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[[B. Glanville]] ()[] was an actor.

== Biography ==



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

He was a member of the company of players recruited in England and brought to South Africa by  [[Henry Harper]] in 1884. In Harper's opening production in the newly built Theatre Royal in Cape Town, he played "Mr Gregory" in ''[[The Two Gregories]]'' (Dibdin), and presumably other roles in the rest of the season.   

== Sources ==

[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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. 377

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