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[[W.G. Browne]] (fl. 1860s) was a composer and possibly a performer.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-A [[Mr Browne]] is named one of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company on their visit to Port Elizabeth and most probably Cape Town, round about October to November of 1865, and a [[W.G. Browne]]  is specifically mentioned as the composer of a "new Overture and Music" for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on December, 1865.  Given the dates and the relatively singular spelling of the name, there is a possibilty that the references are to the same person, as [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p.490) also seems to suggest in his Index.
+A '''[[Mr Browne]]''' is named one of performers in the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company on their visit to Port Elizabeth round about November of 1865. Then a [[W.G. Browne]]  is specifically mentioned as the composer of a "new Overture and Music" for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on December, 1865.  Given the dates and the relatively singular spelling of the name, there is a possibility that the references are to the same person, as [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p.490) also seems to suggest in his Index.
 == Sources ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-A [[Mr Browne]] is named one of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company on their visit to Port Elizabeth and most probably Cape Town, round about October to November of 1865, and a [[W.G. Browne]]  is specifically mentioned as the composer of a "new Overture and Music" for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on December, 1865.  Given the dates and the relatively singular spelling of the name, there is a possibilty that the references are to the same person, as [[F.C.L. Bosman]]
+A [[Mr Browne]] is named one of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company on their visit to Port Elizabeth and most probably Cape Town, round about October to November of 1865, and a [[W.G. Browne]]  is specifically mentioned as the composer of a "new Overture and Music" for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on December, 1865.  Given the dates and the relatively singular spelling of the name, there is a possibilty that the references are to the same person, as [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p.490) also seems to suggest in his Index.
 == Sources ==

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	[[W.G. Browne]] (fl. 1860s) was a composer and possibly a performer.		[[W.G. Browne]] (fl. 1860s) was a composer and possibly a performer.
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		+	== Biography ==
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		+	He was possibly a marine officer aboard the [[H.M.S. Boscawen]], though he may also have been a Cape Town resident.
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		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
		+
		+	A [[Mr Browne]] is named one of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company on their visit to Port Elizabeth and most probably Cape Town, round about October to November of 1865, and a [[W.G. Browne]] is specifically mentioned as the composer of a "new Overture and Music" for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s production of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on December, 1865. Given the dates and the relatively singular spelling of the name, there is a possibilty that the references are to the same person, as [[F.C.L. Bosman]]
		+	(1980, p.490) also seems to suggest in his Index.
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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]]: pp. 195, 298, 490.
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