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−	[[W.H. Vernon]](1834-1905)[] was a British actor, director and stage manager.	+	[[W.H. Vernon]](1834-1905)[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp90094/wh-vernon] was a British actor, director and stage manager.

	Sometimes found as [[W. Vernon]].		Sometimes found as [[W. Vernon]].

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He toured South Africa with what was referred to as the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]]. (The company is also referred to as the '''[[Vernon-Ward Company]]''' in some sources.)
+He toured South Africa with what was referred to as the '''[[Geneviève Ward Company]]''' for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]]. (The company is also referred to as the '''[[Vernon-Ward Company]]''' in some sources.)
 They opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891, with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), and went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He toured South Africa with what was referred to as the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]].
+He toured South Africa with what was referred to as the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] for nine months in 1891-2, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]]. (The company is also referred to as the '''[[Vernon-Ward Company]]''' in some sources.)
 They opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891, with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), and went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.

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 They opened in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 December, 1891, with ''[[Forget-me-Not]]'' (Merivale and Grove), and went on to present an astounding 26 plays during their tour, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut short.
-The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'', ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
+The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' (Terry and Bishop), ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
 The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with Vernon's renditions of "Sir Geoffrey Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Dandie Dinmont" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Viscount Bolingbroke" in ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]''.

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 The rest of the plays performed by the company in this season included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer), ''[[Mammon]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (), ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' (Grundy), ''[[Guy Mannering]]'', ''[[Married Life]]'' (Buckstone), ''[[A Scrap of Paper]]'' (Sardou/Simpson), ''[[Nance Oldfield]]'' (Reade), ''[[Cool as a Cucumber]]'' (Jerrold), ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).
-The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with Vernon's renditions of "Sir Geoffrey Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Dandie Dimont" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Viscount Bolingbroke" in ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]''.
+The Cape Town critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) was particularly impressed with Vernon's renditions of "Sir Geoffrey Heriott" in ''[[Mammon]]'', "Dandie Dinmont" in ''[[Guy Mannering]]'' and "Viscount Bolingbroke" in ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 Joan Templeton. 2018. ''Shaw’s Ibsen: A Re-Appraisal'', Springer: p.4[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y6RMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=5rDY3yR02g&sig=a_dw2HxTiHzxWtqn6N0ggDE0UAM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIWjAN#v=onepage&q=W.H.%20Vernon%20actor&f=false]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 392-3
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 They presented an astounding 26 plays, sixteen in Johannesburg alone. The tour encompassed all the major towns, but ''en route'' two of the company died and the tour was cut  short.
-Plays performed included ''[[Bess]]'' (Beringer),
+Among his most notable roles were
 == Sources ==

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		+	Michael Meyer. 2014. "Introduction to John Gabriel Borkman". In: ''Ibsen Plays: 4: John Gabriel Borkman; Pillars of Society; When We Dead Awaken'', A&C Black[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=7dHaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT98&lpg=PT98&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=LWGJbBoZdy&sig=sevrH71gW1ENqnqo9HOi0yuGEA4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIajAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false]

	Joan Templeton. 2018. ''Shaw’s Ibsen: A Re-Appraisal'', Springer: p.4[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y6RMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=5rDY3yR02g&sig=a_dw2HxTiHzxWtqn6N0ggDE0UAM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIWjAN#v=onepage&q=W.H.%20Vernon%20actor&f=false]		Joan Templeton. 2018. ''Shaw’s Ibsen: A Re-Appraisal'', Springer: p.4[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y6RMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=W.H.+Vernon+actor&source=bl&ots=5rDY3yR02g&sig=a_dw2HxTiHzxWtqn6N0ggDE0UAM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibqb7a6bPaAhVDchQKHckzA-AQ6AEIWjAN#v=onepage&q=W.H.%20Vernon%20actor&f=false]