Miss Durney
Miss Durney was the stage name used by Private J. Durney, a soldier serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when they were stationed in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek) on the Eastern Frontier, 1860 - 1862.
Contribution to SA theatre
April 5, 11 & 19, 1861: Acted in the Officers of the Regiment's second play, Stirling Coyne's one-act farce, Urgent Private Affairs. (Sally Vokins).
North Lincoln Sphinx: "Miss Durney, as Sally Vokins, was pleasing and looked her part."
(North Lincoln Sphinx Vol. 1, No 6. Grahamstown, April 25, 1861. Page 75.)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Library
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_(rank)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire
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