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'''Captain''' [[Edward Collins]] (18**-18**) was a soldier and an [[amateur]] performer in Cape Town.  
 
'''Captain''' [[Edward Collins]] (18**-18**) was a soldier and an [[amateur]] performer in Cape Town.  
  
(Also referred to simply as [[Captain Collins]])
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(Also referred to simply as '''[[Captain Collins]]''')
  
A member of the  21st Light Dragoons, he was one of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stalwarts in and a co-director of the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the [[Officers of the Garrison]] (later [[All the World's a Stage]]) which performed  in the [[African Theatre]]  at the Cape in 1807-8 in a range of plays. He played old and young male parts and was apparently a talented poet, who along with [[Captain Frazer]] wrote and delivered a number of the [[prologue]]s and [[epilogue]]s for their productions.
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==Biography==
  
His roles included "Young Marlow" in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', "Bob Acres" in ''[[The Rivals]]'', ''[[The West Indian]]'', ''[[Tom Thumb]]'', ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'',
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A member of the 21st Light Dragoons.
  
Among the prologues he wrote and spoke were one to ''[[The Brothers]]'' (Cumberland), along with an epilogue which he wrote for [[Mr Morgan]] (in the role of "Lady Dove"). His own [[epilogue]]s include those for ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (spoken as "Young Marlow"),  for ''[[The Rivals]]'' (as "Bob Acres"), for ''[[Abroad and at Home]]'' (Holman) (see [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p.71-5), .
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He was one of [[Captain Frazer]]'s stalwarts in and a co-director of the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the [[Officers of the Garrison]] (later [[All the World's a Stage]]) which performed  a range of plays in the [[African Theatre]] at the Cape in 1807-8.
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Collins played old and young male parts and was apparently a talented poet, who along with [[Captain Frazer]] wrote and delivered a number of original [[prologue]]s and [[epilogue]]s for their productions.
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He almost certainly performed in most of their productions, but is specifically mentioned for two roles, namely those of "Young Marlow" in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and "Bob Acres" in ''[[The Rivals]]''.
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Among the prologues he wrote was one for ''[[The Brothers]]'' (Cumberland), along with an epilogue which he wrote for [[Mr Morgan]] (in the role of "Lady Dove"). His own [[epilogue]]s include those for ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (spoken as "Young Marlow"),  for ''[[The Rivals]]'' (as "Bob Acres"), and one for ''[[Abroad and at Home]]'' (Holman) (For extracts from the epilogues, see [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p.71-5).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== 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. 70-75; 107.
 
[[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. 70-75; 107.
  
Laidler, 1926 ;
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Laidler, 1926
  
 
[[Jill Fletcher]], 1994  
 
[[Jill Fletcher]], 1994  

Latest revision as of 05:14, 27 January 2022

Captain Edward Collins (18**-18**) was a soldier and an amateur performer in Cape Town.

(Also referred to simply as Captain Collins)

Biography

A member of the 21st Light Dragoons.

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

He was one of Captain Frazer's stalwarts in and a co-director of the Cape Town garrison theatre company called the Officers of the Garrison (later All the World's a Stage) which performed a range of plays in the African Theatre at the Cape in 1807-8.

Collins played old and young male parts and was apparently a talented poet, who along with Captain Frazer wrote and delivered a number of original prologues and epilogues for their productions.

He almost certainly performed in most of their productions, but is specifically mentioned for two roles, namely those of "Young Marlow" in She Stoops to Conquer and "Bob Acres" in The Rivals.

Among the prologues he wrote was one for The Brothers (Cumberland), along with an epilogue which he wrote for Mr Morgan (in the role of "Lady Dove"). His own epilogues include those for She Stoops to Conquer (spoken as "Young Marlow"), for The Rivals (as "Bob Acres"), and one for Abroad and at Home (Holman) (For extracts from the epilogues, see Bosman, 1928: p.71-5).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 70-75; 107.

Laidler, 1926

Jill Fletcher, 1994

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