veld"), a talk on the art and amusing songs by St George, and a by him performance of ''[[Our Rehearsal]]'', described by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p242) as a "kostelike transformasiestukkie, met manlike en vroulike rolle (i.e. "an amusing little transformation piece with male and female parts") and credited to "St George".

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II: 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 171, 181.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II: 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 171, 181, 242, .
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II: 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II: 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 171, 181.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]