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[[The Bennees]] is the name given by local sources to the theatrical couple, [[ W.J.S. Bennee]] and [[Fanny Raynor]] ([[Mrs Bennee]])

[[ W.J.S. Bennee]] (fl 1860s-1870s) was a British Shakespearean actor.

Married to, and business partner of, the actress [[Fanny Raynor]] ([[Mrs Bennee]]).

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

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.

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
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==

"Public Amusements", ''The Advocate'', Melbourne, Victoria: 10 Aug 1872 (Page 15), Trove[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170157275]

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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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