Mrs Cooke - Revision history

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 On the 26th September the company held a benefit performance for [[Mrs Cooke]] , doing ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt) and ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock), with an interlude of two songs sung by [[Mr Pitt]]  and "The Bird Duet" ( from Dibdin's  comic opera  ''[[The Cabinet]]'', with music by J. Braham), sung by [[Mr Cooke]] and [[Mrs Cooke]].
-The company from Liverpool left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour in the East after this.
+The company from Liverpool left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour in the East after their final performance on 21 November 1818.
 '''See also  the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] for the full programme of the 1818 season'''

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−	[[Mrs Cooke]] (17?-18?) was a [[professional]] actress who, with three other visiting [[professional]]s from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mr Cooke]], [[Miss Williams]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]([[English Amateur Company]]) during a successful the 1818 season in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town. They began with ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin) and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' (Coffey) on 24th January 1818 and ended on 21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'' (Hurlstone), and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny, or Love in a Sack]]'' (Griffin).	+	[[Mrs Cooke]] (17?-18?) was a [[professional]] actress and singer who, with three other visiting [[professional]]s from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mr Cooke]], [[Miss Williams]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]([[English Amateur Company]]) during a successful the 1818 season in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town. They began with ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin) and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' (Coffey) on 24th January 1818 and ended on 21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'' (Hurlstone), and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny, or Love in a Sack]]'' (Griffin).

	[[Mrs Cooke]]'s performances received high praise from the local critics, and among the roles specifically mentioned are a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin), "Nell" in ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'', "Amelia" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' and "Magrietta" in ''[[No Song, No Supper]]''.		[[Mrs Cooke]]'s performances received high praise from the local critics, and among the roles specifically mentioned are a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin), "Nell" in ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'', "Amelia" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' and "Magrietta" in ''[[No Song, No Supper]]''.

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 151-157; 170-177.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 151-157; 170-177.
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 [[Mrs Cooke]]'s  performances received high praise from the local critics, and among the roles specifically mentioned are a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin), "Nell" in ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'', "Amelia" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' and "Magrietta" in ''[[No Song, No Supper]]''.
-On the 26th September the company held a benefit performance for [[Mrs Cooke]] , doing ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt) and ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock), with an interlude of two songs sung by [[Mr Pitt]]  and ''The Bird Duet'' ( from Dibdin's  comic opera  ''[[The Cabinet]]'', with music by J. Braham), sung by [[Mr Cooke]] and [[Mrs Cooke]].
+On the 26th September the company held a benefit performance for [[Mrs Cooke]] , doing ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt) and ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock), with an interlude of two songs sung by [[Mr Pitt]]  and "The Bird Duet" ( from Dibdin's  comic opera  ''[[The Cabinet]]'', with music by J. Braham), sung by [[Mr Cooke]] and [[Mrs Cooke]].
 The company from Liverpool left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour in the East after this.

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 [[Mrs Cooke]]'s  performances received high praise from the local critics, and among the roles specifically mentioned are a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin), "Nell" in ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'', "Amelia" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' and "Magrietta" in ''[[No Song, No Supper]]''.
-On the 26th September the company held a benefit performance for [[Mrs Cooke]] , doing ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt) and ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock), with an interlude of two songs sung by [[Mr Pitt]]  and ''The Bird Duet'' (from the comic opera  ''[[The Cabinet]]'' by Braham) sung by [[Mr Cooke]] and [[Mrs Cooke]].
+On the 26th September the company held a benefit performance for [[Mrs Cooke]] , doing ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt) and ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock), with an interlude of two songs sung by [[Mr Pitt]]  and ''The Bird Duet'' ( from Dibdin's  comic opera  ''[[The Cabinet]]'', with music by J. Braham), sung by [[Mr Cooke]] and [[Mrs Cooke]].
 The company from Liverpool left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour in the East after this.

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 151-157; 170-177.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 151-157; 170-177.
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