Harry Rickards
Harry Rickards ()[] was an American "comic vocalist" and circus performer
Contents
Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performances as comic vocalist
The Rickards Combination
This name is given to an act consisting of "The Flying Trapeze, Miraculous Dives, Daring Flights" presented by the "Great Rickards", Lottie D'Aste, Katrine Angellian and Frank Angellian, presented on 27 October 1877 in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as an after performance to Waiting for the Verdict, or Falsely Accused (Hazlewood) and a ballad by Miss Wynne.
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.353, 362, 366, 394
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