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[[Florence Trevelyan]] (1856-1932)[] was an actress and vocalist (contralto).

Born [[Florence Major]], she initially used the stage name [[Florence Trevelyan]], but after her first marriage, was also known as [[Florence Brough]] or [[Mrs Robert Brough]].

Born [[Florence Major]] on 4 November 1856, Covent Garden, London, the daughter of Richard Major and Harriet Davis. She became an actress in England in 1876 and married the actor [[Robert Brough]] on 26 July 1880 in Plymouth.

The couple moved to Australia in 1886, where her husband became a prominent actor-manager.

After the death of her first husband, she married the actor Cyril Bell in 1909 and died on 7 January 1932 in Sydney, Australia.

https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/biographies/item/277-brough-florence-1856-1932

== Biography ==

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

== 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]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

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 [[Florence Brough]] (1856-1932)[https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/biographies/item/277-brough-florence-1856-1932] was an actress and  vocalist (contralto).
-''Also known as '''[[Florence Trevelyan]]''',  '''[[Florence Brough]]'''  or '''[[Mrs Robert Brough]]'''.''
+''Also known as '''[[Florence Trevelyan]]''',  '''[[Florence Brough]]''', '''[[Mrs Robert Brough]]''', or '''[[Florence Brough-Bell]]'''.
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 Though [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) often mentions a [[Robert Brough]], this usually refers to the writer of a number of plays performed in South Africa during the 19th century, i.e. his father, '''Robert Barnabas Brough''' (1928-1960)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barnabas_Brough]
-However [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) does mention one visit to Cape Town by [[Robert Brough]] and his wife in 1904, when they appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] under the [[Wheeler Brothers]]' management during February. He describes her as a "finished and accomplished performer" and notes that "manliness, refinement and care" characterised all that her husband did. However, though he praises the skill and professionalism of the two performers, he - and presumably the public - did not find the choice of works inspiring, as the season consisted of two well-known plays (''[[The Second Mrs Tanqueray]]'' and ''[[The Marriage of Kitty]]'') and only one (rather dull) new piece  (''[[The Light that Failed]]'').
+However [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) does mention one visit to Cape Town by [[Robert Brough]] and his wife in 1904, when they appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] under the [[Wheeler Brothers]]' management during February. He describes Florence as a "finished and accomplished performer" and notes that "manliness, refinement and care" characterised all that her husband did. Nevertheless, though he praises the skill and professionalism of the two performers, he - and presumably the public - did not find the choice of works inspiring, as the season consisted of two well-known plays (''[[The Second Mrs Tanqueray]]'' and ''[[The Marriage of Kitty]]'') and only one (rather dull) new piece  (''[[The Light that Failed]]'').
 == Sources ==

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		+	Though [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) often mentions a [[Robert Brough]], this usually refers to the writer of a number of plays performed in South Africa during the 19th century, i.e. his father, '''Robert Barnabas Brough''' (1928-1960)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barnabas_Brough]
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		+	However [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) does mention one visit to Cape Town by [[Robert Brough]] and his wife in 1904, when they appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] under the [[Wheeler Brothers]]' management during February. He describes her as a "finished and accomplished performer" and notes that "manliness, refinement and care" characterised all that her husband did. However, though he praises the skill and professionalism of the two performers, he - and presumably the public - did not find the choice of works inspiring, as the season consisted of two well-known plays (''[[The Second Mrs Tanqueray]]'' and ''[[The Marriage of Kitty]]'') and only one (rather dull) new piece (''[[The Light that Failed]]'').

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 == Biography ==
-Born [[Florence Major]] on 4 November 1856, Covent Garden, London, the daughter of Richard Major and Harriet Davis. She became an actress in England in 1876 and married the actor '''[[Robert Brough]]''' on 26 July 1880 in Plymouth. She initially used the stage name [[Florence Trevelyan]], but after her first marriage, was also known as [[Florence Brough]]  or [[Mrs Robert Brough]].
+Born [[Florence Major]] on 4 November 1856, Covent Garden, London, the daughter of Richard Major and Harriet Davis. She became an actress in England in 1876 and married the actor '''[[Robert Brough]]''' on 26 July 1880 in Plymouth. She initially used the stage name [[Florence Trevelyan]], but after her first marriage, was also known as [[Florence Brough]]  or often [[Mrs Robert Brough]].
 The couple moved to Australia in 1886, where her husband became a prominent actor-manager.

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 == Biography ==
-Born [[Florence Major]] on 4 November 1856, Covent Garden, London, the daughter of Richard Major and Harriet Davis. She became an actress in England in 1876 and married the actor [[Robert Brough]] on 26 July 1880 in Plymouth. She initially used the stage name [[Florence Trevelyan]], but after her first marriage, was also known as [[Florence Brough]]  or [[Mrs Robert Brough]].
+Born [[Florence Major]] on 4 November 1856, Covent Garden, London, the daughter of Richard Major and Harriet Davis. She became an actress in England in 1876 and married the actor '''[[Robert Brough]]''' on 26 July 1880 in Plymouth. She initially used the stage name [[Florence Trevelyan]], but after her first marriage, was also known as [[Florence Brough]]  or [[Mrs Robert Brough]].
 The couple moved to Australia in 1886, where her husband became a prominent actor-manager.

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	''Also known as '''[[Florence Trevelyan]]''', '''[[Florence Brough]]''' or '''[[Mrs Robert Brough]]'''.''		''Also known as '''[[Florence Trevelyan]]''', '''[[Florence Brough]]''' or '''[[Mrs Robert Brough]]'''.''

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-[[Florence Trevelyan]] (1856-1932)[] was an actress and  vocalist (contralto).
+[[Florence Brough]] (1856-1932)[] was an actress and  vocalist (contralto).
-Also known as [[Florence Trevelyan]],  [[Florence Brough]]  or [[Mrs Robert Brough]].
+''Also known as [[Florence Trevelyan]],  [[Florence Brough]]  or [[Mrs Robert Brough]].''
 == Biography ==