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[[Signor Boscarra]] was a dancer and performer active in Cape Town in the 1860s

He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]".

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		+	== Biography ==
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		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

	He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] at this time and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]". The rest of the programme included ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[Fortune's Frolic or, The Ploughman Turned Lord]]'' (Alingham), and a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]].		He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] at this time and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]". The rest of the programme included ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[Fortune's Frolic or, The Ploughman Turned Lord]]'' (Alingham), and a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]].

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 [[Signor Boscarra]] was a dancer and performer active in Cape Town in the 1850s-1860s
-He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] at this time and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]".
+He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] at this time and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]". The rest of the programme included ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[Fortune's Frolic or, The Ploughman Turned Lord]]'' (Alingham), and a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]].
 == Sources ==

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−	He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]".	+	He appears to have been a member of [[Sefton Parry]]'s company at the [[Cape Town Theatre]] at this time and is specifically named as performing a comic dance on 18 June, 1860, as part of a "Grand extra night for the benefit of Mr [[James Lawson]]".
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.80
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