A. Vogado
A. Vogado was a soldier serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1862, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858).
The Regiment was first posted to Grahamstown but in 1862 it was transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek).
Contribution to SA theatre
A. Vogado acted in seven productions, during which he portrayed four males and three females.
July 9 & 16, 1860: Played in the Band of Amateurs production of The Corsican Brothers. (Estelle, lady of the ballet).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 15.)
July 30 and August 1, 1860: Starred in the Corps Dramatique (Band of Amateurs) a two-act "comediatta" (sic) (probably commedia dell’arte, which, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, is an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th – 18th centuries and is based on stock characters.) of The Review, or The Wags of Windsor. (Martha).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 17.)
August 20th and 22nd, 1860: Starred in the three-act play produced by the Band of Amateurs, The Iron Chest. (Barbara Rawbold).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 2, Grahamstown, September 15, 1860, page 18.)
September 20 1860: Acted in the Amateurs of the Bands produced two-act drama, Time Tries All. (Fanny Fact).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 3, Grahamstown, November 1, 1860, page 30.)
Christmas 1860: Acted in "a grand Balletical (sic) Introduction" entitled The Rivals. (Lionjumper, a jockey with a large hunting cap and most aspiring hopes).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 4, Christmas Supplement, 1860. Page 51.)
November 12, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band performed John Baldwin Buckstone's two-act domestic “melo-drama”, Luke The Labourer. The play is set in a village in Yorkshire. (Dick, a postilion).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 271.)
November 26, 1862: Acted in the F. Kenny's capital old two-act farce, The Illustrious Stranger. (High Priest).
(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 272.)
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