Mr Stuart

Mr Stuart (17**-18**) was a British soldier and amateur performer.

A member of the Officers of the Garrison (often referred to as the Garrison Players), a theatrical company which 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.

He is also notable for five additional couplets on local matters which he wrote for a song he performed during a performance of All the World's a Stage and The Upholsterer on Saturday 12 September, 1807.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 73, 75;

Laidler, 1926

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