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 According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'',  bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers,  arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861,  the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss '''[[Louisa Bland]]'''.
-The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Shuter Bland]] himself largely in the capacity of the stage manager, a job which he is said to have done most competently, Shuter Bland, a well known British stage manager, was part of the Sefton Parry company from 1861 to 1862 and said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone. He accompanied them for a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town, and thence back to England.
+The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Shuter Bland]] himself largely in the capacity of the stage manager, a job which he is said to have done most competently, Shuter Bland, a well known British stage manager, was part of the Sefton Parry company from 1861 to 1862 and said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone. He accompanied them for a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town, and thence back to England. ('''''For information on the plays performed, see [[Sefton Parry]]''''')
 As an actor he is specifically mentioned as playing "Friday" in the pantomime of ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The King of the Caribbee Islands]]''

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 [[Shuter Bland]] seems to have been a well-known British actor, stage manager and later theatre manager. For example both '''[[Mr Bland]]''' and '''[[Mrs Bland]]''' are mentioned in a silk programme from the Theatre, Hereford (held by the Victoria and Albert Museum , London). It is for a production of ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and ''[[The Railway Station!]]'' and mentions Bland himself served as an Acting Manager and actor, and his wife as actress.[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277610/silk-programme-parker-john/]
-In Parry's announcement of his new company on its arrival in Cape Town, both [[Shuter Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are described as being "form the Theatres of Bath, Bristol and Newcastle".
+In Parry's announcement of his new company on its arrival in Cape Town, both [[Shuter Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are described as being "from the Theatres of Bath, Bristol and Newcastle".
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'',  bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers,  arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861,  the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss [[Louisa Bland]].
+According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'',  bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers,  arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861,  the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss '''[[Louisa Bland]]'''.
 The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Shuter Bland]] himself largely in the capacity of the stage manager, a job which he is said to have done most competently, Shuter Bland, a well known British stage manager, was part of the Sefton Parry company from 1861 to 1862 and said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone. He accompanied them for a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town, and thence back to England.

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 == Biography ==
-[[Shuter Bland]] seems to have been a well-known British actor, stage manager and later theatre manager. For example both [[Mr Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are mentioned in a silk programme from the Theatre, Hereford (held by the Victoria and Albert Museum , London). It is for a production of ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and ''[[The Railway Station!]]'' and mentions Bland himself served as an Acting Manager and actor, and his wife as actress.[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277610/silk-programme-parker-john/]
+[[Shuter Bland]] seems to have been a well-known British actor, stage manager and later theatre manager. For example both '''[[Mr Bland]]''' and '''[[Mrs Bland]]''' are mentioned in a silk programme from the Theatre, Hereford (held by the Victoria and Albert Museum , London). It is for a production of ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and ''[[The Railway Station!]]'' and mentions Bland himself served as an Acting Manager and actor, and his wife as actress.[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277610/silk-programme-parker-john/]
 In Parry's announcement of his new company on its arrival in Cape Town, both [[Shuter Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]] are described as being "form the Theatres of Bath, Bristol and Newcastle".

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 [[Shuter Bland]] (fl. 1860s) was a British actor, stage manager and theatre manager.
-There seems to a great deal of confusion about Bland's first name, for - besides "Shuter" he is also listed as '''[[W. Bland]]''' by ''[[The Era]]'' and [[Wikipedia]], and - for some strange reason - he is listed as '''[[C. Bland]]''' in the Index to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), though referred to as [[Mr Bland]] or [[Shuter Bland]] in the text.
+There seems to a great deal of confusion about Bland's first name, for - besides "Shuter" he is also listed as '''[[W. Bland]]''' by ''[[The Era]]'' and [[Wikipedia]], and - for some strange reason - he is listed as '''[[C. Bland]]''' in the Index to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), though referred to as '''[[Mr Bland]]''' or [[Shuter Bland]] in the text.
 == Biography ==

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 100, 102, 108-113.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 100, 102, 108-113.

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 100, 102, 108-113.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 96, 100, 102, 108-113.

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 According to a letter dated 22 May 1861 (published in the ''[[The Era]]'' of 30 June, 1861), a "Mr & Mrs [[W. Bland]] & [[Louisa Bland]]", set sail from Bristol on the barque ''Chevy Chase'',  bound for Cape Town, as part of a contingent of performers,  arriving on 7 May. However, in the announcement for the opening of the newly renovated Theatre Royal in Cape Town, published in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 1861,  the names are given as Mr [[Shuter Bland]], [[Mrs Shuter Bland]] and Miss [[Louisa Bland]].
-The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Shuter Bland]] himself largely in the capacity of the stage manager, a job which he is said to have done most competently. As an actor he is specifically mentioned as playing "Friday" in the pantomime of ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The King of the Caribbee Islands]]''
+The Blands were all members of [[Sefton Parry]]'s first full professional company in 1861-1862, [[Shuter Bland]] himself largely in the capacity of the stage manager, a job which he is said to have done most competently, Shuter Bland, a well known British stage manager, was part of the Sefton Parry company from 1861 to 1862 and said to have participated in 50 productions between May and November of 1861 alone. He accompanied them for a three-month tour to Port Elizabeth in 1862 as well, before returning to Cape Town.
 In addition to his work for Parry, he also gave lectures for the [[Mechanic's Institute]] (among them one on  Theodore Hook's  play ''[[Trial by Jury]]'' on 11 May 1861 and another on 1 May 1862 on the "Origin of Lawyers and Courts of Justice").