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(17?-18?) Professional actress who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mr Cooke]], [[Mrs Cooke]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]) during the 1818 season at the Cape. They began with  ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' and ''[[The Devil to Pay]]'' on 24th January 1818 and ended their visit on  21 November 1818 with ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'', ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'', and a divertissiment called ''[[Sandy and Jenny]]''. On the 24th October the company held a benefit performance for Miss Williams , doing ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[The Poor Soldier]]''. The English performers and Miss Williams left the Cape left the Cape for the East after this.  
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(17?-18?) Professional actress who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - [[Mr Cooke]], [[Mrs Cooke]] and [[Mrs Brough]] - performed in semi-professional plays with the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]) during the 1818 season at the Cape.
  
'''See also  the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]'''  
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'''See the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] for the full programme of the 1818 season under the auspices of [[Mr Cooke]] and company'''
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She was apparently primarily a tragedienne, and roles specifically mentioned included a lead in ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin) and "Agatha Friburg" in ''[[Lovers' Vows]]''.
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On the 24th October the company held a benefit performance for [[Miss Williams]], doing ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[The Poor Soldier]]''. The English performers and [[Miss Williams]] left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour of the East after their final performance on 21 November 1818.
  
 
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Bosman, 1928:pp 151-157; 170-177.  
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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. 151-157; 170-177.
  
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(17?-18?) Professional actress who, with three other visiting professionals from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool - Mr Cooke, Mrs Cooke and Mrs Brough - performed in semi-professional plays with the Gentlemen Amateurs) during the 1818 season at the Cape.

See the Gentlemen Amateurs for the full programme of the 1818 season under the auspices of Mr Cooke and company

She was apparently primarily a tragedienne, and roles specifically mentioned included a lead in The Honey Moon (Tobin) and "Agatha Friburg" in Lovers' Vows.

On the 24th October the company held a benefit performance for Miss Williams, doing Othello and The Poor Soldier. The English performers and Miss Williams left the Cape for Calcutta and a tour of the East after their final performance on 21 November 1818.

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Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 151-157; 170-177.

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5717356

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