Howitt-Phillips Company
The Howitt-Phillips Company is a dramatic company founded by Charles Howitt and A. Phillips.
Also known as the Charles Howitt-A. Phillips Dramatic Co. or the Howitt-Phillips Company, it was apparently an offshoot of Leonard Rayne's professional company.
Company members
In 1909 Muriel Alexander became the leading-lady for this company upon her return from London , working for them until her return to London just before World War One.
In March of 1913 Lawrence Dunbar signed on with the company, as stage manager, for their season of plays.
Productions
The company staged a number of productions, including:
1913: A Tale of Two Cities, Bella Donna, A Member of Tattersall's, Those Terrible Twins, Raffles.
Sources
Du Toit, 1988 [JH]
The Bulletin, 17 April 1913: p.11.[1]
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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