Cape Town Opera House

Frank de Jongh and the Opera House
Frank de Jongh, leased the Cape Town Opera House from 1896-1937. Here he housed his Gaiety Companies, consisting of well-known overseas performers and artistes, including Zena Dare, Matheson Lang, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Irene Vanbrugh and Kate Vaughan in a variety of plays, operas and ballets.

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