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(18**-18**) Captain in the Garrison at the Cape and amateur actor in the 1850s.

An accomplished actor "high above the class called amateur actors" (Bosman, 1928[1]: p.404), he was a stalwart of Captain Hall's Company, and had most of the leading roles in the pieces put on by the Officers of the Garrison in 1852-3. These include The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried, Bombastes Furioso and Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell? in 1853.

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: p. 403-4.

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-(18**-18**) Captain in the Garrison at the Cape and amateur actor in the 1850s. An accomplished actor "high above the class called amateur actors" ([[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928, p.404), he had most of the leading roles in the pieces put on by the [[Officers of the Garrison]] in 1852-3. These include ''[[The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried]]'', ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' and ''[[Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell?]]'' in 1853.
+(18**-18**) Captain in the Garrison at the Cape and amateur actor in the 1850s.
+An accomplished actor "high above the class called amateur actors" ([[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p.404), he was a stalwart of [[Captain Hall's Company]], and had most of the leading roles in the pieces put on by the [[Officers of the Garrison]] in 1852-3. These include ''[[The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried]]'', ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' and ''[[Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell?]]'' in 1853.
 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p.  403-4.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p.  403-4.
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