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(18*-18*) Circus performer and actor, a member of the French Dramatic Artistes which arrived in Cape Town from Mauritius in 1848 under the leadership of Dalle Case. Also listed by Bosman as Monsieur Crosset or simply M. Crosset.

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-(18**-18**) Circus performer, singer and actor. Also listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928) as '''C. Crosset''' or '''M. Crosset'''.
+(18*-18*) Circus performer and actor, a member of the [[French Dramatic Artistes]] which arrived in Cape Town from Mauritius in 1848 under the leadership of [[Dalle Case]]. Also listed by Bosman as [[Monsieur Crosset]] or simply [[M. Crosset]].
-A member of the [[French Dramatic Artistes]] who had arrived from Mauritius as part of an Italian Circus led by [[Signor Severo]] and [[Dalle Case]] in November 1847. Advertised as "first vocal actor, Tenor ....of the Theatre, Mauritius". Married to [[Madame Crosset]], also a member of the company. In February 1848  a number of the artists broke away to form a company led by [[Dalle Case]]. [[M. Crosset]] is listed as a singer and performer in a number of performances by the [[Dalle Case Company]], ''inter alia'' in ''[[De Twee Savoyanen]]'' (14 February 1848, with [[Monsieur Victor]]).
+'''See [[C. Crosset]]'''
-By March 1848 the company had to close due to financial; difficulties and [[Monsieur Crosset]]), and two other leading artists ([[Monsieur Victor]] and [[X. Hus]]) then formed the [[Theatre de L'Union]] in March 1848, but by the end of September the company had disappeared.
-== Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp 435-438; 502-3.
-Fletcher, 199*;
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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