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'''See the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] for the full programme of the 1818 season under the auspices of [[Mr Cooke]] and company'''  
 
'''See the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] for the full programme of the 1818 season under the auspices of [[Mr Cooke]] and company'''  
  
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She was apparently primarily a tragedienne, and roles specifically mentioned included a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin) and "Agatha Friburg" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]''.
  
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They began with  ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' on 24th January 1818 and ended their visit on  21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'', ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'', and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny]]''. On the 24th October the company held a benefit performance for [[Miss Williams]] , doing ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[The Poor Soldier]]''. The English performers and Miss Williams left the Cape left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour of the East after this.
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On the 24th October the company held a benefit performance for [[Miss Williams]], doing ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[The Poor Soldier]]''. The English performers and [[Miss Williams]] left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour of the East after this.  
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(17?-18?) was a [[professional]] actress and singer who, with three other visiting [[professional]]s from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mr Cooke]], [[Miss Williams]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]([[English Amateur Company]]) during a successful the 1818 season in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town. They began with ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin) and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' (Coffey) on 24th January 1818 and ended on  21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'' (Hurlstone), and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny, or Love in a Sack]]'' (Griffin).
 
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[[Mrs Cooke]]'s  performances received high praise from the local critics, and among the roles specifically mentioned are a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin), "Nell" in ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'', "Amelia" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' and "Magrietta" in ''[[No Song, No Supper]]''.
 
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On the 26th September the company held a benefit performance for [[Mrs Cooke]] , doing ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt) and ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock), with an interlude of two songs sung by [[Mr Pitt]]  and "The Bird Duet" ( from Dibdin's  comic opera  ''[[The Cabinet]]'', with music by J. Braham), sung by [[Mr Cooke]] and [[Mrs Cooke]].
 
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The company from Liverpool left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour in the East after this.  
 
  
  

Revision as of 06:42, 28 May 2016

(17?-18?) Professional actress who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - Mr Cooke, Mrs Cooke and Mrs Brough - performed in semi-professional plays with the Gentlemen Amateurs) during the 1818 season at the Cape.

See the Gentlemen Amateurs for the full programme of the 1818 season under the auspices of Mr Cooke and company

She was apparently primarily a tragedienne, and roles specifically mentioned included a lead in The Honey Moon (Tobin) and "Agatha Friburg" in Lovers' Vows.

On the 24th October the company held a benefit performance for Miss Williams, doing Othello and The Poor Soldier. The English performers and Miss Williams left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour of the East after this.


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Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 151-157; 170-177.

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5717356

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