Seymour Hicks
Seymour Hicks (1871-1949) [1]. British writer, actor and director.
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Biography
Wrote the book for a number of musical comedies and farces, including A Runaway Girl, The Earl and the Girl, often performing in them.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He wrote Bluebell in Fairyland (with Walter Slaughter) which was performed several times in South Africa between 1902-1908.
His company presented Scrooge on tour in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 1911.
He appeared in Vintage Wine in Johannesburg in 1935. Moira Lister had a role in that production as a child actress.
Sources
NELM: [Collection: LISTER, Moira]: 2007. 20. 6. 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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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