Sergeant Biphen

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Sergeant Biphen was a British soldier, an amateur performer and a member of the Garrison Players in Cape Town.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He was probably a regular performer in the late 1860s, till 1871.

On 17 April, 1871, the Garrison company presented A benefit performance for him in the Theatre Royal, Main Barracks (formerly the Garrison Theatre) in Cape Town. The plays performed were Who Stole the Pocket-book?, or A Dinner for Six (Morton), Wanted, A Young Lady (Suter) and An Englishman's House is his Castle (Morton).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.267

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