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 [[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 434
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 434
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 == Walter Melville Dramatic Company ==
-The company visited and performed in South Africa in 1910.
+[[Walter Melville]] brought his touring theatre company (the [[Walter Melville Dramatic Company]]) to South Africa in 1910.
 In Cape Town the company appeared briefly in the [[Opera House]] under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]], and according to Boonzaier (1923) performed a number of the so-called "Melville melodramas",  including ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''.
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	For plays by [[Walter Melville]], see for example the entries in [[ESAT]] on ''[[The Worst Woman in London]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''		For plays by [[Walter Melville]], see for example the entries in [[ESAT]] on ''[[The Worst Woman in London]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''
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−	~~[[Walter Melville]] brought his theatre company (the [[Walter Melville Dramatic Company]]) to South Africa in 1910.~~

	== Walter Melville Dramatic Company ==		== Walter Melville Dramatic Company ==

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 For plays by [[Walter Melville]], see for example the entries in [[ESAT]] on ''[[The Worst Woman in London]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''
-Walter Melville brought his theatre company (the [[Walter Melville Theatre Company]]) to South Africa in 1910.
+[[Walter Melville]] brought his theatre company (the [[Walter Melville Dramatic Company]]) to South Africa in 1910.
 == Walter Melville Dramatic Company ==

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 == The Melville Brothers ==
-[[Walter Melville]] (born Walter Melville Robbins, 1875-1937) and his brother Frederick Melville (born Frederick Melville Robbins, 1877-1938), were actors, playwrights and impresarios, also known as "[[The Melville Brothers]]",  who for a long while managed the Lyceum Theatre in London, putting on a series of their melodramas, popularly known as "Bad Women Dramas".
+'''[[Walter Melville]]''' (born Walter Melville Robbins, 1875-1937) and his brother Frederick Melville (born Frederick Melville Robbins, 1877-1938), were actors, playwrights and impresarios, also known as "[[The Melville Brothers]]",  who for a long while managed the Lyceum Theatre in London, putting on a series of their melodramas, popularly known as "Bad Women Dramas".
 A number of their plays were performed in South Africa.
 For plays by [[Walter Melville]], see for example the entries in [[ESAT]] on ''[[The Worst Woman in London]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''
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 A number of their plays were performed in South Africa.
-See the entries in [[ESAT]] on ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''
+See for example the entries in [[ESAT]] on ''[[The Worst Woman in London]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning]]'' and ''[[The Beggar Girl's Wedding]]''
 == Walter Melville Dramatic Company ==

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-The [[Walter Melville Dramatic Company]] was a  famous London-based travelling theatre company under the management of Walter Melville (1875–1937)[http://www.its-behind-you.com/melvilles.html],
+The [[Walter Melville Dramatic Company]] was a  famous London-based travelling theatre company under the management of Walter Melville (1875–1937)[http://www.its-behind-you.com/melvilles.html].
-Walter Melville, and his brother and Frederick Melville, were actors, playwrights and impresarios, also known as "The Melville Brothers",  who for a long while managed the Lyceum Theatre in London, putting on a series of their melodramas, popularly known as "Bad Women Dramas".
+== The Melville Brothers ==
 The company visited and performed in South Africa in 1910.