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CARTER, Captain. One of the many regimental officers who performed at the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. He took the lead in Colman’s ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town in 1817 and apparently took part in other performances in 1818. Apparently a very talented amateur, he is reported to have done so well in London as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, that he had been offered fifty pounds a night by managers to remain as performer - a sum he turned down.
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[[Captain Carter]] (17**-18**) was a soldier and amateur actor.  
  
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== Biography ==
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Little is known of him, except that he appears to have been a very talented amateur [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p.170) citing an advert referring to him as "the celebrated amateur tragedian" and [[Jill Fletcher]] (1994: pp55-6) noting that he had early in 1817 played "Shylock" in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and had done so well in London that he had been offered £50 a night by managers to remain as performer - a sum he turned down.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He was one of the many regimental officers stationed in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Like many of them he then performed at the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, inter alia taking the lead role of "Octavian" in Colman's ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' in Cape Town on 30 August and 13 September  1817, as well as other roles in 1818.
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== Sources ==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 150, 170
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Revision as of 08:31, 2 July 2016

Captain Carter (17**-18**) was a soldier and amateur actor.


Biography

Little is known of him, except that he appears to have been a very talented amateur F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p.170) citing an advert referring to him as "the celebrated amateur tragedian" and Jill Fletcher (1994: pp55-6) noting that he had early in 1817 played "Shylock" in The Merchant of Venice and had done so well in London that he had been offered £50 a night by managers to remain as performer - a sum he turned down.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He was one of the many regimental officers stationed in Cape Town on their way to India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Like many of them he then performed at the African Theatre in Cape Town, inter alia taking the lead role of "Octavian" in Colman's The Mountaineers in Cape Town on 30 August and 13 September 1817, as well as other roles in 1818.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 150, 170

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