B. Sheeran
B. Sheeran was a soldier in the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot which was sent to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Province, South Africa) between 1860 and 1862 shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858). The regiment was based in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek.
Contribution to South African Theatre
B. Sheeran Acted in seven productions during his stay on the Eastern Frontier of which one was female.
August 20th and 22nd, 1860: Starred in the three-act play produced by the Band of Amateurs, The Iron Chest. (First Robber).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 18.)
November 4, 1861: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of Thomas J. Lynch's two-act drama, The Rose of Ettrick Vale or The Bridal of the Borders. (Fergus).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 9, November 13, 1861. Page 125.)
May 28, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of a “serio-comic, bombastic, operatic Interlude, in one act" by J.R. Planché, Amoroso, King of Little Britain. (1st Lord of the Bed-chamber).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
May 28, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of The Irish Tutor. (A countryman).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
June 5, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of the one-act farce, Slasher and Crasher. (Policeman).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)
June 19, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of a two-act melo-drama, Robert Macaire, or The Two Murderers of Lyons. (Francoise).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)
June 19, 1862: Acted in George Wood's one-act farce, The Irish Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cured from Moliere's Le Médecin malgré lui. (Dick).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)
Sources
(See beneath each production.)
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1.
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