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[[Mr Bowmer]] (fl 1860s) was a singer and performer.
 
[[Mr Bowmer]] (fl 1860s) was a singer and performer.
  
He was the co-founder and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]] was the name usually given to a company of singers and performers, led by [[Mr Bowmer]] and [[Madame Bowmer]], and including [[Miss Whitfield]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The name of a [[Mr Schilling]] is mentioned as pianist. 
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== Biography ==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 187) specifically mentions their first performance, in the Theatre Royal,  during March of 1863, for which they offered selections from Il Trovatore, ("with Scenery, Chorus and Effects") and "Mr and Madame Bowmer's Dialogue Entertainment, in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He was the co-founder, with [[Madame Bowmer]], and leader of a company generally referred to as [[The Bowmers]], that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The company also included [[J.F. Finlayson]], [[Miss Whitfield]], and a [[Mr Schilling]] as pianist.  He and his wife were apparently also the creators of a "Dialogue Entertainment", in Two Parts, entitled ''[[Retaliation, or Tit for Tat]]''
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For more on his appearances and the company, see '''[[The Bowmers]]'''
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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. 186-7, 290
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Latest revision as of 06:06, 25 October 2021

Mr Bowmer (fl 1860s) was a singer and performer.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He was the co-founder, with Madame Bowmer, and leader of a company generally referred to as The Bowmers, that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The company also included J.F. Finlayson, Miss Whitfield, and a Mr Schilling as pianist. He and his wife were apparently also the creators of a "Dialogue Entertainment", in Two Parts, entitled Retaliation, or Tit for Tat

For more on his appearances and the company, see The Bowmers

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 186-7, 290

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