Miss Beaumont
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Miss Beaumont (fl 1860s) was an amateur actress in Cape Town
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She is mentioned in the programme for Ray and Cooper's Christmas Pantomime of Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C. on 26 December, 1865, being listed as a "member of the Fairy Court". She is also mentioned later as a regular member of the Ray and Cooper company while in Cape Town, having replaced Mrs Ray and Mrs Smith, who were considered unsatisfactory as actresses.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.195-199
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