Arthur de Jongh
Arthur de Jongh (1866-?). Impresario and actor.
Sometimes written as Arthur de Jong.
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Biography
He was brother of Frank de Jong.
Arthur de Jong made his first appearance in a D'Oyly Carte program as the Earl of Mountararat in Iolanthe, filling in for J. J. Fitzgibbon with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "E" in June 1892. He transferred to D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "E" in 1893, serving for the next three years in several smaller roles: Nicodemus Knock-knee in Haddon Hall (May-November 1893), Tarara in the first provincial production of Utopia Limited (December 1893-March 1895), Blazzo in The Chieftain (February-August 1895), Antonio in The Gondoliers (August 1895-March 1896), and Sam Chunk in the companion piece Captain Billy (1895).
De Jong also deputized for Walter Summers as King Paramount in Utopia Limited (September 24, 1894) and Helier Le Maistre as Giuseppe in The Gondoliers (December 28, 1895). After leaving the D'Oyly Carte organization, de Jong traveled to South Africa, where he worked as a producer, before returning to England, serving as a "director of entertainments" in Hove.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Impressario and the original owner and builder of the Tivoli Theatre of Varieties (1903). Hosted imported musical and variety artists with varying success between 1903 and 1910, when he sold to Harry Stodel. Greatest triumph was Stephen Black’s Love and the Hyphen in 1908.
Sources
https://gsarchive.net/whowaswho/D/deJongArthur.htm
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