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=[[Mr Kelly]] (18**-?), a stage technician and manager.=
 
=[[Mr Kelly]] (18**-?), a stage technician and manager.=
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== Biography ==
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He was a member of the company of players recruited in England and brought to South Africa by  [[Henry Harper]] in 1884. In Harper's opening production in the newly built [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town, he did the sets for ''[[Faces in the Fire]]'' () and ''[[The Two Gregories]]'' (Dibdin), and presumably other productions during in the rest of the season. 
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Revision as of 05:39, 27 January 2022

Mr Kelly can refer to at least two persons:


Mr Kelly (17**-18*), a soldier and amateur actor

He was a member of the Garrison Amateur Company (see also Garrison Theatre), who appeared as "Stedfast" in The Heir at Law (16 August, 1826).

Mr Kelly (18**-?), a stage technician and manager.

Biography

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

He was a member of the company of players recruited in England and brought to South Africa by Henry Harper in 1884. In Harper's opening production in the newly built Theatre Royal in Cape Town, he did the sets for Faces in the Fire () and The Two Gregories (Dibdin), and presumably other productions during in the rest of the season.

Sources

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Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 189,

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