Miss Durney

Miss Durney was the stage name used by Private J. Durney, a soldie serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when they were stationed in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) on the Eastern Frontier, 1860 - 1862.

Contribution to SA theatre

April 5, 11 & 19, 1861: Acted in the Officers of the Regiment's second play, Stirling Coyne's one-act farce, Urgent Private Affairs. (Sally Vokins).

(North Lincoln Sphinx Vol. 1, No 6. Grahamstown, April 25, 1861. Page 75.)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_(rank)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire

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