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Sheridan, John F. (1848-1908), ''Theatre Heritage Australia Inc''. (Wednesday, 14 June 2017)[https://www.theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/itemlist/tag/John%20F%20Sheridan]
  
Sheridan, John F. (1848-1908), ''Theatre Heritage Australia Inc''. (Wednesday, 14 June 2017)[https://www.theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/itemlist/tag/John%20F%20Sheridan]
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[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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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.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.421.
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Revision as of 04:57, 7 October 2020

John F. Sheridan (1843-1908) was an actor-manager and dramatist.

Biography

Born in Rhode Island, USA 1843, he entereted the theatrical profession at an early age. He was married three times, twice to actresses (May Livingstone and Gracie Whiteford)

He died on 25 December 1908 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Career

He was primarily a comedian and female impersonator, often playing the pantomime dame and was long remembered for playing the "Widow O’Brien" in Fun on the Bristol (a role he had played over 6000 times by the time he visited South Africa in 1904). He was also a singer and dramatist, and ran his own company for many years. (The company's name occurs in sources inter alia as The Sheridan Company, The Sheridan ) Over the course of his career he toured in England, India, USA, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

He wrote or co-wrote a number of the works they put on, including Fun on the Bristol (1882), Mrs Dooley's Little Joke (1903).


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

Sources

Sheridan, John F. (1848-1908), Theatre Heritage Australia Inc. (Wednesday, 14 June 2017)[1]

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, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.421.

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