Officers of the Garrison - Revision history

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Cape Town

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Grahamstown

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	'''For a general overview, see [[Military Entertainment]] and the [[Garrison Players]].'''		'''For a general overview, see [[Military Entertainment]] and the [[Garrison Players]].'''
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 As a general term in the context of theatre in South Africa, it applies to officers from the British garrisons in South Africa, who on occasion would form a theatrical society to put on plays and entertainments.
-'''For a general overview, see the [[Garrison Players]].'''
+'''For a general overview, see [[Military Entertainment]] and the [[Garrison Players]].'''
-'''See also [[Military Entertainment]]'''
+'''See also '''
 == Cape Town ==

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	'''For a general overview, see the [[Garrison Players]].'''		'''For a general overview, see the [[Garrison Players]].'''
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		+	'''See also [[Military Entertainment]]'''

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 As a general term in the context of theatre in South Africa, it applies to officers from the British garrisons in South Africa, who on occasion would form a theatrical society to put on plays and entertainments.
-For a general overview, see the [[Garrison Players]].
+'''For a general overview, see the [[Garrison Players]].'''
 == Cape Town ==

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 As a general term in the context of theatre in South Africa, it applies to officers from the British garrisons in South Africa, who on occasion would form a theatrical society to put on plays and entertainments.
+For a general overview, see the [[Garrison Players]].
 == Cape Town ==

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 Originally they merely planned the "weekly Comedy", but soon the programmes took on a more substantial form.  **. In the initial period (1807-8) their repertoire included ''[[The Rivals]]'' , ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'', ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', etc.
-They performed on and off for much of the 19th century,
+They performed on and off for much of the 19th century, and were also known as the [[Garrison Amateur Company]], the [[English Theatricals]] (before 1819), the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] or simply the [[Amateur Company]] (after 1819), and even for a while [[Captain Hall's Company]] (1850-1855).
 == Grahamstown ==

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 They performed on and off for much of the 19th century,
-Also known as: [[The Gentleman Amateurs]], the [[Garrison Players]], [[Captain Hall's Company]] (1850-1855)
+Also known as: The [[Gentleman Amateurs]], the [[Garrison Players]], [[Captain Hall's Company]] (1850-1855)
 == Grahamstown ==

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	Originally they merely planned the "weekly Comedy", but soon the programmes took on a more substantial form. **. In the initial period (1807-8) their repertoire included ''[[The Rivals]]'' , ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'', ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', etc.		Originally they merely planned the "weekly Comedy", but soon the programmes took on a more substantial form. **. In the initial period (1807-8) their repertoire included ''[[The Rivals]]'' , ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'', ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', etc.

−	They performed ~~till 18~~	+	They performed on and off for much of the 19th century,
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		+	Also known as: [[The Gentleman Amateurs]], the [[Garrison Players]], [[Captain Hall's Company]] (1850-1855)

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−	As a general term, it applies to officers from the British garrisons in South Africa, who ~~formed~~ a theatrical society to put on plays and entertainments.	+	As a general term in the context of theatre in South Africa, it applies to officers from the British garrisons in South Africa, who on occasion would form a theatrical society to put on plays and entertainments.

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−	There was apparently a similar company in Grahamstown in 1853, who performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] and the [[Garrison Theatre]] there, doing among others Love a la Mode (Macklin) and ''[[The Three Clerks]]'' on 11 October, 1853.	+	There was apparently a similar company in Grahamstown in 1853, who performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] and the [[Garrison Theatre]] there, doing among others ''[[Love à-la-Mode]]'' (Macklin) and ''[[The Three Clerks]]'' on 11 October, 1853.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==