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Two performers by this name seem to have performed in South Africa.  
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'''Two performers by this name seem to have performed in South Africa.'''
  
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=[[Mr Norton]] (fl 1840s)=
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He was an actor and member of [[All the World's a Stage]].
  
=Mr Norton]] (fl 1840s)=
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==Performances in South Africa==
 
  
He was an actor and member of [[All the World's a Stage]]. Acted as one of the stewards for the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], inter alia for a production of ''[[Charles XII]]'' and  ''[[The Irish Tutor]]''  on 22 August, 1845.  
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Acted as one of the stewards for the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], inter alia for a production of ''[[Charles XII]]'' and  ''[[The Irish Tutor]]''  on 22 August, 1845.  
  
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== Sources ==
  
=[[Mr Norton]] (fl 1860s)=
 
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 415 and 493.
  
He was a singer and actor, and member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently one of two members who performed in [[blackface]].
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Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
= Sources =
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=[[Mr Norton]] (fl 1860s)=
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 415 and 493.  
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He was an American singer and actor, and member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862.  
  
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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'''See [[Wash Norton]]'''.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:45, 12 January 2019

Two performers by this name seem to have performed in South Africa.

Mr Norton (fl 1840s)

He was an actor and member of All the World's a Stage.

Performances in South Africa

Acted as one of the stewards for the Roeland Street Theatre, inter alia for a production of Charles XII and The Irish Tutor on 22 August, 1845.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 415 and 493.

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

Mr Norton (fl 1860s)

He was an American singer and actor, and member of the "original" Christy Minstrels that visited South Africa in 1862.

See Wash Norton.

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