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• Equestrian Circus
  ...trian Gymnastics]]). A specialized form of this from the 19th century was the [[Hippodrama]]. ...at least two-thousand years, with its circus roots most probably lying in the ancient Roman games, where '''acrobats'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acr
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• Thomas McCollum
  ...llum]] (1828 - 1872) was a much admired American-born two horse rider and circus owner. ...last name was sometimes written as "'''M'Collum'''", certainly so while in South Africa.
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• Raedawn Stevens
  ...vens''' (b. Springs, 11/03/1944 - d. Italy, **/12/1995) was an actress and circus performer. ...ts, in ''[[Die 3 v.d. Merwes]]'' (1970) and ''[[Die Wit Sluier]]'' (1973), the latter based on another radio serial, this time by [[Naomi van Niekerk]].
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• H.W. Franklin
  ....co.uk/hiram-w-franklin/] was a famous American [[circus]] performer and [[circus]] owner. ...ult thrower and slack rope artiste", "The Distinguished Indian Horseman of the Camanches", and so on.
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• Franklin's International Circus
  ..., or the [[Franklin International Circus]]) was active in Cape Town during the first half of 1862. ...d there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular suppor
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• The Red Coat Tales
  ''[[The Red Coat Tales]]'' is a pantomime by [[Belinda Harward]] (). ==The original text==
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• Andrew Michau
  BA with Drama graduate of the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]]. ...Bicki Falkof]], 1997) and devising and directing [[Juliette Jenner]]’s ''[[The Dark Castle]]'' (1998). As musical director/composer he worked on [[Roy Ser
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• ESAT Venues M
  Return to [[South African Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]] Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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• The Rickards Combination
  ...843–1911)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rickards] and his company in the 1870s '''Also see the entry on [[Harry Rickards]]'''
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• War Horse
  ...by Nick Stafford (1959-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Stafford] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] ==The original text==
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• Frank Fillis
  ...Fillis]] (better known as [[Frank Fillis]] , 1857-1921) was a British born circus impressario and artiste. ...frica, later joining the [[Sclesinger Organisation]] and working for the [[African Theatres]] association between 1914 and 1949.
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• James Ambrose Brown
  ...rgh and Kilmarnock, came to South Africa with his parents in 1936. Went to the front during World War II, then returned to become a well-known Johannesbur ...s his many prose works, a number of them either historical or dealing with the Second World War, he is well known as a writer for stage and radio.
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• Wybert Stamford
  ...e appeared were ''[[A Circus Girl]]'', ''[[A Chinese Honeymoon]]'' and ''[[The Messenger Boy]]'', for [[George Edwardes]]'s [[London Gaiety Company]]. For ...n). The following year he returned to produce ''[[The Dairymaids]]'', ''[[The White Chrysanthemum]]'' and other musical plays and had only been back in L
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• Marijke Haakman
  ...uth Africa, where Marijke’s stepfather became the local General Manager of the travel bureau Lissone-Lindeman. ...ions for [[Kushlick-Gluckman]], the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]] and the [[National Theatre]].
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• E. Story Gofton
  ...1845 (or 1846, depending on the source.) Having completed his education at the Royal Grammar School (where he was introduced to theatre), he became an act At the beginning of the 1890s he came to South Africa under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], with a company led by [[Geneviève Ward]
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• Denis Hutchinson
  ...[[The Great Waltz]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] in 1976, while the regular incumbent was on leave. ...s designer by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] for ''[[Grease]]'' at the ''[[His Majesty’s Theatre]]''.
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• George Ballot
  ...of Pretoria], and began work with [[PACT]] in Pretoria in 1968, as part of the influentual [[Afrikaans]] company led by [[Francois Swart]] and including [ ...al radio, TV and later even stage work. He then settled in Riebeeck Wes in the Cape, where he passed away on 2 October, 2023, aged 77.
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• ESAT Venues G
  Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]] Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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• Simon Swindell
  ...ell Tower" which ran for 26 years on [[Springbok Radio]] and then on Radio South Africa. He died of a heart attack at the age of 75 in Cape Town on 6 March 1988 leaving a son and a daughter.
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• Harry Rickards
  ...singing and sang at music halls in Canterbury and Oxford, appearing under the stage name of "Harry Rickards". ...occasion to perform in the colonies (including South Africa), Britain and the USA, but was primarily known in Australia as baritone, comedian and theatre
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