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Revision as of 19:49, 27 October 2021

Walter J. Brooks (fl. 1880s) was an actor.

Biography

Listed as a performer at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1881.[1]

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He visited South Africa in 1882, as a member of the Mabel Hayes company, inter alia appearing in the Theatre Royal Cape Town.

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 1923. (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.375

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