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−	1878: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).	+	1878: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]], by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).

	In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by [[Miss Beddard's Company]] in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the venue. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.		In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by [[Miss Beddard's Company]] in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the venue. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.

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 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on  20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).
-In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by Miss Beddard's Company in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the venue. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.
+In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by [[Miss Beddard's Company]] in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the venue. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.
 == Sources ==

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	Facsimile version of the original text published by [[T.H. Lacy]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t2b89zd2j&view=1up&seq=5]		Facsimile version of the original text published by [[T.H. Lacy]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t2b89zd2j&view=1up&seq=5]
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		+	Special undated 1989 commemorative newspaper which consisted of various articles originally printed by [[The Star]] in the course of 1889. These particular articles about the fire were not dated but were probably printed on September 8, as it was the day after the fire.

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron

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 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on  20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).
-In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by Miss Beddard's Company in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the theatre. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.
+In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by Miss Beddard's Company in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the venue. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.
 == Sources ==

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 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on  20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).
-In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by Miss Beddard's Company in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the theatre. [[The Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.
+In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by Miss Beddard's Company in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the theatre. The [[Globe Theatre]] was completely destroyed.
 == Sources ==

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	1878: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).		1878: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).
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		+	In 1889 [[War to the Knife]] was being rehearsed by Miss Beddard's Company in the [[Globe Theatre]] in Johannesburg when a chain holding a heavy paraffin lamp suspended above the proscenium came crashing down, setting fire to the theatre. It was completely destroyed.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 373
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 373
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-''[[War to the Knife]]'' is a comedy in three acts by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)[].
+''[[War to the Knife]]'' is a comedy in three acts by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron].
 ==The original text==
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 Facsimile version of the original text published by [[T.H. Lacy]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t2b89zd2j&view=1up&seq=5]
 Online Books by Henry J. Byron, ''[[The Online Books Page]]''[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Byron%2C%20Henry%20J%2E%20%28Henry%20James%29%2C%201835%2D1884]

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−	1878: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The ~~Spitalfiels~~ Weaver]]'' (Bayly).	+	1878: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 December as part of a benefit evening for the [[Dramatic Recital Society]] , by military volunteers assisted by [[Disney Roebuck]]. Also performed were recitals and dances, accompanied by the brass orchestra conducted by [[F. Bianchi]], and ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==