Mrs Delamore
Mrs Delamore (18**-18**) was an amateur actress in Cape Town.
In one There is no mention of a Mr Delamore.
She was a member of the Amateur Company (Garrison Players?) in Cape Town
She is first mentioned by Bosman (1928 - as "Miss Delamore" on page 146, and "Mrs Delamore" on pp.176-7) when she and Mr Laing helped sell the tickets for, and no doubt both acted in, The Mountaineers (Colman) and Fortune's Frolic (Allingham), which were performed by a Society of Amateurs in the African Theatre on 22 July 1815, as a benefit performance for Mrs Delamore.
On Monday 28 October 1822 another benefit performance - this time of The Rivals and The Prisoner at Large - was held for her, and for two other ladies (Mrs Smith and Mrs Green).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 146, 165, 170, 176-7, 182-3, 370, 377.
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Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 146, 176-7.
