A. Burnet
A. Burnet (17**-18**) was a businessman and possibly also an amateur performer. Also listed as Anth. Burnet and was possibly the Anthony Burnett listed in the Dutch Reformed Church Registers in 1803 as the husband of Anthoinetta Margaretha Van Der Lith, and father of Margaretha Anthoinetta Burnet.
At his offices at Loop Street 87 in Cape Town he sold tickets performances, including those of De Papegaay (Von Kotzebue) by the new Dutch company Tot Leering en Vermaak (5 March, 1803) and De Elfde Junius, of De Algemeene Betaaldag (Holberg) by the Tot Nut en Vermaak (29 July 1809).
He may have been a relation (father?) of W. Burnet, who acted for C.E. Boniface's society, Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense.
Sources
Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.82, 116, 131, 174,
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