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Some activities by the Wheelers in South Africa

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The names given to various Wheeler companies

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Some activities by the Wheelers in South Africa

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Some activities by the Wheelers in South Africa

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The names given to various Wheeler companies

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The names given to various Wheeler companies

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Some activities by the Wheelers in South Africa

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	1909: They put on ''[[The Girl Behind the Counter]]'' (Bantock, Anderson and Talbot) in Cape Town. ''[[The New Aladdin]]'' was performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in April, by the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company]] appearing under the banner of the [[Wheeler Brothers]].		1909: They put on ''[[The Girl Behind the Counter]]'' (Bantock, Anderson and Talbot) in Cape Town. ''[[The New Aladdin]]'' was performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in April, by the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company]] appearing under the banner of the [[Wheeler Brothers]].
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		+	1911: ''[[San Toy]]'' presented at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in September by [[Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company]].

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	[[Wheeler and Smith]] ("managers and proprietors" of the [[Opera House]], Cape Town)		[[Wheeler and Smith]] ("managers and proprietors" of the [[Opera House]], Cape Town)
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		+	[[Wheeler's Juvenile Company]]

	==Some activities by the Wheelers in South Africa==		==Some activities by the Wheelers in South Africa==

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 : ''[[The Forty Thieves]]'', a pantomime version (by  A. Adams, brought up to date and localised by [[A.D. Donovan]]), was performed by [[Wheeler's London Gaiety Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in July, directed by [[Frank Wheeler]].
 : They put on ''[[The Girl Behind the Counter]]'' (Bantock, Anderson and Talbot) in Cape Town.
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 During the second half of the same year the [[Wheeler Brothers]] hosted a company that included such fine performers as [[Herbert Greville]], [[Marie Housley]], [[Wilfred E. Payne]] and the six year old [[Sylvia Edney]], the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during the second half of the year. They offered a season of plays that included ''[[Mr Hopkinson]]'' (Carton), ''[[Beauty and the Barge]]'' (Jacobs and Parker), ''[[His House in Order]]'' (Pinero), ''[[The Freedom of Suzanne]]'' (Gordon-Lennox), ''[[The Perfect Lover]]'' (Sutro) and ''[[The Walls of Jericho]]'' (Sutro).
-In 1909 they put on ''[[The Girl Behind the Counter]]'' (Bantock, Anderson and Talbot) in Cape Town.
+: ''[[The Forty Thieves]]'', a pantomime version (by  A. Adams, brought up to date and localised by [[A.D. Donovan]]), was performed by [[Wheeler's London Gaiety Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in July, directed by [[Frank Wheeler]].
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	The [[Wheeler Juvenile Opera and Musical Company]]		The [[Wheeler Juvenile Opera and Musical Company]]
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		+	[[Wheeler's London Comedy and Dramatic Company]]

	[[Wheeler-Edwardes Combination]]		[[Wheeler-Edwardes Combination]]

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	The [[Wheeler Comedy Company]]		The [[Wheeler Comedy Company]]
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		+	The [[Wheeler Comedy and Burlesque Company]]

	The [[Wheeler Company]]		The [[Wheeler Company]]

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 : Burnett's own version of ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' presented by [[Wheeler Comedy and Speciality Company]] at the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town in January and at the [[Globe Theatre]], Johannesburg in April.
-: Burnett's version of ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' presented by [[Wheeler Opera and Comedy Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in May and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in October.
+: Burnett's version of ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' presented by [[Wheeler Opera and Comedy Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in May and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in October. ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp]]'' (Byron) presented by the [[Wheeler Comedy and Burlesque Company]]  at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in November.
 : They offered a short season which included ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'', ''[[Niobe]]'', ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' and ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''.

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	1889: Burnett's own version of ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' presented by [[Wheeler Comedy and Speciality Company]] at the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town in January and at the [[Globe Theatre]], Johannesburg in April.		1889: Burnett's own version of ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' presented by [[Wheeler Comedy and Speciality Company]] at the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town in January and at the [[Globe Theatre]], Johannesburg in April.
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		+	1890: Burnett's version of ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' presented by [[Wheeler Opera and Comedy Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in May.

	1893: They offered a short season which included ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'', ''[[Niobe]]'', ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' and ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''.		1893: They offered a short season which included ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'', ''[[Niobe]]'', ''[[Dandy Dick]]'' and ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]''.

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	[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.		[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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