Difference between revisions of "Mrs Delamore"
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
Return to [[Main Page]] | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
Revision as of 07:40, 19 May 2016
Mrs Delamore (18**-18**) was an amateur actress in Cape Town.
She appears to have performed for the Amateur Company managed by Mr Cuerton and the Garrison Players and Garrison Amateur Company in the period 1815-182*.
She is first mentioned by Bosman (1928) in connection with a benefit performance, which a Society of Amateurs were putting in the African Theatre for a "Miss Delamore". (Though Bosman has "Miss Delamore" on page 146, he refers to her as "Mrs Delamore" on pp.176-7 and elsewhere in his history.) She and a Mr Laing helped sell the tickets for, and no doubt both acted in, the evening's entertainment, which consisted of The Mountaineers (Colman) and Fortune's Frolic (Allingham).
This reference suggests that she may have been appearing on stage in Cape Town for a while. Some other performances include:
On Monday 28 October 1822 another benefit performance - this time of The Rivals and The Prisoner at Large - was held for her, and for two other ladies (Mrs Smith and Mrs Green), by the Garrison Amateur Company.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 146, 165, 170, 176-7, 182-3, 370, 377.
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities D
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
