Mrs Green

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(18**-18**) Amateur actress. An active member of the Garrison Amateur Company (Garrison Players) between 1822 and 1824.

1822: On Monday 28 October a benefit performance of The Rivals and The Prisoner at Large was held for her and two other ladies (Mrs Delamore and Mrs Smith), an evening's entertainment in which they presumably participated.

1823: On 25 November the Garrison Amateur Company performed Wild Oats (O'Keeffe) and Two Strings to your Bow (Cherry) in the African Theatre, Cape Town as a benefit performance for her.

1824: She appeared in Life, A Comedy (Reynolds) and The Irish Tutor, or New Lights (Glengall), performed in the African Theatre (4 and 22 September).

1824: On 2 November the Garrison Amateur Company performed The Irishman in London (Macready) and The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr) in the African Theatre, Cape Town as a benefit performance for her and Mrs Johnson.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 182, 185-6.

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