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(18**-18**) Soldier and performer. Of the 21st Light Dragoons. One of Captain Frazer's stallwarts in the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the Officers of the Garrison (later All the World's a Stage) in the years 1807-8?*. He played old and young male parts and wrote and delivered some of the epilogues. The company performed in the African Theatre at the Cape in 1807-8 in a range of plays, including The Rivals , The West Indian, Tom Thumb, The Beaux Stratagem, She Stoops to Conquer, etc.

Bosman, 1928, pp 75; Laidler, 1926 ; Fletcher, 1994

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-COLLINS, Captain Edward. Of the 21st Light Dragoons. One of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stallwarts in the Cape Town garrison theatre company, called [[All the World's a Stage]] (1807-8?*). He played old and young male parts and wrote and delivered some of the epilogues. (See: Fletcher, 1994)
+(18**-18**) Soldier and performer. Of the 21st Light Dragoons. One of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stallwarts in the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the [[Officers of the Garrison]] (later [[All the World's a Stage]]) in the years 1807-8?*. He played old and young male parts and wrote and delivered some of the epilogues. The company performed  in the [[African Theatre]]   at the Cape in 1807-8 in a range of plays, including ''[[The Rivals]]'' , ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'', ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', etc.
+== Sources ==
+Bosman, 1928, pp 75; Laidler, 1926 ; Fletcher, 1994
+Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
+== Return to ==
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+Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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