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| − | + | [[Frank de Jongh]] ()[] was a Cape Town based impresario. | |
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| + | ==Biography== | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to South African theatre== | ||
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| + | === As manager === | ||
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| + | He leased the Cape Town [[Opera House]] almost continuously from 1896-1937, initially in association with [[William Haviland]]. | ||
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| + | There he housed his [[Gaiety Companies]], consisting of well-known overseas performers and artistes, including [[Zena Dare]], [[Matheson Lang]], [[Sybil Thorndike]], [[Lewis Casson]], [[Irene Vanbrugh]] and [[Kate Vaughan]] in a variety of plays, operas and ballets between 1896 and 1937. | ||
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| + | In 1899 he and [[Herbert Flemming]] brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]]. | ||
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| + | Following on the success of [[Stephen Black]]'s ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]'', he and [[Stephen Black|Black]] organized the [[Frank de Jongh-Stephen Black Company]] (also known simply as the [[De Jongh-Black Company]], to perform a the [[Tivoli Theatre]], Cape Town. The company had been newly recruited in England and they opened on 12 January with ''[[Smith]]'' (Maugham). | ||
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| + | === As performer === | ||
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| + | His many roles included "Svengali" in ''[[Trilby]]'', the lead in ''[[Hamlet]]'', "Matthias" in ''[[The Bells]]'' (1896) | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1980. "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. | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[ESAT Personalities D]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 27 July 2019
Frank de Jongh ()[] was a Cape Town based impresario.
Contents
Biography
Contribution to South African theatre
As manager
He leased the Cape Town Opera House almost continuously from 1896-1937, initially in association with William Haviland.
There he housed his Gaiety Companies, consisting of well-known overseas performers and artistes, including Zena Dare, Matheson Lang, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Irene Vanbrugh and Kate Vaughan in a variety of plays, operas and ballets between 1896 and 1937.
In 1899 he and Herbert Flemming brought the Arthur Rousbey Opera Company to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's Opera House.
Following on the success of Stephen Black's Love and the Hyphen, he and Black organized the Frank de Jongh-Stephen Black Company (also known simply as the De Jongh-Black Company, to perform a the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town. The company had been newly recruited in England and they opened on 12 January with Smith (Maugham).
As performer
His many roles included "Svengali" in Trilby, the lead in Hamlet, "Matthias" in The Bells (1896)
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities D
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
