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−	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was ~~British-~~Australian touring theatre company	+	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was Australian touring theatre company

	Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]] (fl 1880s-1910), the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).		Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]] (fl 1880s-1910), the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).

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−	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was Australian touring theatre company	+	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was British-Australian touring theatre company

	Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]] (fl 1880s-1910), the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).		Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]] (fl 1880s-1910), the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).

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 The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was Australian touring theatre company
-Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907,  with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).
+Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]] (fl 1880s-1910), the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907,  with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).
 In Cape Town they performed at the [[Opera House]], but the season was not well received by the Cape Town public, and Miss Willamson also had a run-in with a number of newspapers, and the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] in particular, about negative criticism.

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−	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was ~~British~~ touring theatre company	+	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was Australian touring theatre company

	Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).		Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).

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−	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was theatre company	+	The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was British touring theatre company

	Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).		Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907, with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson).

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	In Cape Town they performed at the [[Opera House]], but the season was not well received by the Cape Town public, and Miss Willamson also had a run-in with a number of newspapers, and the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] in particular, about negative criticism.		In Cape Town they performed at the [[Opera House]], but the season was not well received by the Cape Town public, and Miss Willamson also had a run-in with a number of newspapers, and the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] in particular, about negative criticism.
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		+	== Sources ==
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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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.426-7
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 The [[Woods-Williamson Company]] was theatre company
-Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907,  with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' () and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' ().
+Led by [[Alfred Woods]] and [[Maude Williamson]], the company visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1907,  with a repertoire that included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard), ''[[The King's Mistress]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' ().
 In Cape Town they performed at the [[Opera House]], but the season was not well received by the Cape Town public.