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Performed on occasion for the [[Garrison Players]], ''inter alia'' specifically mentioned in  
 
Performed on occasion for the [[Garrison Players]], ''inter alia'' specifically mentioned in  
  
''[[The Bloomer Costume]]''(Stirling) on  2 May 1854; ''[[The Weaver|The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' on 5 June, 1854;  
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''[[The Bloomer Costume]]''(Stirling) on  2 May 1854; ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' on 5 June, 1854;  
  
 
He also appeared in productions by the [[Lycett's Company]], ''inter alia'' in  ''[[Richard III]]'' (1849/1850?).
 
He also appeared in productions by the [[Lycett's Company]], ''inter alia'' in  ''[[Richard III]]'' (1849/1850?).

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(18**-18**) Amateur actor.


He was a resident of Mowbray, Cape Town, called an "excellent low comedian" by Laidler (1926, p54).


His contribution to South African Theatre

Performed on occasion for the Garrison Players, inter alia specifically mentioned in

The Bloomer Costume(Stirling) on 2 May 1854; The Spitalfields Weaver on 5 June, 1854;

He also appeared in productions by the Lycett's Company, inter alia in Richard III (1849/1850?).


Sources

P.W. Laidler, 1926, p. 54

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p. 407-9, 424

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