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 Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company and this act while ''en route'' between Australia and England, appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
-: The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
+: The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and A Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
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 == Sources ==
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	1877: The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November) and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).		1877: The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November) and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).

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 ==The original piece==
-''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to Rickards's company and to the [[circus]]-style [[vaudeville]] act they presented. The programme consisted of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" and were presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]].
+''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to both Rickards's company and to the [[circus]]-style [[vaudeville]] act they presented. The programme consisted of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" and were presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]].
 Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company and this act while ''en route'' between Australia and England, appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
-The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
+: The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November)  and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
-The name, cast and content of the company/act varied over the years of course, for example in 1873 it was billed as "The Rickards London Star Comique Combination" in the Australian ''Sydney Herald''[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110].
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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Harry Rickards]]	+	''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was a circus-style vaudeville show presented by [[Harry Rickards]] (1843–1911)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rickards] and his company in the 1870s
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		+	'''Also see the entry on [[Harry Rickards]]'''
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		+	==The original piece==
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		+	''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' was apparently a name given to Rickards's company and to the [[circus]]-style [[vaudeville]] act they presented. The programme consisted of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" and were presented by the "[[Great Rickards]]", [[Lottie D'Aste]], [[Katrine Angellian]] and [[Frank Angellian]].
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		+	Rickards visited South Africa in 1877 with his company and this act while ''en route'' between Australia and England, appearing under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town from 27 October to 5 November for example.
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		+	The show was presented from 27 October to 5 November in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as an after performance to a series of plays, namely ''[[Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused]]'' (by Hazlewood, 27 October and 2 November) and ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (by Boucicault, 29-31 October and 1 November), ''[[The Beggar's Petition, or A Father's Love and a Mother's Care]]'' (Pitt, 3 November) and ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster, 5 November).
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		+	The name, cast and content of the company/act varied over the years of course, for example in 1873 it was billed as "The Rickards London Star Comique Combination" in the Australian ''Sydney Herald''[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110].
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rickards
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		+	''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (25 August, 1873)[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13323110]
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		+	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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		+	''The Age'', Melbourne, 8 September, 1900[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188647441]
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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.353, 362, 366, 394
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		+	Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[ESAT Personalities R]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities\|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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		+	Return to [[ESAT Foreign plays Rf-Riz]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[Main Page]]