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[[Fred. W. Leonard]] (fl. 1900) was an actor

== Biography ==

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

He was a member of the cast of ''[[What Happened to Jones]]'' (Broadhurst), performed by [[Charles Arnold]] and the touring London company, when they played in South Africa in January of 1900.

== Sources ==

[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.407.

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 Born Frederick William Watkins in London,
-On 28 December 28, 1896 he married [[Eugenie Magnus]] in London,  and later  assumed the stage name of [[Fred. W. Leonard]]). He and his wife performed for a London stock company - probably '''[[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]]''' at the Strand Theatre.  In a 1915 "interview" in ''Moving Picture World'' (possibly a publicity piece written by herself) Eugenie claims that she had been not only a nurse and newspaper correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1901), but to have worked for the British Secret Service.[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-eugenie-magnus-ingleton/] Though elements of this may be true, it does seem rather unlikely, given the arc of what appears to have been a rather busy theatrical career between 1884 and 1911. However,  she and her husband (now known as [[Fred W. Leonard]]) clearly '''were''' in South Africa in 1900, as they are both listed as a member of the the Arnold company - and, as their names are not mentioned in the Australian cast, it may very well be that Arnold enlisted them to fill gaps in his cast while in Cape Town, since they were already there.
+On 28 December 28, 1896 he married [[Eugenie Magnus]] in London,  and later  assumed the stage name of [[Fred. W. Leonard]]). He and his wife performed for a London stock company - probably '''[[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]]''' at the Strand Theatre.  In a 1915 "interview" in ''Moving Picture World'' (possibly a publicity piece written by herself) Eugenie claims that she had been not only a nurse and newspaper correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1901), but to have worked for the British Secret Service.[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-eugenie-magnus-ingleton/] Though this may seem rather unlikely, given the arc of what appears to have been a rather busy theatrical career between 1884 and 1911. However,  she and her husband (now known as [[Fred W. Leonard]]) clearly '''were''' in South Africa in 1900, as they are both listed as a member of the the Arnold company - and, as their names are not mentioned in the Australian cast, it may very well be that Arnold enlisted them to fill gaps in his cast while in Cape Town, since they were already there.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 On 28 December 28, 1896 he married [[Eugenie Magnus]] in London,  and later  assumed the stage name of [[Fred. W. Leonard]]). He and his wife performed for a London stock company - probably '''[[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]]''' at the Strand Theatre.  In a 1915 "interview" in ''Moving Picture World'' (possibly a publicity piece written by herself) Eugenie claims that she had been not only a nurse and newspaper correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1901), but to have worked for the British Secret Service.[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-eugenie-magnus-ingleton/] Though elements of this may be true, it does seem rather unlikely, given the arc of what appears to have been a rather busy theatrical career between 1884 and 1911. However,  she and her husband (now known as [[Fred W. Leonard]]) clearly '''were''' in South Africa in 1900, as they are both listed as a member of the the Arnold company - and, as their names are not mentioned in the Australian cast, it may very well be that Arnold enlisted them to fill gaps in his cast while in Cape Town, since they were already there.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenie_Magnus_Ingleton
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		+	Gaines, Jane. (N.D.) "Eugenie Magnus Ingleton." In Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall’Asta, eds. ''Women Film Pioneers Project''. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries, 2013. <https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-0akf-p282>[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-eugenie-magnus-ingleton/]
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		+	https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/66638

	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA		[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA

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 == Biography ==
-Born Frederick William Watkins in London,  he married  (
+Born Frederick William Watkins in London,
-He later assumed the stage name of [[Fred. W. Leonard]]), and with his wife performed for a London stock company - probably at the Strand Theatre and on tour for '''[[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]]'''.
+On 28 December 28, 1896 he married [[Eugenie Magnus]] in London,  and later  assumed the stage name of [[Fred. W. Leonard]]). He and his wife performed for a London stock company - probably '''[[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]]''' at the Strand Theatre.  In a 1915 "interview" in ''Moving Picture World'' (possibly a publicity piece written by herself) Eugenie claims that she had been not only a nurse and newspaper correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1901), but to have worked for the British Secret Service.[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-eugenie-magnus-ingleton/] Though elements of this may be true, it does seem rather unlikely, given the arc of what appears to have been a rather busy theatrical career between 1884 and 1911. However,  she and her husband (now known as [[Fred W. Leonard]]) clearly '''were''' in South Africa in 1900, as they are both listed as a member of the the Arnold company - and, as their names are not mentioned in the Australian cast, it may very well be that Arnold enlisted them to fill gaps in his cast while in Cape Town, since they were already there.

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		+	Born Frederick William Watkins in London, he married (
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		+	He later assumed the stage name of [[Fred. W. Leonard]]), and with his wife performed for a London stock company - probably at the Strand Theatre and on tour for '''[[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]]'''.


−	He worked for the Strand Theatre and [[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]], going on international tours with Arnold between 1900 and 1902, ''inter alia'' visiting Australia and South Africa, appearing in plays such as ''[[An Empty Stocking]]'' (), ''[[What Happened to Jones]]'' (Broadhurst), ''[[The Professor's Love Story]]'' (), ''[[Hans the Boatman]]'' (Greene), ''[[Why Smith Left Home]]'' () and ''[[The Grey Parrot]]'' ().

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-He was a member of the cast of ''[[What Happened to Jones]]'' (Broadhurst), performed by [[Charles Arnold]] and the touring London company, when they played in South Africa in January of 1900.
+He was a member of the cast of ''[[What Happened to Jones]]'' (Broadhurst) and possibly ''[[An Empty Stocking]]'' () when performed as a double bill by [[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]] in South Africa during January of 1900.
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		+	He worked for the Strand Theatre and [[Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company]], going on international tours with Arnold between 1900 and 1902, ''inter alia'' visiting Australia and South Africa, appearing in plays such as ''[[An Empty Stocking]]'' (), ''[[What Happened to Jones]]'' (Broadhurst), ''[[The Professor's Love Story]]'' (), ''[[Hans the Boatman]]'' (Greene), ''[[Why Smith Left Home]]'' () and ''[[The Grey Parrot]]'' ().

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