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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The first formal company of fully professional performers was founded in June 1926, when Hendrik Hanekom and Paul de Groot joined forces to create the Paul De &lt;/del&gt;Groot Toneelgeselskap&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. The company initially consisted of Hendrik Hanekom (Business manager),  Mathilde Hanekom, Simon Malherbe, and Anna Marais from the Hanekom company, Paul de Groot (Artistic director) and Wena Naude from the former De Groot group and two novices, Gert Borstlap and Maxie Botha.  Their first production was Huistoe (Südermann - 1926), then As Mans Huishou (Jan van Ees - 1927), Gerieflike Huwelik (A. Dumas snr - 1927), Die Inbreker (Van Ees, 1927, toured by a second company led by Naude) and  Besigheid is Besigheid (Octave Mirbeau, 1928). In March 1928 (Binge has 15 March 1929) Hanekom and De Groot split company, apparently because of De Groot's avarice. De Groot continued on his own, touring till October 1930 i.a. with Rosekrans (Barclay/Bisson) with Lydia Lindeque,  Haar Twede Man (Géraldy) with André Huguenet (Gert Borstlap renamed), Henry van Wyk and Rena le Roche and Geleende Geld (Ibsen) with Hélène Botha, Huguenet, Van Wyk, Peter Coetzee. Both very successful. In 1931 De Groot undertakes a &amp;quot;world tour&amp;quot; to the Belgian Congo and India as part of a Dutch company. He returns April 1931 and forms a new company to celebrate his 25 jubileum and to tour with Besigheid is Besigheid again (83 performances). The cast consists of a number of Free State amateurs,  including Lydia Lindeque, Roekie van Rensburg, J. Lückhoff, David Muller, F. Botten and P. van Ingen. He then goes on to do Die Verliefde Indringer (later known as Die Oorwinnaar- 1932) and Bodemvas (1932) a dramatisation of  S. Bruwer's Afrikaans novel, the latter in association with the Universiteit van Stellenbosch se Dramatiese Vereniging.  The cast included Yvonne Liebenberg in the lead, and   Maria van Dyk, P.J. Loots, Margeret Webb, Gideon Boshoff, Nic Laubscher, J. Scholtz and Elsa Dreyer. The play failed miserably.  He is now invited to work under the auspices of African Theatres and does Verborge Sonde (La Monaco by Pierre Frondaie) with Henriëtte de Waal (August-October 1933), Misdade van die Vaders (&amp;quot;Misdeed of the Fathers&amp;quot; by Albert du Biel), Kain (also by Du Biel - 1934). This cast consists of Henriëtte de Waal, Bettie Reitz, Nell van Nieuwenhuizen, Rosa du Plessis, John Brill, Johannes Coetzee, Dewald van der Merwe, Tommie Beckley and Frits de Lange.  The next play is Eerloos (&amp;quot;Without Honour&amp;quot; by **,  translated by A.J.A. Roux - 1935) and opens in the Eendragsaal in Johannesburg with Tommie Beckley, Hettie Beckley, Queenie Vorster, Jacobus Swanepoel and Jan Swiegers.  In April 1935 De Groot goes to Rhodesia to substitute for Walter Huston in the Gaumont-British film on Cecil John Rhodes and the company breaks up, signalling the end of the De Groot era in South Africa. (See also Paul de Groot in Part III, Section  2 and Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers in Part III, Section 3) (See Binge, 1969; ) [TH&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;PAUL DE GROOT THEATRE COMPANY. A professional Afrikaans touring company established in 1926, possibly the first such company. See further Paul De Groot Toneelgeselskap.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;PAUL DE GROOT THEATRE COMPANY. A professional Afrikaans touring company established in 1926, possibly the first such company. See further Paul De Groot Toneelgeselskap.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;PAUL DE GROOT TONEELGESELSKAP, Die (&amp;quot;The Paul de Groot Theatre Company&amp;quot;). The first fully professional Afrikaans theatre company. Although Paul de Groot did a large number of amateur and semi-professional productions in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Volksrust during the course of 1925-1926, these were individual attempts and did not constitute a formal company.  Likewise, Hendrik Hanekom's Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers  was a semi-professional operation. The first formal company of fully professional performers was founded in June 1926, when Hendrik Hanekom and Paul de Groot joined forces to create the Paul De Groot Toneelgeselskap. The company initially consisted of Hendrik Hanekom (Business manager),  Mathilde Hanekom, Simon Malherbe, and Anna Marais from the Hanekom company, Paul de Groot (Artistic director) and Wena Naude from the former De Groot group and two novices, Gert Borstlap and Maxie Botha.  Their first production was Huistoe (Südermann - 1926), then As Mans Huishou (Jan van Ees - 1927), Gerieflike Huwelik (A. Dumas snr - 1927), Die Inbreker (Van Ees, 1927, toured by a second company led by Naude) and  Besigheid is Besigheid (Octave Mirbeau, 1928). In March 1928 (Binge has 15 March 1929) Hanekom and De Groot split company, apparently because of De Groot's avarice. De Groot continued on his own, touring till October 1930 i.a. with Rosekrans (Barclay/Bisson) with Lydia Lindeque,  Haar Twede Man (Géraldy) with André Huguenet (Gert Borstlap renamed), Henry van Wyk and Rena le Roche and Geleende Geld (Ibsen) with Hélène Botha, Huguenet, Van Wyk, Peter Coetzee. Both very successful. In 1931 De Groot undertakes a &amp;quot;world tour&amp;quot; to the Belgian Congo and India as part of a Dutch company. He returns April 1931 and forms a new company to celebrate his 25 jubileum and to tour with Besigheid is Besigheid again (83 performances). The cast consists of a number of Free State amateurs,  including Lydia Lindeque, Roekie van Rensburg, J. Lückhoff, David Muller, F. Botten and P. van Ingen. He then goes on to do Die Verliefde Indringer (later known as Die Oorwinnaar- 1932) and Bodemvas (1932) a dramatisation of  S. Bruwer's Afrikaans novel, the latter in association with the Universiteit van Stellenbosch se Dramatiese Vereniging.  The cast included Yvonne Liebenberg in the lead, and   Maria van Dyk, P.J. Loots, Margeret Webb, Gideon Boshoff, Nic Laubscher, J. Scholtz and Elsa Dreyer. The play failed miserably.  He is now invited to work under the auspices of African Theatres and does Verborge Sonde (La Monaco by Pierre Frondaie) with Henriëtte de Waal (August-October 1933), Misdade van die Vaders (&amp;quot;Misdeed of the Fathers&amp;quot; by Albert du Biel), Kain (also by Du Biel - 1934). This cast consists of Henriëtte de Waal, Bettie Reitz, Nell van Nieuwenhuizen, Rosa du Plessis, John Brill, Johannes Coetzee, Dewald van der Merwe, Tommie Beckley and Frits de Lange.  The next play is Eerloos (&amp;quot;Without Honour&amp;quot; by **,  translated by A.J.A. Roux - 1935) and opens in the Eendragsaal in Johannesburg with Tommie Beckley, Hettie Beckley, Queenie Vorster, Jacobus Swanepoel and Jan Swiegers.  In April 1935 De Groot goes to Rhodesia to substitute for Walter Huston in the Gaumont-British film on Cecil John Rhodes and the company breaks up, signalling the end of the De Groot era in South Africa. (See also Paul de Groot in Part III, Section  2 and Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers in Part III, Section 3) (See Binge, 1969; ) [TH]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;PAUL DE GROOT TONEELGESELSKAP, Die (&amp;quot;The Paul de Groot Theatre Company&amp;quot;)&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. Also referred to as the '''De Groot Geselskap''' at times&lt;/ins&gt;. The first fully professional Afrikaans theatre company. Although Paul de Groot did a large number of amateur and semi-professional productions in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Volksrust during the course of 1925-1926, these were individual attempts and did not constitute a formal company.  Likewise, Hendrik Hanekom's Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers  was a semi-professional operation.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first formal company of fully professional performers was founded in June 1926, when Hendrik Hanekom and Paul de Groot joined forces to create the Paul De Groot Toneelgeselskap. The company initially consisted of Hendrik Hanekom (Business manager),  Mathilde Hanekom, Simon Malherbe, and Anna Marais from the Hanekom company, Paul de Groot (Artistic director) and Wena Naude from the former De Groot group and two novices, Gert Borstlap and Maxie Botha.  Their first production was Huistoe (Südermann - 1926), then As Mans Huishou (Jan van Ees - 1927), Gerieflike Huwelik (A. Dumas snr - 1927), Die Inbreker (Van Ees, 1927, toured by a second company led by Naude) and  Besigheid is Besigheid (Octave Mirbeau, 1928). In March 1928 (Binge has 15 March 1929) Hanekom and De Groot split company, apparently because of De Groot's avarice. De Groot continued on his own, touring till October 1930 i.a. with Rosekrans (Barclay/Bisson) with Lydia Lindeque,  Haar Twede Man (Géraldy) with André Huguenet (Gert Borstlap renamed), Henry van Wyk and Rena le Roche and Geleende Geld (Ibsen) with Hélène Botha, Huguenet, Van Wyk, Peter Coetzee. Both very successful. In 1931 De Groot undertakes a &amp;quot;world tour&amp;quot; to the Belgian Congo and India as part of a Dutch company. He returns April 1931 and forms a new company to celebrate his 25 jubileum and to tour with Besigheid is Besigheid again (83 performances). The cast consists of a number of Free State amateurs,  including Lydia Lindeque, Roekie van Rensburg, J. Lückhoff, David Muller, F. Botten and P. van Ingen. He then goes on to do Die Verliefde Indringer (later known as Die Oorwinnaar- 1932) and Bodemvas (1932) a dramatisation of  S. Bruwer's Afrikaans novel, the latter in association with the Universiteit van Stellenbosch se Dramatiese Vereniging.  The cast included Yvonne Liebenberg in the lead, and   Maria van Dyk, P.J. Loots, Margeret Webb, Gideon Boshoff, Nic Laubscher, J. Scholtz and Elsa Dreyer. The play failed miserably.  He is now invited to work under the auspices of African Theatres and does Verborge Sonde (La Monaco by Pierre Frondaie) with Henriëtte de Waal (August-October 1933), Misdade van die Vaders (&amp;quot;Misdeed of the Fathers&amp;quot; by Albert du Biel), Kain (also by Du Biel - 1934). This cast consists of Henriëtte de Waal, Bettie Reitz, Nell van Nieuwenhuizen, Rosa du Plessis, John Brill, Johannes Coetzee, Dewald van der Merwe, Tommie Beckley and Frits de Lange.  The next play is Eerloos (&amp;quot;Without Honour&amp;quot; by **,  translated by A.J.A. Roux - 1935) and opens in the Eendragsaal in Johannesburg with Tommie Beckley, Hettie Beckley, Queenie Vorster, Jacobus Swanepoel and Jan Swiegers.  In April 1935 De Groot goes to Rhodesia to substitute for Walter Huston in the Gaumont-British film on Cecil John Rhodes and the company breaks up, signalling the end of the De Groot era in South Africa. (See also Paul de Groot in Part III, Section  2 and Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers in Part III, Section 3) (See Binge, 1969; ) [TH]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;PAUL DE GROOT THEATRE COMPANY. A professional Afrikaans touring company established in 1926, possibly the first such company. See further Paul De Groot Toneelgeselskap.    PAUL D...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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PAUL DE GROOT TONEELGESELSKAP, Die (&amp;quot;The Paul de Groot Theatre Company&amp;quot;). The first fully professional Afrikaans theatre company. Although Paul de Groot did a large number of amateur and semi-professional productions in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Volksrust during the course of 1925-1926, these were individual attempts and did not constitute a formal company.  Likewise, Hendrik Hanekom's Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers  was a semi-professional operation. The first formal company of fully professional performers was founded in June 1926, when Hendrik Hanekom and Paul de Groot joined forces to create the Paul De Groot Toneelgeselskap. The company initially consisted of Hendrik Hanekom (Business manager),  Mathilde Hanekom, Simon Malherbe, and Anna Marais from the Hanekom company, Paul de Groot (Artistic director) and Wena Naude from the former De Groot group and two novices, Gert Borstlap and Maxie Botha.  Their first production was Huistoe (Südermann - 1926), then As Mans Huishou (Jan van Ees - 1927), Gerieflike Huwelik (A. Dumas snr - 1927), Die Inbreker (Van Ees, 1927, toured by a second company led by Naude) and  Besigheid is Besigheid (Octave Mirbeau, 1928). In March 1928 (Binge has 15 March 1929) Hanekom and De Groot split company, apparently because of De Groot's avarice. De Groot continued on his own, touring till October 1930 i.a. with Rosekrans (Barclay/Bisson) with Lydia Lindeque,  Haar Twede Man (Géraldy) with André Huguenet (Gert Borstlap renamed), Henry van Wyk and Rena le Roche and Geleende Geld (Ibsen) with Hélène Botha, Huguenet, Van Wyk, Peter Coetzee. Both very successful. In 1931 De Groot undertakes a &amp;quot;world tour&amp;quot; to the Belgian Congo and India as part of a Dutch company. He returns April 1931 and forms a new company to celebrate his 25 jubileum and to tour with Besigheid is Besigheid again (83 performances). The cast consists of a number of Free State amateurs,  including Lydia Lindeque, Roekie van Rensburg, J. Lückhoff, David Muller, F. Botten and P. van Ingen. He then goes on to do Die Verliefde Indringer (later known as Die Oorwinnaar- 1932) and Bodemvas (1932) a dramatisation of  S. Bruwer's Afrikaans novel, the latter in association with the Universiteit van Stellenbosch se Dramatiese Vereniging.  The cast included Yvonne Liebenberg in the lead, and   Maria van Dyk, P.J. Loots, Margeret Webb, Gideon Boshoff, Nic Laubscher, J. Scholtz and Elsa Dreyer. The play failed miserably.  He is now invited to work under the auspices of African Theatres and does Verborge Sonde (La Monaco by Pierre Frondaie) with Henriëtte de Waal (August-October 1933), Misdade van die Vaders (&amp;quot;Misdeed of the Fathers&amp;quot; by Albert du Biel), Kain (also by Du Biel - 1934). This cast consists of Henriëtte de Waal, Bettie Reitz, Nell van Nieuwenhuizen, Rosa du Plessis, John Brill, Johannes Coetzee, Dewald van der Merwe, Tommie Beckley and Frits de Lange.  The next play is Eerloos (&amp;quot;Without Honour&amp;quot; by **,  translated by A.J.A. Roux - 1935) and opens in the Eendragsaal in Johannesburg with Tommie Beckley, Hettie Beckley, Queenie Vorster, Jacobus Swanepoel and Jan Swiegers.  In April 1935 De Groot goes to Rhodesia to substitute for Walter Huston in the Gaumont-British film on Cecil John Rhodes and the company breaks up, signalling the end of the De Groot era in South Africa. (See also Paul de Groot in Part III, Section  2 and Die Afrikaanse Toneelspelers in Part III, Section 3) (See Binge, 1969; ) [TH]&lt;br /&gt;
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