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| − | An amateur theatre company made up of a group of | + | An amateur theatre company made up of a group of regular soldiers from the 72nd Highlander in the Cape Town barracks. According to an undated handbill, they only did one performance in the late 1820's in Cape Town, consisting of Poole's 1825 farce ''[[Paul Pry]]'', a song by mr Schofield, and Morton's 1819 farce ''[[A Roland for an Oliver]]''. Among the performers in the two plays were [[S. Stewart]], [[P. Smith]], [[W. Williamson]], [[A. Schofield]], [[J.Foster]], [[W. Cameron]], [[T. Caldwell]], [[G. Milne]], [[T. Norrie]], [[A. Ramsay]]. |
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An amateur theatre company made up of a group of regular soldiers from the 72nd Highlander in the Cape Town barracks. According to an undated handbill, they only did one performance in the late 1820's in Cape Town, consisting of Poole's 1825 farce Paul Pry, a song by mr Schofield, and Morton's 1819 farce A Roland for an Oliver. Among the performers in the two plays were S. Stewart, P. Smith, W. Williamson, A. Schofield, J.Foster, W. Cameron, T. Caldwell, G. Milne, T. Norrie, A. Ramsay.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: p229
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pry_(play)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)
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