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She is mentioned in the programme for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s Christmas [[Pantomime]] of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on 26 December, 1865, being listed as a "member of the Fairy Court".  
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She is mentioned in the programme for [[Ray and Cooper]]'s Christmas [[Pantomime]] of ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' on 26 December, 1865, being listed as a "member of the Fairy Court". She is also mentioned later as a regular member of the [[Ray and Cooper]] company while in Cape Town, having replaced Mrs Ray and Mrs Smith, who were considered unsatisfactory as actresses.
  
 
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== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:48, 5 September 2021

Miss Beaumont (fl 1860s) was an amateur actress in Cape Town

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She is mentioned in the programme for Ray and Cooper's Christmas Pantomime of Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C. on 26 December, 1865, being listed as a "member of the Fairy Court". She is also mentioned later as a regular member of the Ray and Cooper company while in Cape Town, having replaced Mrs Ray and Mrs Smith, who were considered unsatisfactory as actresses.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.195-199

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