Frank Wheeler - Revision history

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 Together with his father, [[Ben Wheeler]], he founded The [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in May 1886. They became among the foremost theatrical managers in South Africa in the period before the Anglo-Boer war, were famous in all the large towns in South Africa and acted as impresarios to many great singers and musicians. Over the course of their period in South Africa both the company and the father-and-son business were usually referred to as '''[[Ben and Frank Wheeler]]''',  '''[[The Wheeler Brothers]]''' or simply '''[[The Wheelers]]''', but they also created, named and managed a number of different companies by going into partnerships with other managers, and the name of the company was thus adapted to fit the case
-In 1899, Frank and Ben Wheeler opened the [[Earl's Court Garden Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
+In 1899, Frank and Ben Wheeler opened the [[Earl's Court Garden Theatre]] in Johannesburg. They opened the first [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in 1903.
 As actor, Frank Wheeler appeared in ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' (1887),  ''[[The Private Secretary]]''  (1886 and 1903),  ''[[Falka]]'' (1889), ''[[Erminie]]'' (1890), ''[[Patience]]'' (1890),  ''[[Pepita]]'' (1890), ''[[Dorothy]]'' (1890), ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' (1890), ''[[Walker, London]]'' (1892),  ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''  (1893), ''[[La Poupee]]'' (1898),  ''[[Struck Oil]]'' (1903), ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (1908 - his final performance in Cape Town).

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 In 1899, Frank and Ben Wheeler opened the [[Earl's Court Garden Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
-As actor, Frank Wheeler appeared in ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' (1887),  ''[[The Private Secretary]]''  (1886 and 1903),  ''[[Falka]]'' (1889), ''[[Erminie]]'' (1890), ''[[Patience]]'' (1890),  ''[[Pepita]]'' (1890), ''[[Walker, London]]'' (1892),  ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''  (1893), ''[[La Poupee]]'' (1898), ''[[Dorothy]]'' (1990), ''[[Struck Oil]]'' (1903),
+As actor, Frank Wheeler appeared in ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' (1887),  ''[[The Private Secretary]]''  (1886 and 1903),  ''[[Falka]]'' (1889), ''[[Erminie]]'' (1890), ''[[Patience]]'' (1890),  ''[[Pepita]]'' (1890), ''[[Dorothy]]'' (1890), ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' (1890), ''[[Walker, London]]'' (1892),  ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''  (1893), ''[[La Poupee]]'' (1898),  ''[[Struck Oil]]'' (1903), ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (1908 - his final performance in Cape Town).
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 In 1899, Frank and Ben Wheeler opened the [[Earl's Court Garden Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
-As actor, Frank Wheeler appeared in ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' (1887),  ''[[The Private Secretary]]''  (1886 and 1903),  ''[[Falka]]'' (1889), ''[[Erminie]]'' (1890), ''[[Walker, London]]'' (1892),  ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''  (1893), ''[[La Poupee]]'' (1898), ''[[Dorothy]]'' (1990),
+As actor, Frank Wheeler appeared in ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' (1887),  ''[[The Private Secretary]]''  (1886 and 1903),  ''[[Falka]]'' (1889), ''[[Erminie]]'' (1890), ''[[Patience]]'' (1890),  ''[[Pepita]]'' (1890), ''[[Walker, London]]'' (1892),  ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''  (1893), ''[[La Poupee]]'' (1898), ''[[Dorothy]]'' (1990), ''[[Struck Oil]]'' (1903),
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	Together with his father, [[Ben Wheeler]], he founded The [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in May 1886. They became among the foremost theatrical managers in South Africa in the period before the Anglo-Boer war, were famous in all the large towns in South Africa and acted as impresarios to many great singers and musicians. Over the course of their period in South Africa both the company and the father-and-son business were usually referred to as '''[[Ben and Frank Wheeler]]''', '''[[The Wheeler Brothers]]''' or simply '''[[The Wheelers]]''', but they also created, named and managed a number of different companies by going into partnerships with other managers, and the name of the company was thus adapted to fit the case		Together with his father, [[Ben Wheeler]], he founded The [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in May 1886. They became among the foremost theatrical managers in South Africa in the period before the Anglo-Boer war, were famous in all the large towns in South Africa and acted as impresarios to many great singers and musicians. Over the course of their period in South Africa both the company and the father-and-son business were usually referred to as '''[[Ben and Frank Wheeler]]''', '''[[The Wheeler Brothers]]''' or simply '''[[The Wheelers]]''', but they also created, named and managed a number of different companies by going into partnerships with other managers, and the name of the company was thus adapted to fit the case
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		+	In 1899, Frank and Ben Wheeler opened the [[Earl's Court Garden Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
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		+	As actor, Frank Wheeler appeared in ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' (1887), ''[[The Private Secretary]]'' (1886 and 1903), ''[[Falka]]'' (1889), ''[[Erminie]]'' (1890), ''[[Walker, London]]'' (1892), ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]'' (1893), ''[[La Poupee]]'' (1898), ''[[Dorothy]]'' (1990),

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 [[Frank Wheeler]] was a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter.
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 Together with his father, [[Ben Wheeler]], he founded The [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in May 1886. They became among the foremost theatrical managers in South Africa in the period before the Anglo-Boer war, were famous in all the large towns in South Africa and acted as impresarios to many great singers and musicians. Over the course of their period in South Africa both the company and the father-and-son business were usually referred to as '''[[Ben and Frank Wheeler]]''',  '''[[The Wheeler Brothers]]''' or simply '''[[The Wheelers]]''', but they also created, named and managed a number of different companies by going into partnerships with other managers, and the name of the company was thus adapted to fit the case
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 '''THIS IS MERELY A PRELIMINARY NOTE - THE ENTRY STILL TO BE WRITTEN. See [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]'''
 According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was "a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter",  adding that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines' ".
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	According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was "a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter", adding that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines' ".		According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was "a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter", adding that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines' ".
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	'''THIS IS MERELY A PRELIMINARY NOTE - THE ENTRY STILL TO BE WRITTEN. See [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]'''		'''THIS IS MERELY A PRELIMINARY NOTE - THE ENTRY STILL TO BE WRITTEN. See [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]'''

−	According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), ~~[[Frank Wheeler]]~~ was "a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter", adding that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines'".	+	According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), he was "a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter", adding that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines' ".

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	'''THIS IS MERELY A PRELIMINARY NOTE - THE ENTRY STILL TO BE WRITTEN. See [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]'''		'''THIS IS MERELY A PRELIMINARY NOTE - THE ENTRY STILL TO BE WRITTEN. See [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]'''

−	According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), [[Frank Wheeler]] was a ~~superb improvisational~~ comedian, ~~stating~~ that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines' ".	+	According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), [[Frank Wheeler]] was "a comedian of the highest rank, with a penchant for "gagging" that often left his company helpless with laughter", adding that "(F)ew who witnessed their farewell performance of ''[[The Girls of Gottenburg]]'' in the [[Opera House]] stage of Cape Town ever forgot the scene where the entire company, joining in on the hilarity of the audience, abandoned all pretense at acting and abandoned themselves to the mirth he had introduced 'outside the lines' ".