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 The [[New English Theatrical Company]] was a semi-professional company of English performers active in Cape Town 1848-9 and possibly till 1851 in the then new [[Drury Lane Theatre]]. .
-Apparently, according to [[William Groom]] the official name of the company was the [[New English Theatrical Company]].  However other writers, e.g. [[Jill Fletcher]], refer to it as '''[[Parker's Company]]''', since it had been founded by [[W.F.H. Parker]], as does [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (again calling it '''[[Parker se Geselskap]]''' in [[Afrikaans]])  and even [[The English Company]] at times.
+Apparently, according to [[William Groom]] the official name of the company was the [[New English Theatrical Company]].  However other writers, e.g. [[Jill Fletcher]], refer to it as '''[[Parker's Company]]''', since it had been founded by [[W.F.H. Parker]], as does [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (again calling it '''[[Parker se Geselskap]]''' in [[Afrikaans]])  and even '''[[The English Company]]''' at times.
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 The [[New English Theatrical Company]] was a semi-professional company of English performers active in Cape Town 1848-9 and possibly till 1851 in the then new [[Drury Lane Theatre]]. .
-Apparently, according to [[William Groom]] the official name of the company was the [[New English Theatrical Company]].  However other writers, e.g. [[Jill Fletcher]], refer to it as [[Parker's Company]], since it had been founded by [[W.F.H. Parker]].   [[F.C.L. Bosman]], again refers to it as both [[Parker se Geselskap]] (i.e. [[Parker's Company]]) and [[The English Company]] at times.
+Apparently, according to [[William Groom]] the official name of the company was the [[New English Theatrical Company]].  However other writers, e.g. [[Jill Fletcher]], refer to it as '''[[Parker's Company]]''', since it had been founded by [[W.F.H. Parker]], as does [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (again calling it '''[[Parker se Geselskap]]''' in [[Afrikaans]])  and even [[The English Company]] at times.
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 The [[New English Theatrical Company]] was a semi-professional company of English performers active in Cape Town 1848-9 and possibly till 1851 in the then new [[Drury Lane Theatre]]. .
-Apparently, according to [[William Groom]] the official name of the company was the [[New English Theatrical Company]].  However other writers, e.g. [[Jill Fletcher]], refer to it as [[Parker's Company]], since it had been founded by [[W.F.H. Parker]].   [[F.C.L. Bosman]], again refers to it as [[The English Company]] at times.
+Apparently, according to [[William Groom]] the official name of the company was the [[New English Theatrical Company]].  However other writers, e.g. [[Jill Fletcher]], refer to it as [[Parker's Company]], since it had been founded by [[W.F.H. Parker]].   [[F.C.L. Bosman]], again refers to it as both [[Parker se Geselskap]] (i.e. [[Parker's Company]]) and [[The English Company]] at times.
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 In 1847 the company leased the newly renovated [[Drury Lane Theatre]]  for one season of light dramas and operas.  In 1850 they performed at the [[Victoria Theatre]] ([[Hope Street Theatre]]) and the year after they were back at [[Drury Lane Theatre]], after which they seemed to disappear from the scene, replaced by an [[English Amateur Company]] which was made up of at least some of the older company's amateur members and officers of the garrison.
-The quality of their work seems to have been a little suspect however. In January 1849 the company's production of  Buckstone's ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' received received much praise from the ''[[Cape Town Mail]]'',  but  [[Sam Sly]] responded with a harsh critique of the theatre and the company, suggesting that the ''[[Cape Town Mail]]'' review displayed  "exaggerated and false colouring" , for he had not only found that the space was noisy, but also that "the ventilation was abominable and ...the acting was no good..". (quoted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 419). Apparently, because of this, the company itself did not survive much more than the year, though Parker himself remained on the scene in various guises into the 1850s. Both Bosman (1928) and Fletcher (1994) suggest that, because of some   harsh criticism of the theatre and the company expressed by the local critic [[Sam Sly]],  the [[New English Theatrical Company]] did not survive much more than the year, though  [[W.F.H. Parker|Parker]] himself remained on the scene in various guises into the 1850s.this criticism actually  caused the company to close down temporarily.
+Both Bosman (1928) and Fletcher (1994) suggest that, because of some harsh criticism of the theatre and the company expressed by the local critic [[Sam Sly]],  the [[New English Theatrical Company]] did not survive much more than the year, though  [[W.F.H. Parker|Parker]] himself remained on the scene in various guises into the 1850s.
 == The Company members ==

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 == The Company members ==
-The company members were apparently a mix of professional and local amateur players, drawn from the (temporarily defunct) [[Garrison Players]] and other local groups. Listed among them were were [[H. Hughes]] (who was both actor and stage manager), [[Mr Miller]], [[Mr Etton]], [[Mr Rogers]], [[Mr Herbert]], [[Mr Tilbury]],  [[Mrs Parker]], [[Mrs Hughes]] and young master [[C. Hill]].
+The company members, which included men and women, were apparently a mix of professional and local amateur players, drawn from the (temporarily defunct) [[Garrison Players]] and other local groups. Listed among them were were [[H. Hughes]] (who was both actor and stage manager), [[Mr Miller]], [[Mr Etton]], [[Mr Rogers]], [[Mr Herbert]], [[Mr Tilbury]],  [[Mrs Parker]], [[Mrs Hughes]] and young master [[C. Hill]].
 == Performances ==

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	[[William Groom]]. 1899. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4.		[[William Groom]]. 1899. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4.
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