The Amateurs of Her Majesty's Ship Chesapeake
An amateur theatrical troupe made up of sailors and petty officers that performed from 1857-1860 aboard HMS Chesapeake and in ports like Aden, Jeddah, and Calcutta.[1]
- ↑ Isbell, Mary. “When Ditchers and Jack Tars Collide: Benefit Theatricals at the Calcutta Lyric Theatre in the Wake of the Indian Mutiny.” Victorian Literature and Culture, vol. 42, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 407–23. Cambridge Core, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1060150314000060.