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The Private Amateur Company 1847

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The Private Amateur Company 1847

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 In 1847 there is another reference to a company of this name in Cape Town (active ''circa'' 1843-1847), though it is also named the '''[[Private English Amateur Theatrical Company]]''' or the '''[[English Private Theatricals]]'''.
-They played in the [[De Hollandse Skouburg]] ("Dutch Theatre") in Roeland Street , popularly known as the [[Roeland Street Theatre]],  and their secretary was [[A. van Breda]]. It appears to have been made up of mainly [[Dutch]]-speaking players (including [[E.G. de Roubaix]], [[Mr Maynier]], [[Mr De Wahl]], [[Mr Combrink]], etc.), even though performing in English.
+They played in the [[De Hollandse Skouburg]] ("Dutch Theatre") in Roeland Street , popularly known as the [[Roeland Street Theatre]],  and their secretary was [[A. van Breda]]. It appears to have been made up of mainly [[Dutch]]-speaking players (including [[E.G. de Roubaix]], [[Mr Maynier]], [[Mr de Wahl]], [[Mr Combrink]], etc.), even though performing in English.
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 In 1847 there is another reference to a company of this name in Cape Town (active ''circa'' 1843-1847), though it is also named the '''[[Private English Amateur Theatrical Company]]''' or the '''[[English Private Theatricals]]'''.
-They played in the [[De Hollandse Skouburg]] ("Dutch Theatre") in Roeland Street , popularly known as the [[Roeland Street Theatre]],  and their secretary was [[A. van Breda]]. It appears to have been made up of mainly [[Dutch]]-speaking players (including [[E.G. de Roubaix]], Maynier, De Wahl, Combrink, etc.), even though performing in English.
+They played in the [[De Hollandse Skouburg]] ("Dutch Theatre") in Roeland Street , popularly known as the [[Roeland Street Theatre]],  and their secretary was [[A. van Breda]]. It appears to have been made up of mainly [[Dutch]]-speaking players (including [[E.G. de Roubaix]], [[Mr Maynier]], [[Mr De Wahl]], [[Mr Combrink]], etc.), even though performing in English.
 === Performances ===

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−	Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece. ~~Its~~ final performance on 6 November 1847.	+	[[William Groom]] (1899) describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece. The company's final performance was on 6 November 1847.

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 They played in the [[De Hollandse Skouburg]] ("Dutch Theatre") in Roeland Street , popularly known as the [[Roeland Street Theatre]],  and their secretary was [[A. van Breda]]. It appears to have been made up of mainly [[Dutch]]-speaking players (including [[E.G. de Roubaix]], Maynier, De Wahl, Combrink, etc.), even though performing in English.
 === Performances ===
 Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece. Its final performance on 6 November 1847.

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−	Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece ~~its~~ final performance on 6 November 1847.	+	Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece. Its final performance on 6 November 1847.

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−	Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and ~~His~~ Men]]'' in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece its final performance on 6 November 1847.	+	Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece its final performance on 6 November 1847.

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 : No performances seem to have taken place.
-: ''[[The Miller's Maid]]'' (Saville), ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché), ''[[Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand]]'' (Maturin), ''[[Past Ten O'Clock and a Rainy Night]]'',
+: ''[[The Miller's Maid]]'' (Saville), ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché), ''[[Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand]]'' (Maturin), ''[[Past Ten O'clock and a Rainy Night]]'' (Dibdin).
 : ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché), ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' (Payne),  ''[[Amateurs and Actors]]'' (Peake), ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or A Sea-Side Story]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself]]'' (Moncrieff).

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 Further performances included:
-: ''[[Guy Faux, or the Gunpowder Treason Conspiracy]]'' (Marfarren), ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset),
+: ''[[Guy Faux, or the Gunpowder Treason Conspiracy|Guy Faux, or the Gunpowder Treason]]'' (Marfarren), ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset),
 : ''[[A Cure for the Heartache]]'' (Morton), ''[[The Two Gregories]]'' (Dibdin), ''[[Venice Preserved]]'' (Otway), ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset), ''[[The Gambler's Fate, or A Lapse of Twenty Years]]'' (Thompson), ''[[Mr Thompson, or Which is He?]]'' (Moncrieff?), ''[[Ivanhoe, or The Knight Templar]]'' (Scott/Farley), ''[[All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh]]'' (Moncrieff).