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 According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), he went on to become a company and theatre manager of some renown in South Africa - sometimes in partnership (''inter alia'' working with [[Frank de Jong]] (active 1890-1930) and [[Robert Brough]] (1857-1906) and at other times with his own company, the [[Herbert Flemming Company]].
-In 1898 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] performed ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones) at Cape Town's [[Opera House]], with Flemming as "Sir Christopher Deering", supported by a cast that included  [[Malcolm Dunn]], [[Charles Curtiss]], [[Edwin Herrick]], [[Charles Combe]], [[Beverly Sitgraves]] and [[Leonie Norbury]].
+In August 1898 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] performed ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones) at Cape Town's [[Opera House]], with Flemming as "Sir Christopher Deering", supported by a cast that included  [[Malcolm Dunn]], [[Charles Curtiss]], [[Edwin Herrick]], [[Charles Combe]], [[Beverly Sitgraves]] and [[Leonie Norbury]].
 In 1899 Flemming and [[Frank de Jong]] formed a partnership and brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]] and in the same year the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] put on ''[[The Only Way]]'' (Dickens/Wills  and Longbridge) there.

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 According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), he went on to become a company and theatre manager of some renown in South Africa - sometimes in partnership (''inter alia'' working with [[Frank de Jong]] (active 1890-1930) and [[Robert Brough]] (1857-1906) and at other times with his own company, the [[Herbert Flemming Company]].
-In 1898 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] performed ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones) at Cape Town's [[Opera House]].
+In 1898 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] performed ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones) at Cape Town's [[Opera House]], with Flemming as "Sir Christopher Deering", supported by a cast that included  [[Malcolm Dunn]], [[Charles Curtiss]], [[Edwin Herrick]], [[Charles Combe]], [[Beverly Sitgraves]] and [[Leonie Norbury]].
 In 1899 Flemming and [[Frank de Jong]] formed a partnership and brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]] and in the same year the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] put on ''[[The Only Way]]'' (Dickens/Wills  and Longbridge) there.

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-According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), he went on to become a company and theatre manager of some renown in South Africa - sometimes in partnership (''inter alia'' working with [[Frank de Jong]] (active 1890-1930), [[Robert Brough]] (1857-1906), ), at other times with his own company, the [[Herbert Flemming Company]].
+According to [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923), he went on to become a company and theatre manager of some renown in South Africa - sometimes in partnership (''inter alia'' working with [[Frank de Jong]] (active 1890-1930) and [[Robert Brough]] (1857-1906) and at other times with his own company, the [[Herbert Flemming Company]].
 In 1898 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] performed ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones) at Cape Town's [[Opera House]].

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-Flemming arrived in South Africa in 1895 to make his debut as an actor in the country with the [[Luscombe Searelle]] company. He went on to appear in a number of plays over the years, including ''[[The Passport]]'' (Stephenson and Yardley), as "Dr Candy" in ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley), as "Wedderburn" and/or "Dick Phenyl") in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' (Pinero) and "Sir Christopher Deering" in ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones).
+Flemming arrived in South Africa in 1895 to make his debut as an actor in the country with the [[Luscombe Searelle]] company. He went on to appear in a number of plays over the years, including ''[[The Passport]]'' (Stephenson and Yardley), as "Dr Candy" in ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley), as "Wedderburn" and/or "Dick Phenyl" in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' (Pinero) and "Sir Christopher Deering" in ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones).
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 He also toured the colonies, playing and working as a theatre and company manager in Australia and South Africa in the latter years of his life, sometimes in partnership, sometimes with his own [[Herbert Flemming Company]].
-He went on to become a company and theatre manager of some renown in South Africa as well as Australia, ''inter alia'' working with [[Robert Brough]] (1857-1906). For example, the [[Brough-Flemming Comedy Company]] brought ''[[Beauty and the Barge]]'' (W.W. Jacobs and Louis N. Parker) from the Haymarket Theatre, London, to open at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne on 8th July, 1905.  and was manager of the [[New English Comedy Company]] there in 1908.
+He went on to become a company and theatre manager of some renown in South Africa as well as Australia, ''inter alia'' working with [[Robert Brough]] (1857-1906). For example, the [[Brough-Flemming Comedy Company]] brought ''[[Beauty and the Barge]]'' (W.W. Jacobs and Louis N. Parker) from the Haymarket Theatre, London, to open at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne on 8th July, 1905.
 Flemming died unexpectedly in Melbourne on 23 October, 1908, at the age of 53, while working as the manager of the [[New English Comedy Company]] and was to have played "Simon Strange" in the new

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	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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 In 1899 Flemming and [[Frank de Jong]] formed a partnership and brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]] and in the same year the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] put on ''[[The Only Way]]'' (Dickens/Wills  and Longbridge) there.
-In 1900 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] presented a full season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, with a repertoire that that included ''[[The Silver King]]'' (Jones and Herman), ''[[A Pantomime Rehearsal]]'' (Clay), ''[[The Wrong Mr Wright]]'' (Broadhurst), ''[[A Night Off]]'' (Schontau/Daly), ''[[Modern Wives]]'' (Warren?), ''[[Facing the Music]]'' (Darnley), ''[[Jim the Penman]]'' (Young) and ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
+In 1900 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] presented a full season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, with a repertoire that that included ''[[The Silver King]]'' (Jones and Herman), ''[[A Pantomime Rehearsal]]'' (Clay), ''[[The Wrong Mr Wright]]'' (Broadhurst), ''[[A Night Off]]'' (Schontau/Daly), ''[[Modern Wives]]'' (Warren?), ''[[Facing the Music]]'' (Darnley), ''[[Jim, the Penman]]'' (Young) and ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).
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 In 1898 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] performed ''[[The Liars]]'' (Jones) at Cape Town's [[Opera House]].
-In 1899 Flemming and [[Frank de Jong]] formed a partnership and brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]] and in the same year the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] put on ''[[The Only Way]]'' (Dickens/Wills and ) there.
+In 1899 Flemming and [[Frank de Jong]] formed a partnership and brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]] and in the same year the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] put on ''[[The Only Way]]'' (Dickens/Wills  and Longbridge) there.
 In 1900 the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] presented a full season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, with a repertoire that that included ''[[The Silver King]]'' (Jones and Herman), ''[[A Pantomime Rehearsal]]'' (Clay), ''[[The Wrong Mr Wright]]'' (Broadhurst), ''[[A Night Off]]'' (Schontau/Daly), ''[[Modern Wives]]'' (), ''[[Facing the Music]]'' (Darnley), ''[[Jim the Penman]]'' () and ''[[The Idler]]'' (Chambers).