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[[Auguste van Biene]] (1849–1913)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_van_Biene] was a [[Dutch]] composer, cellist and actor.

== Biography ==

Born and bred in Rotterdam, he studied music at the Brussels Conservatory then went to London, where he eventually became the principal cellist in Sir Michael Costa's Covent Garden orchestra. He later became a touring musical director for Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company, and in the 1880s he conducted successful light operas and Victorian burlesques. By the 1880s he had also become a theatrical manager as well as an actor and playwright. In 1892 he commissioned, wrote the score for and starred in ''[[The Broken Melody]]'', a highly successful musical play, with which he toured for many years. He died on 23 January 1913 while on stage at the Brighton Hippodrome.

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

He visited South Africa in 1903 to perform ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] on 13 July, before what Boonzaier refers to as "one of the biggest audiences ever assembled in that theatre". Boonzaier says he also saw him in a play called ''[[Dear Old Dad]]'', probably during this period.

== Sources ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_van_Biene

[[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.415

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.415		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.415
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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 == Biography ==
-Born and bred in Rotterdam, he studied music at the Brussels Conservatory then went to London, where he eventually became the principal cellist in Sir Michael Costa's Covent Garden orchestra. He later became a touring musical director for Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company, and in the 1880s he conducted successful light operas and Victorian burlesques. By the 1880s he had also become a theatrical manager as well as an actor and playwright. In 1892 he commissioned Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Tanner] to write a highly successful musical play called ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' for him. He  wrote the score and starred in the work, and toured with it for many years, with his second wife, the actress Mrs Van Biene (1873–1955)[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885742/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk4] as part of the company.
+Born and bred in Rotterdam, he studied music at the Brussels Conservatory then went to London, where he eventually became the principal cellist in Sir Michael Costa's Covent Garden orchestra. He later became a touring musical director for [[Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company]], and in the 1880s he conducted successful light operas and Victorian burlesques. By the 1880s he had also become a theatrical manager as well as an actor and playwright. In 1892 he commissioned Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Tanner] to write a highly successful musical play called ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' for him. He  wrote the score and starred in the work, and toured with it for many years, with his second wife, the actress Mrs Van Biene (1873–1955)[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885742/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk4] as part of the company.
 He died on 23 January 1913 while on stage at the Brighton Hippodrome, playing the cello in the play ''The Master Musician'', with his son conducting the orchestra.

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 == Biography ==
-Born and bred in Rotterdam, he studied music at the Brussels Conservatory then went to London, where he eventually became the principal cellist in Sir Michael Costa's Covent Garden orchestra. He later became a touring musical director for Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company, and in the 1880s he conducted successful light operas and Victorian burlesques. By the 1880s he had also become a theatrical manager as well as an actor and playwright. In 1892 he commissioned Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Tanner] to write a highly successful musical play called ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' for him. He  wrote the score and starred in the work, and toured with it for many years. He died on 23 January 1913 while on stage at the Brighton Hippodrome, playing the cello in the play ''The Master Musician'', with his son conducting the orchestra.
+Born and bred in Rotterdam, he studied music at the Brussels Conservatory then went to London, where he eventually became the principal cellist in Sir Michael Costa's Covent Garden orchestra. He later became a touring musical director for Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company, and in the 1880s he conducted successful light operas and Victorian burlesques. By the 1880s he had also become a theatrical manager as well as an actor and playwright. In 1892 he commissioned Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Tanner] to write a highly successful musical play called ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' for him. He  wrote the score and starred in the work, and toured with it for many years, with his second wife, the actress Mrs Van Biene (1873–1955)[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885742/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk4] as part of the company.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	[[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.)		[[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.)

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 He visited South Africa in 1903 to perform ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] on 13 July, before what Boonzaier refers to as "one of the biggest audiences ever assembled in that theatre". Boonzaier says he also saw him in a play called ''[[Dear Old Dad]]'', probably  during this period.
 == Sources ==