Clara Tellett

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Clara Tellett (fl. mid 19th century) was a British professional performer.

Also referred to as Mrs Tellett in many sources

Biography

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

She on occasion performed for the Cape Town Theatrical Club (later to become the Cape Town Dramatic Club) in the period 1858-1862. In 1862 she hired the Theatre Royal in Cape Town for six months (July till mid December), where she not only accommodated the CTDC, but put on a season of plays herself with a "selected company".

The 1862 repertoire included productions of Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment (Stirling), Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit (Selby), The Housekeeper, or The White Rose (Jerrold), Catching an Heiress, or Which is Which (Selby), My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding ("a Gentleman of Cape Town"), The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril (Coyne), The Prima Donna (Boucicault), A Desperate Game (Morton), Temptation, or The Fatal Brand (Townsend), The Maid with the Milking Pail (Morton), Take Care of Dowb (Morton), The Warlock of the Glen (Walker), Love in Humble Life (Scribe/Payne), A Glorious Case (Stocqueler), The Idiot Witness, or A Tale of Blood (Haines), The Miller's Maid (Saville), That Blessed Baby (), Our Wife, or The Rose of Amiens (Morton), The Maid of the Mill (), A Perfect Cure (Sapte), The Pilot, or A Tale of the Sea (Fitzball), My Wife's Out (Rodwell), The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man (O'Calligan), The Rough Diamond (), [[]] (), [[]] (), [[]] (), .

Sources

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

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