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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | + | A member of a strong new company that [[Disney Roebuck]] had recruited in England for his next season in South Africa. The company, that also included [[Mabel Hayes]], [[Bella Murdoch]], [[Julia Sydney]], [[T.G. Warren]], [[T. Morton]], [[Wilfred Bayley]], [[Sidney Beltram]], [[Mr Branscombe]], and others, arrived on the ''Balmoral Castle'' arrived in Cape Town in 1879. Besides its season in Cape Town and other towns and cities, the company offered some entertainment on board ship, among other pieces a performance of ''[[Leap Year, or The Ladies' Privilege]]'' (Buckstone) on 28 November, 1879. | |
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| + | He later also joined the [[Mabel Hayes]] company, which had arrived in Cape Town on 24 August, 1882, ''inter alia'' appearing in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town. | ||
== 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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 354, 375 |
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Latest revision as of 05:14, 26 January 2022
Tom Morton (fl.1870s-1880s) was an actor
Also billed as T. Morton.
Contents
Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
A member of a strong new company that Disney Roebuck had recruited in England for his next season in South Africa. The company, that also included Mabel Hayes, Bella Murdoch, Julia Sydney, T.G. Warren, T. Morton, Wilfred Bayley, Sidney Beltram, Mr Branscombe, and others, arrived on the Balmoral Castle arrived in Cape Town in 1879. Besides its season in Cape Town and other towns and cities, the company offered some entertainment on board ship, among other pieces a performance of Leap Year, or The Ladies' Privilege (Buckstone) on 28 November, 1879.
He later also joined the Mabel Hayes company, which had arrived in Cape Town on 24 August, 1882, inter alia appearing in the Theatre Royal Cape Town.
Sources
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 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 354, 375
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