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| − | An [[amateur]] company active in Cape Town ''circa'' 1843-1847. Also known as the [[Private English Amateur Theatrical Company]] or the [[Private Amateur Company]]. They played in the [[Hollandsche Schouwburg]] ("Dutch Theatre") in Roeland Street , popularly known as the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], and their secretary was [[A. van Breda]]. It appears to have been made up of Dutch players (including [[E.G. de Roubaix]], Maynier, De Wahl, Combrink, etc.) performing in English. Groom describes attending a performance of ''[[The Miller and His Men]]'' in 1843, and they did ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis) (twice), with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]]'' (Peake) the afterpiece its final performance on 6 November 1847.
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| − | Bosman 1928, pp 416-7.
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