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−	He apparently first arrived in Port Elizabeth in 1861, moving from there to Cape Town, where he worked periodically between 1861 and 1871 as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]], which he founded with his wife, [[Madame Duret]] (also a professional actress from London) in 1861. They were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons in all.	+	He apparently first arrived in Port Elizabeth in 1861, moving from there to Cape Town, where he worked periodically between 1861 and 1871 as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]], which he founded with his wife, [[Madame Duret]] (also a professional actress from London) in 1861. They rented the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street and were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons in all.

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 According to the Australian website ''AusStage''[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/browse/] he (first?) worked in Australia in 1863, doing ''[[David Copperfield]]'' at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne (6 February 1863).
-He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' (Buckstone) and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
+He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire, including ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' (Buckstone) and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]'').
 Like (and possibly with) [[Marie Duret]], he must have then moved to the USA,  for at some point after 1873 he is reported to have done a stage adaptation of ''[[The Gilded Age]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today] by [[Mark Twain]] and Charles Dudley Warner, which was produced  in Portland, Oregon.

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 According to the Australian website ''AusStage''[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/browse/] he (first?) worked in Australia in 1863, doing ''[[David Copperfield]]'' at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne (6 February 1863).
-He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack_Sheppard]]'' and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
+He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' (Buckstone) and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
 Like (and possibly with) [[Marie Duret]], he must have then moved to the USA,  for at some point after 1873 he is reported to have done a stage adaptation of ''[[The Gilded Age]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today] by [[Mark Twain]] and Charles Dudley Warner, which was produced  in Portland, Oregon.

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 According to the Australian website ''AusStage''[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/browse/] he (first?) worked in Australia in 1863, doing ''[[David Copperfield]]'' at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne (6 February 1863).
-He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack Shepherd]]'' and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
+He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack_Sheppard]]'' and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
 Like (and possibly with) [[Marie Duret]], he must have then moved to the USA,  for at some point after 1873 he is reported to have done a stage adaptation of ''[[The Gilded Age]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today] by [[Mark Twain]] and Charles Dudley Warner, which was produced  in Portland, Oregon.

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 According to the Australian website ''AusStage''[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/browse/] he (first?) worked in Australia in 1863, doing ''[[David Copperfield]]'' at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne (6 February 1863).
-He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack Shepherd]]'' and ''[[The French Spy; Or, The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
+He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack Shepherd]]'' and ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
 Like (and possibly with) [[Marie Duret]], he must have then moved to the USA,  for at some point after 1873 he is reported to have done a stage adaptation of ''[[The Gilded Age]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today] by [[Mark Twain]] and Charles Dudley Warner, which was produced  in Portland, Oregon.

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−	He apparently first arrived in Port Elizabeth, ~~but thereafter worked in~~ Cape Town between 1861 and 1871 as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]], which he founded with his wife, [[Madame Duret]], also a professional actress from London. They were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons.	+	He apparently first arrived in Port Elizabeth in 1861, moving from there to Cape Town, where he worked periodically between 1861 and 1871 as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]], which he founded with his wife, [[Madame Duret]] (also a professional actress from London) in 1861. They were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons in all.

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 He is on record again in as an actor manager in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870, when he put on 32 performances of 24 plays plays between  16 July  to  16 September, many of to be part of his South African repertoire (including ''[[Jack Shepherd]]'' and ''[[The French Spy; Or, The Wild Arab of the Desert]]''). His name  appears for the final time with a production of ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone), in the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 22 July 1871.
-Like (and possibly with) [[Marie Duret]], he must have then moved to the USA,  for at some point after 1873 he did an adaptation of [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Gilded Age]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today] which was produced  in Portland, Oregon.
+Like (and possibly with) [[Marie Duret]], he must have then moved to the USA,  for at some point after 1873 he is reported to have done a stage adaptation of ''[[The Gilded Age]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today] by [[Mark Twain]] and Charles Dudley Warner, which was produced  in Portland, Oregon.
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 [[J.H. le Roy]]  (18**-18**) was a professional English actor, play adaptor and manager.
-Also known as [[Leroy]]
+Also known as [[J.H. Leroy]]
 == Biography ==