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'''The Amateur Company''' is one of a number of names given to the theatre company of the Cape Town garrison after 1823 - as opposed to the civilian amateurs who were called the '''[[English Theatricals]].''' Also referred to as the [[Garrisson Players]] or [[Garrison Amateur Company]] 
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'''The Amateur Company''' or [[Garrison Amateur Company]]  is one of a number of names given to the theatre company of the Cape Town garrison after 1823 - as opposed to the rival civilian amateur company called the '''[[English Theatricals]]''' which arose in this time.  The two apparently competed heavily with one another for audiences, also for use of the [[African Theatre]].
  
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'''See further the [[Garrison Players]] and the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town'''
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'''See also [[Military Entertainment]]'''
  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
== For more information ==
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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. 183-4, . 
  
See [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town
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Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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The Amateur Company or Garrison Amateur Company is one of a number of names given to the theatre company of the Cape Town garrison after 1823 - as opposed to the rival civilian amateur company called the English Theatricals which arose in this time. The two apparently competed heavily with one another for audiences, also for use of the African Theatre.

See further the Garrison Players and the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town

See also Military Entertainment


Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 183-4, .

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