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 ===1904-1905===
-In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[The Admirable Crichton]]'' and ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.
+In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[The Admirable Crichton]]'' and ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by Hickory Wood) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.
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 ===1904-1905===
-In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.
+In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[The Admirable Crichton]]'' and ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.
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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 383, 401, 405, 408-422, 438		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 383, 401, 405, 408-422, 438
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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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 In subsequent tours the company appears to have become a joint venture of the two principal actors, [[Edward Sass]] and [[James Nelson]], performing as the '''[[Sass and Nelson Musical Comedy Company]]''' (also found as the [[Sass-Nelson Musical Comedy Company]], the [[Sass and Nelson Company]], the [[Sass-Nelson Company]], or simply as [[Sass and Nelson]]).
 Opening on 11 May 1901, the joint company offered a season of plays at the [[Opera House]], that included ''[[A Royal Family]]'' (Marshall), ''[[Lady Huntworth's Experiment]]'' (Carton), ''[[The Man from Blankley's]]'' (Anstey), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' (Marshall), ''[[The Manoeuvres of Jane]]'' (Jones), ''[[Sweet Nell of Old Drury]]'' (Kester) and ''[[The Man of Forty]]'' (Frith).
 In 1903, the company presented ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[Theatre Royal]], Durban).
 In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.

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	Opening on 11 May 1901, the joint company offered a season of plays at the [[Opera House]], that included ''[[A Royal Family]]'' (Marshall), ''[[Lady Huntworth's Experiment]]'' (Carton), ''[[The Man from Blankley's]]'' (Anstey), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' (Marshall), ''[[The Manoeuvres of Jane]]'' (Jones), ''[[Sweet Nell of Old Drury]]'' (Kester) and ''[[The Man of Forty]]'' (Frith).		Opening on 11 May 1901, the joint company offered a season of plays at the [[Opera House]], that included ''[[A Royal Family]]'' (Marshall), ''[[Lady Huntworth's Experiment]]'' (Carton), ''[[The Man from Blankley's]]'' (Anstey), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' (Marshall), ''[[The Manoeuvres of Jane]]'' (Jones), ''[[Sweet Nell of Old Drury]]'' (Kester) and ''[[The Man of Forty]]'' (Frith).
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		+	In 1903, the company presented ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[Theatre Royal]], Durban).

	In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.		In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for two further short seasons at the [[Opera House]], with a repertoire that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.

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 He became an actor, later also managing his own company,  taking plays on tour, also to the colonies.
-His film work included ''[[Henry VIII]]'' (1911), ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' (1916) and ''[[The Heart of a Child]]'' (1915).
+His film work included ''[[Henry VIII]]'' (1911), ''[[The Broken Melody]]'' (1916) and ''The Heart of a Child'' (1915)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006772/].
 Sass married the actress Emma Gwynne Putney in 1886, and they had one child. He died on 15 November, 1916 in New Malden, Surrey, England.

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 Opening on 11 May 1901, the joint company offered a season of plays at the [[Opera House]], that included ''[[A Royal Family]]'' (Marshall), ''[[Lady Huntworth's Experiment]]'' (Carton), ''[[The Man from Blankley's]]'' (Anstey), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' (Marshall), ''[[The Manoeuvres of Jane]]'' (Jones), ''[[Sweet Nell of Old Drury]]'' (Kester) and ''[[The Man of Forty]]'' (Frith).
-In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for another season at the [[Opera House]], that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.
+In 1904-5 the company returned to Cape Town for another season at the [[Opera House]], that now included ''[[Old Heidelberg]]'' (Meyer-Förster/Bleichmann), ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' (Lehmann and Hall), ''[[Quality Street]]'' (Barrie), ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (Greenbank and Caryll), ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' (a [[burlesque]], by an unnamed author) and ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' (Drinkwater). [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]] played prominent roles in these plays for the company.
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