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 == Biography ==
-Born Kate Greaves Rickards, daughter of William Rickards and the music teacher Georgina Louisa Rickards, in Kensington, London, on 4 March 1863. (She took her surname after her mother's second husband, Walter Paul Drew).  Probably had her first musical training with her mother, perfoming at various local events, and was one of the earliest students at the Royal College of Music in the early 1880s. Her student performances (e.g. in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and  Cherubini’s ''[[The Water Carrier]]'') then led to an engagement with the [[Carl Rosa Opera Company]]. There she made her debut as "Frasquita" in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, on 14 September 1886 and subsequently appeared in some six hundred performances in twenty-one operas ranging from Balfe to Meyerbeer.
+Born Kate Greaves Rickards, daughter of William Rickards and the music teacher Georgina Louisa Rickards, in Kensington, London, on 4 March 1863. (She took her surname after her mother's second husband, Walter Paul Drew).  Probably had her first musical training with her mother, performing at various local events, and was one of the earliest students at the Royal College of Music in the early 1880s. Her student performances (e.g. in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and  Cherubini’s ''[[The Water Carrier]]'') then led to an engagement with the [[Carl Rosa Opera Company]]. There she made her debut as "Frasquita" in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, on 14 September 1886 and subsequently appeared in some six hundred performances in twenty-one operas ranging from Balfe to Meyerbeer.
-She married a Doctor Dixon and left the Rosa company after a final performance in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 30 April 1891.  In 1892 she gave birth to a son and was then briefly reunited with old colleagues at the Burns Crotty Opera Company, performing in musicals and concerts until December, 1895, when she accompanied her husband to South Africa.
+She had married a Doctor Dixon and left the Rosa company after a final performance in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 30 April 1891.  In 1892 she gave birth to a son and was then briefly reunited with old colleagues at the Burns Crotty Opera Company, performing in musicals and concerts until December, 1895, when she accompanied her husband to South Africa.
 There she became known as a fine singer and stage performer and remained in South Arica till her death on on 23 April 1940.

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−	[[Kate Drew]] (1863-1940)[http://www.carlrosatrust.org.uk/troupe/troupe_Drew.html] was a operatic singer.	+	[[Kate Drew]] (1863-1940)[http://www.carlrosatrust.org.uk/troupe/troupe_Drew.html] was a operatic singer and actress.

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 There she became known as a fine singer and stage performer and remained in South Arica till her death on on 23 April 1940.
-'''''For more on her early career in England, see The Carl Rosa Trust website: www.carlrosatrust.org.uk[http://www.carlrosatrust.org.uk/troupe/troupe_Drew.html]'''''
+'''''For more on her early career in England, see the entry on "Kate Drew" on The Carl Rosa Trust website: www.carlrosatrust.org.uk[http://www.carlrosatrust.org.uk/troupe/troupe_Drew.html]'''''
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 She married a Doctor Dixon and left the Rosa company after a final performance in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 30 April 1891.  In 1892 she gave birth to a son and was then briefly reunited with old colleagues at the Burns Crotty Opera Company, performing in musicals and concerts until December, 1895, when she accompanied her husband to South Africa.
 There she became known as a fine singer and stage performer and remained in South Arica till her death on on 23 April 1940.
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-[[Kate Drew]] (fl. 1900) was a singer.
+[[Kate Drew]] (1863-1940) was a operatic singer.
 == Biography ==
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 She married a Doctor Dixon and left the Rosa company after a final performance in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 30 April 1891.  In 1892 she gave birth to a son and was then briefly reunited with old colleagues at the Burns Crotty Opera Company, performing in musicals and concerts until December, 1895, when she accompanied her husband to South Africa.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-[[Kate Drew]] accompanied her husband to South Africa in December 1895, and seems to have taken up performing again, for according to ''[[The Stage]]'' of 30 March 1899 (in the section "South African Stage")  Madam [[Kate Drew]] was associated with a performance of ''[[Trial by Jury]]'' in Johannesburg in that year.
+[[Kate Drew]] and her husband came to South Africa in December 1895, and she seems to have taken up performing again, for according to ''[[The Stage]]'' of 30 March 1899 (in the section "South African Stage")  Madam [[Kate Drew]] was associated with a performance of ''[[Trial by Jury]]'' in Johannesburg in that year.
 She is also mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]], who refers to her as  one of the "popular singers of the day",  she was one of the solo participants in the ''[[Bloemfontein Flood Benefit]]'' (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town [[Opera House]] on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]].

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	She is also mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]], who refers to her as one of the "popular singers of the day", she was one of the solo participants in the ''[[Bloemfontein Flood Benefit]]'' (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town [[Opera House]] on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]].		She is also mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]], who refers to her as one of the "popular singers of the day", she was one of the solo participants in the ''[[Bloemfontein Flood Benefit]]'' (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town [[Opera House]] on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]].
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−	~~She died in South Africa on 23 April 1940.~~

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 == Biography ==
-Born Kate Greaves Rickards, daughter of William Rickards and the music teacher Georgina Louisa Rickards, in Kensington, London, on 4 March 1863. (She took her surname after her mother's second husband, Walter Paul Drew).  Probaly had her first musical training with her mother, perfoming at various local events, and was one of the earliest students at the Royal College of Music in the early 1880s. Her student performances (e.g. in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and  Cherubini’s ''[[The Water Carrier]]'') then led to an engagement with the [[Carl Rosa Opera Company]].
+Born Kate Greaves Rickards, daughter of William Rickards and the music teacher Georgina Louisa Rickards, in Kensington, London, on 4 March 1863. (She took her surname after her mother's second husband, Walter Paul Drew).  Probaly had her first musical training with her mother, perfoming at various local events, and was one of the earliest students at the Royal College of Music in the early 1880s. Her student performances (e.g. in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and  Cherubini’s ''[[The Water Carrier]]'') then led to an engagement with the [[Carl Rosa Opera Company]]. There she made her debut as "Frasquita" in ''[[Carmen]]'' at the Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, on 14 September 1886 and subsequently appeared in some six hundred performances in twenty-one operas ranging from Balfe to Meyerbeer.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] as  one of the "popular singers of the day she was one of the solo participants in the ''[[Bloemfontein Flood Benefit]]'' (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town [[Opera House]] on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]].
+[[Kate Drew]] accompanied her husband to South Africa in December 1895, and seems to have taken up performing again, for according to ''[[The Stage]]'' of 30 March 1899 (in the section "South African Stage")  Madam [[Kate Drew]] was associated with a performance of ''[[Trial by Jury]]'' in Johannesburg in that year.
 == Sources ==