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| − | (17**-18**) , stage manager and possibly an amateur actor in Cape Town in the 1840s.
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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| − | He was a leading member of [[All the World's a Stage]]. Specifically mentioned as stage manager for their productions of [[Charles XII]] (Planche) and [[The Irish Tutor]] (Glengall) on 22 August 1845 (and he is possibly the actor "Mr L" who appears in both pieces).
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| − | He was also one of the trustees of their planned theatre (the [[Drury Lane Theatre]]) in Cape Town (1846), and later possibly one of the three owners, with [[Petrus Cauvin]] and [[William White]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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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. 415, 476-478, 493.
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