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| − | [[Fanny Raynor]] (fl 1860s-1870s) was a British actress. | + | #REDIRECT [[The Bennees]] |
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| − | Married to and business partner of Bennee, she was either billed as "Miss Fanny Raynor", or "[[Mrs Bennee]]"
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| − | In the 1870s the Bennees visited India and Australia, where they performed roles such as that of "Claude Melnotte" and "Pauline" in ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), "Hamlet" and "Ophelia" in Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare) and "Petruchio" and "Katherine" in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (Shakespeare) - none of these to great success, at least not in Melbourne it would appear.
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| − | As an actress she never seemed quite to live up to the publicity dispersed by the company. In Australia for example, the critic of ''The Advocate'' (10 August, 1872) said: "Miss Jaynor lacks animation, not
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| − | possessing, as it seemed to us, the nervous character which is indispensable to a lady undertaking leading parts", a sentiment echoeing that of Boonzaier in Cape Town, South Africa.
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | "Public Amusements", ''The Advocate'', Melbourne, Victoria: 10 Aug 1872 (Page 15), Trove[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170157275]
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