William Elton
William Elton (fl 1870s-1880s) was an actor and musician
At times simply referred to simply as Mr Elton
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In 1875 he was a member of a company recruited in England by Frank Weston on behalf of Disney Roebuck,
As a bandleader he formed an “Ashantee Dance and Chorus” from “a band of coloured boys picked from the street” (also referred to as “street Arabs”) and participated in a performance entitled Brown and the Brahmins at the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town in 1875. This under the auspices of Disney Roebuck. (Fletcher, 1994)
November 15, 1876: Elton acted in Disney Roebuck's United Service Dramatic Company's production of Blow For Blow at the Theatre Royal in Port Elizabeth and played the part of Charlie Spraggs.
Eastern Province Herald's Theatre Critic, Henry J Vickers, charges Elton
On Friday, December 8, 1876, William Elton appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court before Regional Magistrate A C Wylde charged with contravening the 18th section of Ordinance 25, 1847, by wrongfully and unlawfully using threatening language against Henry J Vickers, the Eastern Province Herald's theatre critic, in the public place, calculated to provoke a breach of the peace.
(Under Construction)
Sources
Eastern Province Herald, December 1976.
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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