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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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| + | He was possibly a marine officer aboard the [[H.M.S. Boscawen]], though he may also have been a Cape Town resident. | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | + | He specifically appears as one of the cast members in the programme for productions of ''[[Don Caesar de Bazan]]'' and ''[[The Rose of Amiens, or Our Wife]]'' (Morton) given in Cape Town by officers of HMS [[Boscawen]], with the aid of a number of local amateurs during February, 1859. | |
| + | == Sources == | ||
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 164-5. | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 164-5. | ||
Revision as of 05:31, 18 December 2021
W.S. Brown (fl. 1850s) was an amateur actor.
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Biography
He was possibly a marine officer aboard the H.M.S. Boscawen, though he may also have been a Cape Town resident.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He specifically appears as one of the cast members in the programme for productions of Don Caesar de Bazan and The Rose of Amiens, or Our Wife (Morton) given in Cape Town by officers of HMS Boscawen, with the aid of a number of local amateurs during February, 1859.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 164-5.
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