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He held the rank of drummer when he arrived in the Cape Colony and performed in only one play. | He held the rank of drummer when he arrived in the Cape Colony and performed in only one play. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:29, 17 August 2018
Drummer Green served in the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was sent to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Province, South Africa) between 1860 and 1862, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858). The regiment was based in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek. (Modern spelling: Keiskammahoek.)
He held the rank of drummer when he arrived in the Cape Colony and performed in only one play.
Contribution to SA Theatre
Christmas 1860: Acted in "a grand Balletical (sic) Introduction" entitled The Rivals. (Poundspannum, an interesting sergeant in the service of Her Fairyannic Majesty).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 4, Christmas Supplement, 1860. Page 51.)
Sources
See below individual productions.
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1.
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