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Returning to the safer ground of the theatre, he a presented a series of ''[[Dramatic Readings]]'', appearing every alternate Monday in the Cape Town [[City Hall]] between 4 July and 7 November of 1864. The seven plays in the series were Knowles's ''[[The Hunchback]]'', Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and five plays by Shakespeare: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[King John]]'' and ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]''. | Returning to the safer ground of the theatre, he a presented a series of ''[[Dramatic Readings]]'', appearing every alternate Monday in the Cape Town [[City Hall]] between 4 July and 7 November of 1864. The seven plays in the series were Knowles's ''[[The Hunchback]]'', Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and five plays by Shakespeare: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[King John]]'' and ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]''. | ||
| − | Besides the readings he also produced and performed in a few plays at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, in 1864, among them ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[Loving Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon]]'' (Troughton), ''[[The Turned Head]]'' (Beckett), ''[[Time Tries All]]'' (Courtney) and ''[[The Irish Post]]'' | + | Besides the readings he also produced and performed in a few plays at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, in 1864, among them ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[Loving Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon]]'' (Troughton), ''[[The Turned Head]]'' (Beckett), ''[[Time Tries All]]'' (Courtney) and ''[[The Irish Post]]'' |
On 12 December there was a farewell for the Braziers, who were leaving for Port Elizabeth to continue their careers there. | On 12 December there was a farewell for the Braziers, who were leaving for Port Elizabeth to continue their careers there. | ||
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Thomas Brazier (??-1871) was an actor active in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth in the 1860s.
Also billed as T. Brazier or Mr Brazier on occasion.
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In 1863 Brazier, who had been (unsuccessfully) trying to obtain work as a tutor, teacher of elocution, corresponding clerk, or any other suitable employment, became the lessee of The Round House in Camps Bay, running it as a restaurant and entertainment venue. At the start of 1864 he was advertising it as The Round House Hotel. On 4 April he also tried his hand at lecturing at a presentation of Harper's Diorama of Holland and the Rhine in the Theatre Royal, but his eccentric and uninformed presentations led to his dismissal.
Returning to the safer ground of the theatre, he a presented a series of Dramatic Readings, appearing every alternate Monday in the Cape Town City Hall between 4 July and 7 November of 1864. The seven plays in the series were Knowles's The Hunchback, Bulwer-Lytton's The Lady of Lyons and five plays by Shakespeare: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, King John and Much Ado about Nothing.
Besides the readings he also produced and performed in a few plays at the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, in 1864, among them Still Waters Run Deep (Taylor), Loving Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon (Troughton), The Turned Head (Beckett), Time Tries All (Courtney) and The Irish Post
On 12 December there was a farewell for the Braziers, who were leaving for Port Elizabeth to continue their careers there.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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