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The Hawtrey Comedy Company was a visiting company from [*?England? Australia?]. They performed ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' under the [[Wheeler Company]] management at the [[Good Hope Theatre]] in 18**

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 The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey (fl. early 1900s) (and originally founded with his brother, the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])
-The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]]. Greyvenstein dates this tour at 1893.
+The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]]. Greyvenstein dates this tour as 1893.
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 The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey (fl. early 1900s) (and originally founded with his brother, the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])
-The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]].
+The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]]. Greyvenstein dates this tour at 1893.
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 [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p.398
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−	The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey ()[] (and originally founded with his brother, the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])	+	The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey (fl. early 1900s) (and originally founded with his brother, the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])

	The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the [[Wheeler Company]].		The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the [[Wheeler Company]].

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-The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey ()[] (the brother of the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])
+The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey ()[] (and originally founded with his brother, the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])
+The company visited South Africa in 1894 with a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas), done as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]].
 == Sources ==
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 [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p.398
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was an Australian  theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager W.F. Hawtrey Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)]
+The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a British theatrical touring company headed by the actor-manager William (W.F.) Hawtrey ()[] (the brother of the more famous Charles Hawtrey, 1858-1923[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1858)])
-They visited South Africa in 1894 to do a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas) as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]].
+The company visited South Africa in 1894 to do a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas) as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the  [[Wheeler Company]].
 == Sources ==
+Nicholas Martin and Jasper Rees. 2016. ''Florence Foster Jenkins''. Pan Macmillan: p.
 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=8gtYCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT51&lpg=PT51&dq=Hawtrey+Comedy+Company&source=bl&ots=FWMWXvDd6h&sig=ACfU3U2xn_89hS_6WcvbAGRnkMFVABua5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjus9vk4L7oAhXeAGMBHZT8ApIQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Hawtrey%20Comedy%20Company&f=false]

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−	They visited South Africa in 1894~~, under the management~~ of ~~the~~ [[~~Wheeler Company~~]]~~, to do~~ one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town~~: a performance~~ of ~~doing~~ ''[[~~Charley's Aunt~~]]~~'' (Thomas)~~.	+	They visited South Africa in 1894 to do a production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Thomas) as one of the first performances at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the [[Wheeler Company]].

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-The Hawtrey Comedy Company was a visiting company from [*?England? Australia?]. They performed ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' under the [[Wheeler Company]] management at the [[Good Hope Theatre]] in 18**
+The [[Hawtrey Comedy Company]] was a theatrical touring company
 == Sources ==
-== For more information ==
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p.398
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