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 == Contribution to South African theatre ==
-In 1895-6 A performance of ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) in 1895 also featured a [[William Devereux]] (as a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]]) and a [[W. Devereux]] in listed as "Clement" in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' by the same company, while on tour in South Africa in 1895-6.
+In 1895-6 he was a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]], ''inter alia'' appearing in ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) (billed as [[William Devereux]]) and playing "Clement" in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' (billed as [[W. Devereux]]).
 His play, ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'' was performed in Cape Town [[Opera House]] by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company on 19 April, 1910.

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 == Contribution to South African theatre ==
-In 1895-6 A performance of ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) in 1895 also featured a [[William Devereux]] (as a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]]) and a [[W. Deveraux]] in listed as "Clement" in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' by the same company, while on tour in South Africa in 1895-6.
+In 1895-6 A performance of ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) in 1895 also featured a [[William Devereux]] (as a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]]) and a [[W. Devereux]] in listed as "Clement" in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' by the same company, while on tour in South Africa in 1895-6.
 His play, ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'' was performed in Cape Town [[Opera House]] by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company on 19 April, 1910.

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 == Contribution to South African theatre ==
-A performance of ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) in 1895 also featured a [[William Devereux]] (as a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]]).
+In 1895-6 A performance of ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) in 1895 also featured a [[William Devereux]] (as a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]]) and a [[W. Deveraux]] in listed as "Clement" in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' by the same company, while on tour in South Africa in 1895-6.
 His play, ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'' was performed in Cape Town [[Opera House]] by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company on 19 April, 1910.

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−	[[William Devereux]] (1869 or 1870-1945)[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/~~portrait~~/~~mw161497~~/~~William~~-~~Devereux-as-Constable-of-France-in-King-Henry-V~~] was a British actor and playwright.	+	[[William Devereux]] (1869 or 1870-1945)[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp104049/william-devereux] was a British actor and playwright.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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−	~~https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161497/William-Devereux-as-Constable-of-France-in-King-Henry-V~~

	Promotional postcard for ''[[Robin Hood]]'' by Henry Hamilton and [[William Devereux]], Media Storehouse[https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/robin-hood-henry-hamilton-william-devereux-14248515.html]		Promotional postcard for ''[[Robin Hood]]'' by Henry Hamilton and [[William Devereux]], Media Storehouse[https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/robin-hood-henry-hamilton-william-devereux-14248515.html]

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-[[William Devereux]]  (1869 or 1870-1945)[] was a British actor and playwright.
+[[William Devereux]]  (1869 or 1870-1945)[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161497/William-Devereux-as-Constable-of-France-in-King-Henry-V] was a British actor and playwright.
 == Biography ==
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 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/333208025993
 Promotional postcard for ''[[Robin Hood]]'' by Henry Hamilton and [[William Devereux]], Media Storehouse[https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/robin-hood-henry-hamilton-william-devereux-14248515.html]

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 A performance of ''[[The New Boy]]'' (Lumley) in 1895 also featured a [[William Devereux]] (as a member of what [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]], 1923, referred to as the [[Ernest Searelle Comedy Company]]).
-His play, ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'' was performed in Cape Town Opera House by Leonard Rayne and his company on 19 April, 1910.
+His play, ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'' was performed in Cape Town [[Opera House]] by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company on 19 April, 1910.
 He was later a member of actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]]'s  West End theatre company, which toured  South Africa in 1929, putting on a portfolio of plays. The tour played in premises owned by [[African Theatres]] Ltd. starting in Johannesburg and then visiting Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria, Bulawayo, Salisbury, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The plays performed were ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'', ''[[David Garrick]]'', ''[[13 Simon Street]]'' and ''[[Beau Brummel]]''.

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 == Biography ==
-He wrote among many plays ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'', ''[[Robin Hood]]'' (with ) and the film script for ''The Lifeguardsman'' (1916).
+He wrote among many plays ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'', ''[[Robin Hood]]'' (with Henry Hamilton) and the film script for ''The Lifeguardsman'' (1916).
 == Contribution to South African theatre ==

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		+	Promotional postcard for ''[[Robin Hood]]'' by Henry Hamilton and [[William Devereux]], Media Storehouse[https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/robin-hood-henry-hamilton-william-devereux-14248515.html]

	[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)