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| − | Private [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] was a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1863, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858). He came to the Cape Colony as a private. At first, the Regiment was posted to Grahamstown but was later transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) in 1862.
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| − | Private [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] was an actor/singer member of the section of the Dramatic Club known as the [[Amateurs of the Band]] and acted in 31 productions during his stay at the Eastern Frontier, two plays were produced by the [[Officers of the Regiment]] and the other 29 were with the [[Amateurs of the Band]]. Apart from three female roles, all the others were male.
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre==
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| − | '''July 21, 26 & 27, and August 3, 1860:''' Comic song "Solomon Lob," in character.
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| − | '''July 21, 26 & 27, and August 3, 1860:''' Acted in the [[Band Amateurs]] production of ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''. (Mr Crincum).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 16.)
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| − | '''July 30 and August 1, 1860:''' Starred in the [[Corps Dramatique]] ([[Band of Amateurs]]) two-act "comediatta" (sic) (probably commedia dell’arte, which, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, is an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th – 18th centuries and is based on stock characters.) production of ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]''. (Mr Deputy Bull).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 17.)
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| − | '''July 30 and August 1, 1860:''' Starred in the [[Band of Amateurs]] produced farce, ''[[The Irish Tutor]]''. (Mr Tillwell).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 17.)
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| − | '''August 20th and 22nd, 1860:''' Starred in the three-act play produced by the [[Band of Amateurs]], ''[[The Iron Chest]]''. (Fitzharding).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 17.)
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| − | '''September 20 1860:''' Acted in the [[Band of Amateurs]] produced two-act drama, ''[[Time Tries All]]''. (Mr Leeson).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 3, Grahamstown, November 1, 1860, page 30.)
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| − | '''September 20 1860:''' Acted in the [[Band of Amateurs]] produced one-act farce, ''[[The Dead Shot]]''. (Captain Cannon).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 3, Grahamstown, November 1, 1860, page 30.)
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| − | '''November 26, 1860:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of ''[[The British Volunteers]]''. (Mr Sydney Jubkins).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 4, Christmas, 1860. Page 47.)
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| − | '''Christmas 1860:''' Acted in "a grand Balletical (sic) Introduction" entitled ''[[The Rivals]]''. (Margery Monitor, a monthly nurse, an ugly old woman, with very high heeled shoes and cold-blooded notions).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 4, Christmas Supplement, 1860. Page 51.)
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| − | '''October 14 & November 4, 1861:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of John Maddison Morton’s one-act farce, '''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'''. (Mr Benjamin Blowhard).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 9, November 13, 1861. Page 125.)
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| − | '''October 14 & November 4, 1861:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of William Barnes Rhodes's one-act burlesque tragic opera, ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]''. (Fusbos, Minister of State).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 9, November 13, 1861. Page 125.)
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| − | '''November 4, 1861:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of Thomas J. Lynch's two-act drama, ''[[The Rose of Ettrick Vale or The Bridal of the Borders]]''. (Wandering Steenie, a mindless rower).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 9, November 13, 1861. Page 125.)
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| − | '''November 4, 1861:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]]’s production of ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in Spite of Himself]]''. (Squire Aldwinkle).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 9, November 13, 1861. Page 125.)
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| − | '''December 25, 1861:''' Acted in the pantomimic ballet of ''[[Don Juan]]'', staged by the [[Amateurs of the Band]]. (Scaramouch, the clown, servant to Jon Juan).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 10, Christmas Supplement, 1861.)
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| − | '''January 20, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Officers of the Regiment]] performance of J. R. Planche's one-act serio-comic, bombastic, operatic interlude, ''[[Amoroso, King of Little Britain]]''. (Coquetinda).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 11, January 28, 1862, page 163.)
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| − | '''January 20, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Officers of the Regiment]] performance of ''[[Othello]]'', Scene II, Act III. (Emilia).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 11, January 28, 1862, page 163.)
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| − | '''February 17, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of ''[[The Omnibus]]'' Or ''[[A Convenient Distance]]''. (Mr Ledger).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 12, February 28, 1862, page 179/180.)
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| − | '''May 28, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of a “serio-comic, bombastic, operatic Interlude, in one act" by J.R. Planché, ''[[Amoroso, King of Little Britain]]''. (Coquetinda).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
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| − | '''May 28, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of a one-act farce, ''[[The Omnibus]]'' or ''[[A Convenient Distance]]''. (Mr Ledger).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
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| − | '''May 28, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of ''[[The Irish Tutor]]''. (Mr Tillwell).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
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| − | '''June 5, 1862:''' Acted again in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom or A Ghost in Spite of Himself]]''. (Squire Aldwinkle).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
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| − | '''June 5, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of a “laughable interlude,” ''[[Poses-De-Vaux]]''. (M. Trimulus Tomkins).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
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| − | '''June 5, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of the one-act farce, ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]''. (Benjamin Blowhard).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
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| − | '''June 19, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of a two-act melo-drama, ''[[Robert Macaire, or The Two Murderers of Lyons]]''. (Jacques Strop).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)
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| − | '''July 21, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Band Amateurs]] production of H. R. Addison's sketch from life, ''[[Locked in with a Lady]]''. (Several cats).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)
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| − | '''July 21, 1862:''' The [[Band Amateurs]] produced a scene from the tragedy of ''[[Alarcos]]''. (Lord).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)
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| − | '''July 21, 1862:''' The [[Band Amateurs]] produced a one-act farce by J. M. Morton, ''[[The Irish Tiger]]''. (Alderman Marrowfat).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)
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| − | '''September 24, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] performance of George Dibdin Pitt's two-act melo-drama, ''[[The Eddystone Elf]]''. (Richard Clifton, Mark Traverson’s son-in-law).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)
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| − | '''October 8, 1862:''' Acted in The [[Amateurs of the Band]]’s production of Edward Ball’s' two-act “melo-drama”, ''[[The Floating Beacon or Norwegian Wreckers]]''. (Frederick, a supposed orphan).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)
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| − | '''October 8, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]]’s production of Stirling Coyne’s farce, ''[[Wanted, 1 000 Spirited Young Milliners For the Gold Diggings!]]'' (Mr Singleton, a solicitor).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)
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| − | '''November 12, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] performed John Baldwin Buckstone's two-act domestic “melo-drama”, [[Luke The Labourer]]. The play is set in a village in Yorkshire. (Philip, a sailor).
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| − | ([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 271.)
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| − | '''November 26, 1862:''' Acted in the F. Kenny's capital old two-act farce, ''[[The Illustrious Stranger]]''. (Benjamin Bowbell).
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