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== Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance ==
 
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He arrived in Cape Town  in 1834 and while there undertook to stage a performance, with the help of local [[Amateur|amateurs]] (most probably members of [[All the World's a Stage]]). The plays done on 30 November, 1834 were ''[[Venice Preserved]]'' (Otway) and ''[[Charles the Second]]'' (Payne).
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He arrived in Cape Town  in 1833 and while there undertook to stage a performance, with the help of local [[Amateur|amateurs]] (most probably members of [[All the World's a Stage]]). The plays done on 30 November, 1833 were ''[[Venice Preserved]]'' (Otway) and ''[[Charles the Second]]'' (Payne).
  
 
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Revision as of 09:33, 11 June 2015

Mr Heath (18**-18**) was a professional British actor and director in the mid 19th century.

Biography

He was an actor at the Theatre Royal in London.

Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance

He arrived in Cape Town in 1833 and while there undertook to stage a performance, with the help of local amateurs (most probably members of All the World's a Stage). The plays done on 30 November, 1833 were Venice Preserved (Otway) and Charles the Second (Payne).

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Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: p. 228, 370, 372, 383.

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