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| − | [[I.R. Taylor]] (fl mid 1800s) was a Cape Town amateur performer and playwright. | + | [[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]] and 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 was a founding member of the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]] and 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). | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 25 July 2020
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 and 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 one of the co-members of the local Christy's troupe known as the Steele-Leslie-Taylor's Christy's Minstrels.
[TH, JH]
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 295
P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica
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