Difference between revisions of "I.R. Taylor"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 5: Line 5:
 
He wrote the play ''[[The Snake in the Grass]]'' in 1867, (perhaps a dramatization of ''The Snake in the Grass'' , a serial novel by  Pierce Egan the Younger (''The London Journal'' , 8 May 1858 - 27 Nov. 1858, in No. 720).
 
He wrote the play ''[[The Snake in the Grass]]'' in 1867, (perhaps a dramatization of ''The Snake in the Grass'' , a serial novel by  Pierce Egan the Younger (''The London Journal'' , 8 May 1858 - 27 Nov. 1858, in No. 720).
  
He is possibly also the co-member of the [[Christy's]] [[troupe]] known as the Steele-Harvey-Taylor   
+
He is possibly also the co-member of the [[Christy's]] [[troupe]] known as the [[Steele-Leslie-Taylor's Christy's Minstrels]].  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:43, 12 April 2019

I.R. Taylor (fl mid 1800s) was a Cape Town amateur performer and playwright.

He was a founding member of the Cape Town Dramatic Club

He wrote the play The Snake in the Grass in 1867, (perhaps a dramatization of The Snake in the Grass , a serial novel by Pierce Egan the Younger (The London Journal , 8 May 1858 - 27 Nov. 1858, in No. 720).

He is possibly also the co-member of the Christy's troupe known as the Steele-Leslie-Taylor's Christy's Minstrels.

Sources

See Du Toit, 1988 [TH, JH]

Return to ESAT Personalities T

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

Return to Main Page