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The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] appears to have been a local, bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]), theatrical company that performed once in Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor. | The [[Cutler Comedy Company]] appears to have been a local, bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]), theatrical company that performed once in Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor. | ||
| − | The company appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with perfo9rmnaces of ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] translation of Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "A [[Farce in the Taal]]" (i.e. an untitled farce in [[Afrikaans]]). | + | The company appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with perfo9rmnaces of ''[[Het Zoen in die Donker]]'' (a [[Dutch]]/[[Afrikaans]] translation of Buckstone's ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]''), ''[[Catching a Count]]'' (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "A '''[[Farce in the Taal]]'''" (i.e. an untitled farce in [[Afrikaans]]). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:05, 6 June 2020
The Cutler Comedy Company appears to have been a local, bilingual (English and Afrikaans), theatrical company that performed once in Cape Town during 1906, under the patronage of the Governor.
The company appeared in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 March 1906 with perfo9rmnaces of Het Zoen in die Donker (a Dutch/Afrikaans translation of Buckstone's A Kiss in the Dark), Catching a Count (Anon.) and what was simply billed as "A Farce in the Taal" (i.e. an untitled farce in Afrikaans).
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.481
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