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[[Sidney Beltram]] ()[] was an actor
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[[Sidney Beltram]] (fl 1870-1890)[] was an English actor and theatre manager
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
In 1892 he became the manager of The Royalty Theatre in the town of Llanelli, a venue built for the owner Mr J.E. Noakes and opened on Boxing Night December 1892, with a performance of Alfred Cox's comedy drama 'A Detective' which was performed by C.H. Ross's Comedy Company.
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In 1892 he was the manager of The Royalty Theatre in the Welsh town of Llanelli, a venue built for the owner Mr J.E. Noakes and opened on Boxing Night December 1892, with a performance of Alfred Cox's comedy drama ''[[A Detective]]'' which was performed by C.H. Ross's Comedy Company.[https://www.llanellich.org.uk/projects/blue-plaques/142-royalty-theatre]
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://www.llanellich.org.uk/projects/blue-plaques/142-royalty-theatre
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 354
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 354

Latest revision as of 06:22, 6 September 2021

Sidney Beltram (fl 1870-1890)[] was an English actor and theatre manager

Biography

In 1892 he was the manager of The Royalty Theatre in the Welsh town of Llanelli, a venue built for the owner Mr J.E. Noakes and opened on Boxing Night December 1892, with a performance of Alfred Cox's comedy drama A Detective which was performed by C.H. Ross's Comedy Company.[1]

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

A member of a strong new company that Disney Roebuck had recruited in England for his next season in South Africa. The company, that also included Mabel Hayes, Bella Murdoch, Julia Sydney, T.G. Warren, T. Morton, Wilfred Bayley, Mr Branscombe, and others, arrived on the Balmoral Castle arrived in Cape Town in 1879. Besides its season in Cape Town and other towns and cities, the company offered some entertainment on board ship, among other pieces a performance of Leap Year, or The Ladies' Privilege (Buckstone) on 28 November, 1879.

Sources

https://www.llanellich.org.uk/projects/blue-plaques/142-royalty-theatre

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 354

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