Maud Aston

Maud Aston (fl 1900) was an actress.

Biography

She was an Edwardian actress active circa 1900.[1]

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

D.C. Boonzaier (1923) mentions an actress called Maud Ashton who appeared as "Sally" 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. Most probably the same person and a misspelling of the name of Maud Aston, as no actress by the name Maud Ashton can be traced for that period.

Sources

https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XE468769/Maude-Aston-English-Edwardian-stage-actress

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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