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 The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Mrs  Bland]] as an actress, and they are said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone, in addition to a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town and returning to England.
-Apparently [[Mrs Bland]] was particularly well received in the role of "Lady Creamly" in ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (), when done as part of [[Sefton Parry]]'s own benefit on 30 April, 1862.
+Apparently [[Mrs Bland]] was particularly well received in the role of "Lady Creamly" in ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (Bayard and De Wailly), when this was done as part of [[Sefton Parry]]'s own benefit on 30 April, 1862.
 '''''For information on the plays performed, see [[Sefton Parry]]'''''

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	The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Mrs Bland]] as an actress, and they are said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone, in addition to a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town and returning to England.		The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Mrs Bland]] as an actress, and they are said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone, in addition to a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town and returning to England.
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		+	Apparently [[Mrs Bland]] was particularly well received in the role of "Lady Creamly" in ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (), when done as part of [[Sefton Parry]]'s own benefit on 30 April, 1862.

	'''''For information on the plays performed, see [[Sefton Parry]]'''''		'''''For information on the plays performed, see [[Sefton Parry]]'''''

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 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277610/silk-programme-parker-john/
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 104, 108, 112, 115-6.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 104, 112, 115-6.
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Mrs Bland]] as an actress, and they are said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone, in addition to a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town and returning to England.		The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Mrs Bland]] as an actress, and they are said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone, in addition to a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town and returning to England.
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		+	'''''For information on the plays performed, see [[Sefton Parry]]'''''

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 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277610/silk-programme-parker-john/
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 69, 104, 108, 112, 115-6.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 104, 108, 112, 115-6.
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 She was the wife of the British stage manager and performer '''[[Shuter Bland]]''', and an actress in her own right. For example both [[Mr Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are mentioned in a silk programme from the Theatre, Hereford (held by the Victoria and Albert Museum , London). It is for a production of ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and ''[[The Railway Station!]]'' and mentions Bland himself served as an Acting Manager and actor, and his wife as actress.[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277610/silk-programme-parker-john/]
-In Parry's announcement of their arrival as part of his company in 1861, both [[Shuter Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are described as being "form the Theatres of Bath, Bristol and Newcastle".
+In Parry's announcement of their arrival as part of his company in 1861, both [[Shuter Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are described as being "from the Theatres of Bath, Bristol and Newcastle".
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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.)
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefton_Henry_Parry
 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

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	According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'', bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers, arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861, the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss [[Louisa Bland]].		According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'', bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers, arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861, the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss [[Louisa Bland]].
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		+	The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Mrs Bland]] as an actress, and they are said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone, in addition to a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town and returning to England.

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-According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'',  bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers,  arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861,  the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss [[Louisa Bland]]. For some strange reason he is listed as '''[[C. Bland]]''' in the Index to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), though referred to as [[Mr Bland]] or [[Shuter Bland]] in the text.
+According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'',  bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers,  arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861,  the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss [[Louisa Bland]].
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