C. Bland
Mr C. Bland (fl. 1860s) was an actor and stage manager
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He was the stage manager for Sefton Parry's first full professional company in 1861, as well as being something off an intellectual, for example giving lectures for the Mechanic's Institute.
At the end of the season, on 14 November 1861, the company did a special benefit performance for him, with performances of The Momentous Question (Fitzball) and Dominique the Deserter, or The Gentleman in Black (**/Murray), with a dance by Miss Powell and a performance by the band of the Cape Royal Rifles.
Awards, etc
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 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.
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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