Amos Bailey

Amos Bailey (fl 1880s-1900s) was a Cape Town theatre lover and musical director.

Founder in 1888 of the Musical and Dramatic Society and the Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society. in Cape Town.

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Sources

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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 51, 302, 423.

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica

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