R.S. Cooper
R.S. Cooper (fl 1860s) was a scene painter and set designer resident in Cape Town.
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Biography
Though his involvement in theatre is recorded, little is known about his personal biography, beyond the fact that he was married to Mrs Cooper
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Referred to as a "veteran artist", Cooper was probably the most prominent set designer and painter of the 1860s-1870s in Cape Town. In 1865 he decorated the revamped Sefton Parry's original Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town for J.H. le Roy, who had hired the theatre and for whom he also worked as set designer and scene painter on productions by the Le Roy-Duret company in that period. He also served in the same capacity for his own company, in association with Alfred Ray.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 53, 96-117, 175, 184-195, 200-260, 290-296, 299-300, 320, 328, 364-367, 449.
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