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| − | (17?-18?) Professional actor who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mrs Cooke]], [[Miss Williams]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]) during the 1818 season at the Cape. They began with ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' on 24th January 1818 | + | (17?-18?) Professional actor who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mrs Cooke]], [[Miss Williams]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]) during the 1818 season at the Cape. They began with ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' on 24th January and ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' (Kotzebue/Inchbald) and ''[[No Song, No Supper]]'' (Prince Hoare)on 31st January 1818. They ended their visit on 21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'', ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'', and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny]]'', held as a benefit performance for Mr Cooke. The English performers left the Cape left the Cape for the East after this. |
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Revision as of 06:21, 13 January 2015
(17?-18?) Professional actor who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - Mrs Cooke, Miss Williams and Mrs Brough - performed in semi-professional plays with the Gentlemen Amateurs) during the 1818 season at the Cape. They began with The Honey Moon and The Devil to Pay on 24th January and Lovers' Vows (Kotzebue/Inchbald) and No Song, No Supper (Prince Hoare)on 31st January 1818. They ended their visit on 21 November 1818 with Catherine and Petrucchio, Crochet Lodge, and a divertissiment called Sandy and Jenny, held as a benefit performance for Mr Cooke. The English performers left the Cape left the Cape for the East after this.
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Sources
Bosman, 1928:pp 151-157; 170-177.
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