Alfred Beers
Alfred Beers (fl 1900) was an actor
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Biography
He was still active in 1925, appearing in The Street Singer at the in Lyric Theatre, London, in 1924-1925.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He appeared as "Slinks" in Miss Hook of Holland (Rubens and Hurgon) when it was produced for the first time in South Africa by the Wheeler Brothers in 1909.
Sources
J.P. Wearing. 2014. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Rowman & Littlefield: p. 309[1]
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 430.
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