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The Bennees in South Africa

Satj: /* Fanny Raynor (fl 1860s-1870s) */

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Fanny Raynor (fl 1860s-1870s)

Satj: /* Fanny Raynor (fl 1860s-1870s) */

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Fanny Raynor (fl 1860s-1870s)

Satj: /* Fanny Raynor (fl 1860s-1870s) */

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Fanny Raynor (fl 1860s-1870s)

Satj: /* W.J.S. Bennee (fl 1860s-1870s) */

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W.J.S. Bennee (fl 1860s-1870s)

Satj: /* The Bennees in South Africa */

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The Bennees in South Africa

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The Bennees in South Africa

Satj at 03:57, 16 March 2020

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Satj at 03:53, 16 March 2020

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Satj: /* The Bennees in South Africa */

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The Bennees in South Africa

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 [[Mr Bennee]] and [[Mrs Bennee]] arrived in Cape Town in September 1868 as part of a new company of performers that [[J.H. le Roy]] had engaged in England to form part of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company. There they participated in a season of plays for that company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, where the company played pieces a number of Shakespearian plays (''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''), plus ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (Beecher Stowe/Hermann), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry), etc. This season ended abruptly when the theatre burnt down at the start of 1868. In this conflagration the Bennees lost a large part of their wardrobe, as they had stored their costumes in baskets in the theatre.
-Having broken rather acrimoniously with [[Sefton Parry]], the couple now took off on their own with a scratch company (referred to as ''[[The Bennees]]'' by Bosman), undertaking a 15 month tour of the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State during the course of 1868-69, performing with the aid of local amateurs wherever they appeared. They ended back in Cape Town, where they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. The bill consisted of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp) and ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' (Allingham?).
+Having broken rather acrimoniously with [[Sefton Parry]], the couple now took off on their own with a [[scratch company]] (referred to as ''[[The Bennees]]'' by Bosman), undertaking a 15 month tour of the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State during the course of 1868-69, performing with the aid of local amateurs wherever they appeared. They ended back in Cape Town, where they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. The bill consisted of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp) and ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' (Allingham?).
 They then left the Cape for the colonies in the East, for example visiting India and Australia . There they once more performed leading roles such as that of "Claude Melnotte" and "Pauline" in ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), "Hamlet" and "Ophelia" in ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare) and "Petruchio" and "Katherine" in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (Shakespeare) - none of these to great success, at least not in Melbourne it would appear.

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−	Married to, and business partner of [[ W.J.S. Bennee]], she was either billed as "Miss Fanny Raynor", or "[[Mrs Bennee]]"	+	Married to, and business partner of [[ W.J.S. Bennee]], she was either billed as "Miss [[Fanny Raynor]]", or "[[Mrs Bennee]]"

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−	As an actress she never seemed quite to live up to the publicity dispersed by the company in the colonies. In Australia for example, the critic of ''The Advocate'' (10 August, 1872) said: "Miss Jaynor lacks animation, not possessing, as it seemed to us, the nervous character which is indispensable to a lady undertaking leading parts", a sentiment echoeing that of Boonzaier in Cape Town, South Africa.	+	As an actress she never seemed quite to live up to the publicity dispersed by the company in the colonies. In Australia for example, the critic of ''The Advocate'' (10 August, 1872) said: "Miss Jaynor lacks animation, not possessing, as it seemed to us, the nervous character which is indispensable to a lady undertaking leading parts", a sentiment echoeing that of [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) in Cape Town, South Africa.

	==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==		==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==

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−	As an actress she never seemed quite to live up to the publicity dispersed by the company. In Australia for example, the critic of ''The Advocate'' (10 August, 1872) said: "Miss Jaynor lacks animation, not	+	As an actress she never seemed quite to live up to the publicity dispersed by the company in the colonies. In Australia for example, the critic of ''The Advocate'' (10 August, 1872) said: "Miss Jaynor lacks animation, not possessing, as it seemed to us, the nervous character which is indispensable to a lady undertaking leading parts", a sentiment echoeing that of Boonzaier in Cape Town, South Africa.
−	possessing, as it seemed to us, the nervous character which is indispensable to a lady undertaking leading parts", a sentiment echoeing that of Boonzaier in Cape Town, South Africa.

	==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==		==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==

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 He was a British Shakespearean actor.
 Married to, and business partner of, the actress  [[Fanny Raynor]] ([[Mrs Bennee]]).
 ==[[Fanny Raynor]] (fl 1860s-1870s)==

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 ==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==
-[[Mr Bennee]] and [[Mrs Bennee]] arrived in Cape Town in September 1868 as part of a new company of performers that [[J.H. le Roy]] had engaged in England to form part of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company. There they participated in a season of plays for that company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, where the company played pieces a number of Shakespearian plays (''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''), plus Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'', ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (), etc. This season ended abruptly when the theatre burnt down at the start of 1868. In this conflagration the Bennees lost a large part of their wardrobe, as they had stored their costumes in baskets in the theatre.
+[[Mr Bennee]] and [[Mrs Bennee]] arrived in Cape Town in September 1868 as part of a new company of performers that [[J.H. le Roy]] had engaged in England to form part of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company. There they participated in a season of plays for that company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, where the company played pieces a number of Shakespearian plays (''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Othello]]'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''), plus ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (Beecher Stowe/Hermann), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry), etc. This season ended abruptly when the theatre burnt down at the start of 1868. In this conflagration the Bennees lost a large part of their wardrobe, as they had stored their costumes in baskets in the theatre.
 Having broken rather acrimoniously with [[Sefton Parry]], the couple now took off on their own with a scratch company (referred to as ''[[The Bennees]]'' by Bosman), undertaking a 15 month tour of the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State during the course of 1868-69, performing with the aid of local amateurs wherever they appeared. They ended back in Cape Town, where they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. The bill consisted of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp) and ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' (Allingham?).

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 Married to, and business partner of [[ W.J.S. Bennee]], she was either billed as "Miss Fanny Raynor", or "[[Mrs Bennee]]"
 ==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==
 [[Mr Bennee]] and [[Mrs Bennee]] arrived in Cape Town in September 1868 as part of a new company of performers that [[J.H. le Roy]] had engaged in England to form part of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company. There they participated in a season of plays for that company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, till the theatre burnt down at the start of 1868. In this conflagration the Bennees lost a large part of their wardrobe, as they had stored their costumes in baskets in the theatre.
 Having broken rather acrimoniously with [[Sefton Parry]], the couple now took off on their own with a scratch company (referred to as ''[[The Bennees]]'' by Bosman), undertaking a 15 month tour of the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State during the course of 1868-69, performing with the aid of local amateurs wherever they appeared. They ended back in Cape Town, where they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. The bill consisted of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp) and ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' (Allingham?).
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 They then left the Cape for the colonies in the East, for example visiting India and Australia . There they once more performed leading roles such as that of "Claude Melnotte" and "Pauline" in ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), "Hamlet" and "Ophelia" in ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare) and "Petruchio" and "Katherine" in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (Shakespeare) - none of these to great success, at least not in Melbourne it would appear.
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 possessing, as it seemed to us, the nervous character which is indispensable to a lady undertaking leading parts", a sentiment echoeing that of Boonzaier in Cape Town, South Africa.
-==Sources==
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 "Public Amusements", ''The Advocate'', Melbourne, Victoria: 10 Aug 1872 (Page 15), Trove[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170157275]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==		==[[The Bennees]] in South Africa==

−		+	[[Mr Bennee]] and [[Mrs Bennee]] arrived in Cape Town in September 1868 as part of a new company of performers that [[J.H. le Roy]] had engaged in England to form part of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company. There they participated in a season of plays for that company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, till the theatre burnt down at the start of 1868. In this conflagration the Bennees lost a large part of their wardrobe, as they had stored their costumes in baskets in the theatre.
−	[[Mr Bennee]] and [[Mrs Bennee]] arrived in ~~South Africa~~ in September 1868 as part of a new company of performers that [[J.H. le Roy]] had engaged in England to form part of the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company. ~~They then~~ participated in a season of plays for that company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town