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	1905: Presented by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company in August at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.		1905: Presented by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company in August at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

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		+	1905: Presented by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company in August at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

	1906: Performed by [[William Haviland]] and his company at the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town as part of a season that ran from July to August. He was supported by the actress [[Edith Latimer]].		1906: Performed by [[William Haviland]] and his company at the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town as part of a season that ran from July to August. He was supported by the actress [[Edith Latimer]].

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	https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa10/index.html		https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa10/index.html
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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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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]].

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

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 : [[Boothroyd Fairclough]] left Cape Town in August to travel to the Diamond Fields of Kimberley and  the South African interior with a programme that included (scenes from?) ''[[Hamlet]]''.
-: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town,  on 7 November.
+: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town,  on 7 November. In 1877 Roebuck staged ''[[Hamlet]]'' in the [[Dramatic Hall]] in Durban, with [[George Seymour]] as Hamlet and [[Constance Delaval]] as Ophelia. Roebuck himself played the ghost.
 : Presented with [[William Montague]] playing ''[[Hamlet]]'' in Pietermaritzburg.

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	1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 7 November.		1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 7 November.
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		+	1879: Presented with [[William Montague]] playing ''[[Hamlet]]'' in Pietermaritzburg.

	1882: The Jamaican tragedian [[Morton Tavares]], also well known in Australia, attempted a Shakespearean season in Natal with ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]''.		1882: The Jamaican tragedian [[Morton Tavares]], also well known in Australia, attempted a Shakespearean season in Natal with ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]''.

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	1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 7 November.		1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 7 November.
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		+	1882: The Jamaican tragedian [[Morton Tavares]], also well known in Australia, attempted a Shakespearean season in Natal with ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]''.

	1891-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.		1891-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.

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	1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 7 November.		1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 7 November.
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		+	1891-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.

	1892: Performed as part of the repertoire of the [[Potter-Bellew Company]], brought to South Africa by [[Luscombe Searelle]], [[Kyrle Bellew]] appearing as "Hamlet". They appeared in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, the last performance of ''[[Hamlet]]'' on 20 February, the night before the theatre burnt to the ground with all their costumes.		1892: Performed as part of the repertoire of the [[Potter-Bellew Company]], brought to South Africa by [[Luscombe Searelle]], [[Kyrle Bellew]] appearing as "Hamlet". They appeared in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, the last performance of ''[[Hamlet]]'' on 20 February, the night before the theatre burnt to the ground with all their costumes.

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	1906: Performed by [[William Haviland]] and his company at the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town as part of a season that ran from July to August. He was supported by the actress [[Edith Latimer]].		1906: Performed by [[William Haviland]] and his company at the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town as part of a season that ran from July to August. He was supported by the actress [[Edith Latimer]].
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		+	1907: Presented by [[Leonard Rayne]] as part of his "Grand Shakespeare Festival" mounted at [[His Majesty's]] in April 1907.

	1911: "Hamlet" played by [[Henry Herbert]] at the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town in November, in a production by the [[Edward Barnscombe Ltd]]		1911: "Hamlet" played by [[Henry Herbert]] at the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town in November, in a production by the [[Edward Barnscombe Ltd]]

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	https://maynardville.co.za/past-productions/		https://maynardville.co.za/past-productions/
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		+	https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa10/index.html

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

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 ===South African ballet===
-There is the 1992 ballet adaptation of ''Hamlet'', choreographed by [[Veronica Paeper]] with music by [[Peter Klatzow]], which was performed by Cape Town Ballet in Cape Town and on our at Sadler's Wells in London.
+There is the 1992 ballet adaptation of ''Hamlet'', choreographed by [[Veronica Paeper]] with music by [[Peter Klatzow]], which was performed by Cape Town City Ballet in Cape Town and on tour at Sadler's Wells in London.
 ===Plays focussed on Ophelia===