Marie Duret - Revision history

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 == Biography ==
-Information about the early years of [[Marie Duret]] is unfortunately scant. She was apparently born in England, but must have moved to the USA as a young actress, for she really made quite a name for herself as an actress and manager in the USA in the mid 19th century. For example in 1850, after making a name for herself as a "dashing and spirited" performer, specializing in athletic feats on stage and breeches roles[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeches_role] in a repertoire that included such spectacular works as ''[[The French Spy]]'', ''[[Alladin, or The Wonderful Lamp]]'', ''[[Flowers of the Forest]]'', ''[[Zarah, or The Gypsey's Revenge]]'', and ''[[Jack Sheppard, or The Housebreaker of the Last Century]]''.
+Information about the early years of [[Marie Duret]] is unfortunately scant. She was apparently born in England, but must have moved to the USA as a young actress, for she really made quite a name for herself as an actress and manager in the USA in the mid 19th century. For example in 1850, after making a name for herself as a "dashing and spirited" performer, specializing in athletic feats on stage and breeches roles[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeches_role] in a repertoire that included such spectacular works as ''[[The French Spy]]'', ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp]]'', ''[[Flowers of the Forest]]'', ''[[Zarah, or The Gypsey's Revenge]]'', and ''[[Jack Sheppard, or The Housebreaker of the Last Century]]''.
 She appeared at a number of New York theatres, founding her own company in 1853 and even managing the Museum theatre in Utica, New York for a number of months, and in 1855 performed in Albany, New York. . She then appears to have visited Australia, and then either returned to the South West or to England.

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 [[Marie Duret]] (''floreat'' 1850s to 1870s, died 1881) was an English professional actress and manager.
-Also referred to as [[Madam Marie Duret]] in Australia, and [[Madame Duret]] in South Africa, possibly to suggest a French origin.
+Also referred to as [[Madam Marie Duret]] in Australia, and [[Madame Duret]] (or [[Mrs Duret]]) in South Africa, possibly to suggest a French origin.
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-She apparently worked in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town between 1861 and 1871 with her husband, Mr [[J.H. le Roy]],  as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]]. They had most likely arrived on the way back from Australia, and leased the ** theatre and were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons.
+She apparently worked in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town between 1861 and 1871 with her husband, Mr [[J.H. le Roy]],  as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] (apparently also known as the [[Leroy's Company]] or [[Leroy's Original Company]]). They had most likely arrived on the way back from Australia, and leased the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] and were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons.
 In Cape Town also she was generally regarded as a formidable actress and clearly a viewed as a character actress. Her repertoire still included male roles and performing multiple characters in various plays specifically selected for her. Those done in South Africa included three characters in ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]'', six in the protean farce ''[[The Actress of All Work]]'' (Oxberry) and eight in ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone).

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 [[Marie Duret]] (''floreat'' 1850s to 1870s, died 1881) was an English professional actress and manager.
-Also referred to as [[Madame Duret]] in South Africa, possibly to suggest a French origin.
+Also referred to as [[Madam Marie Duret]] in Australia, and [[Madame Duret]] in South Africa, possibly to suggest a French origin.
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 She appeared at a number of New York theatres, founding her own company in 1853 and even managing the Museum theatre in Utica, New York for a number of months, and in 1855 performed in Albany, New York. . She then appears to have visited Australia, and then either returned to the South West or to England.
-According to Phelps, her name was at one time linked to that of the tragedian [[Gustavus Brooke]], though they were not married, and later (according to Bosman, 1980) she was married her theatrical partner on her South African tour, [[J.H. le Roy]].
+According to Phelps, her name was at one time linked to that of the tragedian [[Gustavus V. Brooke|Gustavus Brooke]], though they were not married, and later (according to Bosman, 1980) she was married her theatrical partner on her South African tour, [[J.H. le Roy]].
 However, she must have returned to the United States in later years, for it appears she set up as an elocution teacher in San Francisco, dying there in poverty in 1881.