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 There are five references to a company involving the actor-manager [[Henry Harper]] and using (variations of) this name.
-== The [[Harper-Leffler Opera Company]] ==
+''For details on the companies see the entry on the performer and company manager '''[[Henry Harper]]''''''
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 In December 1883 [[Henry Harper]] took over the remnants of the [[Mabel Hayes]] company after she had decamped for Port Elizabeth, to put on a production of a Christmas pantomime ''[[Humpty Dumpty]]''. He had taken a lease on the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, and opened it on 18 June 1884 with a production of ''[[Faces in the Fire]]'' (Bayard & Laurencin/Buckingham) and ''[[The Two Gregories]]'' (Sewrin/Dibdin). This evening constituted the opening production in the newly reconstructed [[Theatre Royal]], built to replace the one destroyed by fire in July 1883.
 According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), the rest of his first season (1884-5) there consisted of plays such as:
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 ''[[The Wanderer's Return]]'' (Anon.), ''[[The Wreck of the Pinafore]]'' (Searelle and Lingard),
 They also did about six one act farces.
 == The [[Harper-Leffler Repertory Company]], Kimberley ==

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 ''[[Dead to the World]]'' (Conquest and Pettitt), ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' (Dance) , ''[[Dick Whittington and His Cat]]'' (Blanchard), ''[[Diplomacy]]'' (Sardou/Stephenson and Scott), ''[[The Duke's Motto]]'' (Feval/Brougham),
-''[[Fedora]]'' (Sardou/Merivale), ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merival and Grove),
+''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood),
 ''[[Henry Dunbar]]'' (Taylor),
 ''[[Impulse]]'' (Stephenson),
 ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips),
-''[[Meg's Diversion]]'' (Craven), ''[[My Uncle's Will]]'' (Theyre-Smith),
+''[[The Marquis and the Cobbler]]'' (d'Ennery/Dance), ''[[Meg's Diversion]]'' (Craven), ''[[My Uncle's Will]]'' (Theyre-Smith),
+''[[Nita's First]]'' (Warren), ''[[Not Such a Fool as He Looks]]'' (Byron),
- ''[[The Old Love and the New]]'' (Howard and (Albery), ''[[Ours]]'' (Robertson),
+''[[The Octoroon]]'' (Boucicault), ''[[The Old Love and the New]]'' (Howard and (Albery), ''[[Our Boys]]'' (Byron), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop),  ''[[Ours]]'' (Robertson),
 ''[[Proof]]'' (D'Ennery and Cormon/Blanchard), ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert),
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 ''[[Queen's Evidence]]'' (Conquest and Pettitt),
+''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (De Bernard/Taylor), ''[[Society]]'' (Robertson), ''[[Sweethearts and Wives]]'' (Kenney),
 ''[[The Ticket-of-Leave Man]]'' (Brisebarre and Nus/Taylor), ''[[The Two Orphans]]'' (Oxenford),
-''[[The Wreck of the Pinafore]]'' (Searelle and Lingard), ''[[The Wanderer's Return]]'' (Anon.),
+''[[The Wanderer's Return]]'' (Anon.), ''[[The Wreck of the Pinafore]]'' (Searelle and Lingard),
 They also did about six one act farces.
 Besides Harper himself, the company included the performers [[H.C. Sidney]] (his leading player), [[Fred Ferrani]], [[Charles Lobbett]], [[J. Fox Turner]],  [[Mr Burton]], [[Mr Herbert]],  [[Constance Moxon]],  [[Bella Murdoch]] and [[Miss Williams]]. His set designer was usually [[William Thorne]], mechanical stage matters arranged by [[Mr Kelly]] and the musical director was [[William Ramsden]].

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 In December 1883 [[Henry Harper]] took over the remnants of the [[Mabel Hayes]] company after she had decamped for Port Elizabeth, to put on a production of a Christmas pantomime ''[[Humpty Dumpty]]''. He had taken a lease on the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, and opened it on 18 June 1884 with a production of ''[[Faces in the Fire]]'' (Bayard & Laurencin/Buckingham) and ''[[The Two Gregories]]'' (Sewrin/Dibdin). This evening constituted the opening production in the newly reconstructed [[Theatre Royal]], built to replace the one destroyed by fire in July 1883.
-According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), the rest of his first season (1884-5) there consisted of plays such as:  ''[[The Pinafore]]'' (Searelle and Lingard), ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert), ''[[Not Such a Fool as He Looks]]'' (Byron), ''[[Impulse]]'' (Stephenson), ''[[The Two Orphans]]'' (Oxenford), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (De Bernard/Taylor), ''[[The Old Love and the New]]'' (Howard and (Albery), ''[[Ours]]'' (Robertson), ''[[Diplomacy]]'' (Sardou/Stephenson and Scott), ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips), ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merival and Grove), ''[[Meg's Diversion]]'' (Craven), ''[[Henry Dunbar]]'' (Taylor), ''[[My Uncle's Will]]'' (Theyre-Smith), ''[[Aladdin]]'' (Anon.), ''[[The Marquis and the Cobbler]]'' (d'Ennery/Dance), ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood), ''[[The Octoroon]]'' (Boucicault), ''[[The Field of the Cloth of Gold]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Nita's First]]'' (Warren), ''[[Our Boys]]'' (Byron), ''[[Society]]'' (Robertson), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Queen's Evidence]]'' (Conquest and Pettitt), ''[[Dead to the World]]'' (Conquest and Pettitt), ''[[Les Cloches de Corneville]]'' (Clairville and Gabet), ''[[Fedora]]'' (Sardou/Merivale), ''[[The Bells]]'' (Erckmann-Chatrian), ''[[Sweethearts and Wives]]'' (Kenney), ''[[Proof]]'' (D'Ennery and Cormon/Blanchard), ''[[The Wanderer's Return]]'' (Anon.), ''[[The Duke's Motto]]'' (Feval/Brougham), ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' (Bunn and Balfe), ''[[The Ticket-of-Leave Man]]'' (Brisebarre and Nus/Taylor), ''[[Dick Whittington and His Cat]]'' (Blanchard), ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' (Dance) and about six one act farces.
+According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), the rest of his first season (1884-5) there consisted of plays such as:
 Besides Harper himself, the company included the performers [[H.C. Sidney]] (his leading player), [[Fred Ferrani]], [[Charles Lobbett]], [[J. Fox Turner]],  [[Mr Burton]], [[Mr Herbert]],  [[Constance Moxon]],  [[Bella Murdoch]] and [[Miss Williams]]. His set designer was usually [[William Thorne]], mechanical stage matters arranged by [[Mr Kelly]] and the musical director was [[William Ramsden]].