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−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/~~bosm012dram01_01_0032.php~~]: pp. 427, 440-1, 494, 500.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 427, 440-1, 494, 500.

	Facsimile version of the ''Proceedings of the 20th anniversary meeting of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, 1849'': p.3[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false]		Facsimile version of the ''Proceedings of the 20th anniversary meeting of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, 1849'': p.3[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false]

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 == Contribution to theatre and the arts in South Africa ==
-He is first mentioned  in October 1846 as the presenter of a series of ''[[Novel Literary Entertainments]]'' in the [[Commercial Exchange]], the programmes including many recitals from Shakespeare (Hamlet, Shylock, Mark Anthony, etc.), Dickens, Sheridan Knowles, and from other writers in prose and verse.
+He is first mentioned  in October 1846 as the presenter of ''[[Mr Hill's Literary Entertainment]]'',  a series of ''[[Novel Literary Entertainments]]'' in the [[Commercial Exchange]], the programmes including many recitals from Shakespeare (Hamlet, Shylock, Mark Anthony, etc.), Dickens, Sheridan Knowles, and from other writers in prose and verse.
 In 1848 he became the secretary of the [[Amicable Club]] and played a leading role in its elocution and literary studies sections as teacher and performer.

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−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/bosm012dram01_01_0032.php]: pp. 427, 440, 494, 500.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/bosm012dram01_01_0032.php]: pp. 427, 440-1, 494, 500.

	Facsimile version of the ''Proceedings of the 20th anniversary meeting of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, 1849'': p.3[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false]		Facsimile version of the ''Proceedings of the 20th anniversary meeting of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, 1849'': p.3[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false]

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−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 427, 440, 494, 500.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/bosm012dram01_01_0032.php]: pp. 427, 440, 494, 500.

	Facsimile version of the ''Proceedings of the 20th anniversary meeting of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, 1849'': p.3[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false]		Facsimile version of the ''Proceedings of the 20th anniversary meeting of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, 1849'': p.3[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false]

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−	(18-18) ~~Teacher~~ of English, public speaking and recitation~~, and organiser of literary recitals in the Cape from 1846 to 1851~~.	+	(18-18) Performer and teacher of English, public speaking and recitation.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 == Contribution to theatre and the arts in South Africa ==
-He is first mentioned  in October 1846 as the presenter of a series of "[[Novel Literary Entertainments]]" in the [[Commercial Exchange]], the programmes including many recitals from Shakespeare (Hamlet, Shylock, Mark Anthony, etc.), Dickens, Sheridan Knowles, and from other writers in prose and verse.
+He is first mentioned  in October 1846 as the presenter of a series of ''[[Novel Literary Entertainments]]'' in the [[Commercial Exchange]], the programmes including many recitals from Shakespeare (Hamlet, Shylock, Mark Anthony, etc.), Dickens, Sheridan Knowles, and from other writers in prose and verse.
-In 1848 he became the secretary of the [[Amicable Club]] and played a leading role in its elocution and literary studies sections.
+In 1848 he became the secretary of the [[Amicable Club]] and played a leading role in its elocution and literary studies sections as teacher and performer.
-In June 1849 he once again gave regular [[Literary Entertainments]] in the [[Commercial Exchange]].   Hill continued these "''[[Entertainments]]''" until 1850, then left the Cape early in 1851 for Mauritius, where he continued – with considerable success - to do the same.
+In June 1849 he once again gave regular ''[[Literary Entertainments]]'' in the [[Commercial Exchange]].   Hill continued these presentations until 1850, then left the Cape early in 1851 for Mauritius, where he continued – with considerable success - to do the same.
 His recitals had an enormous longer term influence on the many amateur players in the Cape; for example, Bosman speculates that the [[City Amateur Theatrical Society]] (''floreat'' 1854) may have been one aspect of Hill's legacy.

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 == Biography ==
-It is uncertain when he arrived in Cape Town, possibly in 1845 or 1846. He appears to have been an educated person, and his work in the arts, he also acted as an "agent in refrigerators", possibly as a source of income.
+He appears to have been an educated person, with artistic taste and talent, who expressed a clear ambition to give the arts a greater role in society.
-He left the Cape early in 1851 for Mauritius, to continue with this literary and teaching work there.
+It is uncertain when he arrived in Cape Town, possibly in 1845 or 1846, but between 1846 and 1851 he was active in the Cape Town community, his name appearing as a teacher of language, literature, short-hand  and elocution, as well as an "agent in refrigerators", this possibly as a source of additional income.
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 == Contribution to theatre and the arts in South Africa ==
-He is first mentioned  in October 1846 as the presenter of a series of "[[Novel Literary Entertainments]]" in the [[Commercial Exchange]].
+He is first mentioned  in October 1846 as the presenter of a series of "[[Novel Literary Entertainments]]" in the [[Commercial Exchange]], the programmes including many readings from Shakespeare, Dickens, Sheridan, Knowles, and other writers of poetry and prose.
-In 1848 he became the secretary of the [[Amicable Club]] and played a leading role in its recitation and literary studies.
+In 1848 he became the secretary of the [[Amicable Club]] and played a leading role in its recitation and literary studies sections.
 In June 1849 he once again gave regular [[Literary Entertainments]] in the [[Commercial Exchange]].  He recited from Shakespeare (Hamlet, Shylock, Mark Anthony, etc.), Dickens, Sheridan Knowles, and from other prose and verse writers.  Hill continued these "''[[Entertainments]]''" until 1850, then left the Cape early in 1851 for Mauritius, where he continued – with considerable success - to do the same.  His recitals had an enormous influence on the many amateur players in the Cape.