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| − | (b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Actress. In January 1919, [[ | + | (b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Actress. In January 1919, [[South African Pictorial]] announced that the actresses to take the parts of the two rival queens in [[H. Lisle Lucoque]]’s film version of [[H. Rider Haggard]]’s ''[[Allan Quatermain]]'' (1919) had been selected. [[Mabel May]], the wife of [[I.W. Schlesinger]], was to play Nyleptha, the Fair Queen, and Elise Hamilton “from Pretoria” was to be Sorais, the Dark Queen. Also known as Tommie Hamilton, she had previously appeared on the stage in ''[[The Pink Lady]''] and ''[[Arlette]]'' (both 1918) and was subsequently cast in the role of the tragic Isabel Clayton in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s ''[[Isban]]'' (1919), based on the novel by [[George H. Cossins]]. In addition she appeared in at least two more plays, namely ''[[Palace, Bedroom and Bath]]'' (1919) at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]] (with [[Edith Cartwright]], [[Hilda Attenboro]], [[Florence Roberts]] and [[Harcourt Collett]] also in the cast, and ''[[Thumbs Up!]]'' (1920) at the [[Empire Palace]]. (FO) |
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Revision as of 20:45, 24 July 2016
(b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Actress. In January 1919, South African Pictorial announced that the actresses to take the parts of the two rival queens in H. Lisle Lucoque’s film version of H. Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain (1919) had been selected. Mabel May, the wife of I.W. Schlesinger, was to play Nyleptha, the Fair Queen, and Elise Hamilton “from Pretoria” was to be Sorais, the Dark Queen. Also known as Tommie Hamilton, she had previously appeared on the stage in [[The Pink Lady]] and Arlette (both 1918) and was subsequently cast in the role of the tragic Isabel Clayton in Joseph Albrecht’s Isban (1919), based on the novel by George H. Cossins. In addition she appeared in at least two more plays, namely Palace, Bedroom and Bath (1919) at His Majesty’s Theatre (with Edith Cartwright, Hilda Attenboro, Florence Roberts and Harcourt Collett also in the cast, and Thumbs Up! (1920) at the Empire Palace. (FO)
Sources
Stage & Cinema, 4 January 1919
Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm
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