Mrs Delamore - Revision history

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 She is first mentioned by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928) in connection with a [[benefit performance]], which a [[Society of Amateurs]] were putting in the [[African Theatre]]  for a "Miss Delamore". (Though Bosman has "Miss Delamore" on page 146, he refers to her as "Mrs Delamore" on pp.176-7 and elsewhere in his history.) She and a [[Mr Laing]] helped sell the tickets for, and no doubt both acted in, the evening's entertainment, which consisted of  ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' (Colman) and ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham).
-This reference suggests that she may have been appearing on stage in Cape Town for a while. Some other performances include:
+This reference suggests that she may have been appearing on stage in Cape Town for a while.
-On Monday 28 October 1822 another benefit performance - this time of ''[[The Rivals]]'' and ''[[The Prisoner at Large]]'' - was held for her,  and for two other ladies ([[Mrs Smith]] and [[Mrs Green]]), by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]].
+The only specific performance in which she is banmed was another benefit performance on Monday 28 October 1822 - this time a presentation of ''[[The Rivals]]'' and ''[[The Prisoner at Large]]'', which  was held for her,  and for two other ladies ([[Mrs Smith]] and [[Mrs Green]]), by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]].
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-[[Mrs Delamore]] (18**-18**) was an amateur actress in Cape Town.
+[[Mrs Delamore]] (18**-18**) was an actress in Cape Town.
-She appears to have performed for the [[Amateur Company]] managed by [[Mr Cuerton]] and the [[Garrison Players]] and [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the period 1815-182*.
+She may have been a [[professional]] performer, living at the Cape, and appears to have performed as semi-professional for the [[Amateur Company]] managed by [[Mr Cuerton]] and later also for the [[Garrison Players]] and [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the period 1815-182*.
 She is first mentioned by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928) in connection with a [[benefit performance]], which a [[Society of Amateurs]] were putting in the [[African Theatre]]  for a "Miss Delamore". (Though Bosman has "Miss Delamore" on page 146, he refers to her as "Mrs Delamore" on pp.176-7 and elsewhere in his history.) She and a [[Mr Laing]] helped sell the tickets for, and no doubt both acted in, the evening's entertainment, which consisted of  ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' (Colman) and ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham).

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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. 146, 176-7.~~

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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. 146, 165, 170, 176-7, 182-3, 370, 377.
-Go to [[The ESAT Bibliography]]
+Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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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. 146, 165, 170, 176-7, 182-3, 370, 377.
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
+Go to [[The ESAT Bibliography]]
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 [[Mrs Delamore]] (18**-18**) was an amateur actress in Cape Town.
-In one There is no mention of a Mr Delamore.
+She appears to have performed for the [[Amateur Company]] of [[Mr Cuerton]] and the [[Garrison Players]] in Cape Town.
 She is first mentioned by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928 - as "Miss Delamore" on page 146, and "Mrs Delamore" on pp.176-7) when she and [[Mr Laing]] helped sell the tickets for, and no doubt both acted in,  ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' (Colman) and ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham), which were performed by a [[Society of Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 22 July 1815,  as  a benefit performance for [[Mrs Delamore]].
 On Monday 28 October 1822 another benefit performance - this time of ''[[The Rivals]]'' and ''[[The Prisoner at Large]]'' - was held for her,  and for two other ladies ([[Mrs Smith]] and [[Mrs Green]]).