Difference between revisions of "Monsieur Crosset"

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Monsieur C. Crosset, visiting Belgian performer 1837-8.

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-(18**-18**) Circus performer, singer and actor. Advertised as "first vocal actor, Tenor ....of the Theatre, Mauritius". Married to [[Mrs Crosset]], also a member of the company.
+Monsieur C. Crosset, visiting Belgian performer 1837-8.
-A member of the [[French Dramatic Artistes]] who had arrived from Mauritius as part of an Italian Circus led by [[Signor Severo]] and [[Dalle Case]] in November 1847. In February 1848  a number of the artists broke away to form a company led by [[Dalle Case]]. [[Mr Crosset]] is listed as a singer and performer in a number of performances by the [[Dalle Case Company]], ''inter alia'' in ''[[De Twee Savoyanen]]'' (14 February 1848, with [[Monsieur Victor]]).
+'''See [[C. Crosset]]'''
-By March 1848 the company had to close due to financial; difficulties and [[Monsieur Crosset]]), and two other leading artists ([[Monsieur Victor]] and [[X. Hus]]) then formed the [[Theatre de L'Union]] in March 1848, but by the end of September the company had disappeared.
-== Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp 435-438; 502-3.
-Fletcher, 199*;
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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