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	Michael Meyer. 2014. "Introduction to John Gabriel Borkman". In: ''Ibsen Plays: 4: John Gabriel Borkman; Pillars of Society; When We Dead Awaken'', A&C Black[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=7dHaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT98&lpg=PT98&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=LWGJbBoZdy&sig=sevrH71gW1ENqnqo9HOi0yuGEA4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIajAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false]		Michael Meyer. 2014. "Introduction to John Gabriel Borkman". In: ''Ibsen Plays: 4: John Gabriel Borkman; Pillars of Society; When We Dead Awaken'', A&C Black[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=7dHaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT98&lpg=PT98&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=LWGJbBoZdy&sig=sevrH71gW1ENqnqo9HOi0yuGEA4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIajAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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		+	https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa2/index.html

	Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 The company opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891 with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), the play which had established Miss Ward's reputation.  They went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.
-The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Bernard), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
+The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Bernard),  and six of Shakespeare's plays (''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', and ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'').
 The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with her renditions of "Lady Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Meg Merrilees" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Mrs Milday" in ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]''.

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-She and [[W.H. Vernon]] toured South Africa with what was billed as the '''[[Geneviève Ward Company]]''' for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]]. The other players included in the company were [[E. Story Gofton]], among others.
+She and [[W.H. Vernon]] toured South Africa with what was billed as the '''[[Geneviève Ward Company]]''' for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]]. The other players included in the company were [[E. Story Gofton]], among others. (The company is also referred to as the '''[[Vernon-Ward Company]]''' in some sources.)
 The company opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891 with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), the play which had established Miss Ward's reputation.  They went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.

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 The company opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891 with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), the play which had established Miss Ward's reputation.  They went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.
-The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
+The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Bernard), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
 The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with her renditions of "Lady Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Meg Merrilees" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Mrs Milday" in ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]''.

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 The company opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891 with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), the play which had established Miss Ward's reputation.  They went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.
-The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'', ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
+The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
 The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with her renditions of "Lady Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Meg Merrilees" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Mrs Milday" in ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]''.

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 She and [[W.H. Vernon]] toured South Africa with what was billed as the '''[[Geneviève Ward Company]]''' for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]]. The other players included in the company were [[E. Story Gofton]], among others.
-The [[Ward and Vernon Theatre Company]] opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 Decmeber, 1891 with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), the play which had established Miss Ward's reputation.  They went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.
+The company opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891 with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), the play which had established Miss Ward's reputation.  They went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.
 The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'', ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).

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 By Martin Banham[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Ubr35UeE-UQC&pg=PA402&lpg=PA402&dq=Forget-me-Not+is+a+play+by+Herman+Merivale+and+F.C.+Grove&source=bl&ots=ejTdL-0kgt&sig=ACfU3U2aqeIMLqYaalUM1PLjGHToHzAzNQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic-u3xguTmAhUoRBUIHUHpChQQ6AEwAnoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Forget-me-Not%20is%20a%20play%20by%20Herman%20Merivale%20and%20F.C.%20Grove&f=false]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 393,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 392-3,
 Michael Meyer. 2014. "Introduction to John Gabriel Borkman". In: ''Ibsen Plays: 4: John Gabriel Borkman; Pillars of Society; When We Dead Awaken'', A&C Black[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=7dHaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT98&lpg=PT98&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=LWGJbBoZdy&sig=sevrH71gW1ENqnqo9HOi0yuGEA4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIajAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false]

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	The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'', ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).		The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'', ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
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		+	The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with her renditions of "Lady Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Meg Merrilees" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Mrs Milday" in ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]''.

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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	On 3 May, 1896, she played "Mrs Borkmann" in the first English production of Ibsen's ''[[John Gabriel Borkmann]]'' in the Strand Theatre, London, for a company called New Century Theatre, with [[W.H. Vernon]] as "Borkmann".		On 3 May, 1896, she played "Mrs Borkmann" in the first English production of Ibsen's ''[[John Gabriel Borkmann]]'' in the Strand Theatre, London, for a company called New Century Theatre, with [[W.H. Vernon]] as "Borkmann".
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	She died of heart disease at her home in Hampstead on 18 August 1922		She died of heart disease at her home in Hampstead on 18 August 1922