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| − | A short-lived amateur company which staged a few productions the Dutch Company's [[Bree Street Theatre]] in Cape Town in 1854. Plays performed include ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 3), ''[[A Race for Dinner]]'' (Rodwell), ''[[The Secret]]'' (Morris), ''[[Ion]]'' (Talfourd) on 27 July 1854 and ''[[The Mendicant]]'' (Beckett), ''[[The First Floor]]'' (Cobb) and ''[[The Secret|The Secret!]]'' (Morris) on 21 August 1854. | + | A short-lived amateur company which staged a few productions the Dutch Company's [[Bree Street Theatre]] in Cape Town in 1854. Plays performed include ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 3), ''[[A Race for Dinner]]'' (Rodwell), ''[[The Secret]]'' (Morris), ''[[Ion]]'' (Talfourd) on 27 July 1854 and ''[[The Mendicant]]'' (À Beckett), ''[[The First Floor]]'' (Cobb) and ''[[The Secret|The Secret!]]'' (Morris) on 21 August 1854. |
Performers include [[J. Boxer]] (also named as "Director"), [[Mrs Arlington]], [[Mr Ashley]]. | Performers include [[J. Boxer]] (also named as "Director"), [[Mrs Arlington]], [[Mr Ashley]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:50, 29 April 2014
A short-lived amateur company which staged a few productions the Dutch Company's Bree Street Theatre in Cape Town in 1854. Plays performed include Hamlet (Act 3), A Race for Dinner (Rodwell), The Secret (Morris), Ion (Talfourd) on 27 July 1854 and The Mendicant (À Beckett), The First Floor (Cobb) and The Secret! (Morris) on 21 August 1854.
Performers include J. Boxer (also named as "Director"), Mrs Arlington, Mr Ashley.
The company is not mentioned again after 1854.
[JH, TH]
Sources
Bosman, 1928, pp 426-7
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