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A member of the [[Chambers Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in 1890, for which he appeared in plays such as ''[[The Bells of Haslemere]]'' and ''[[In the Ranks]]''.
 
A member of the [[Chambers Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in 1890, for which he appeared in plays such as ''[[The Bells of Haslemere]]'' and ''[[In the Ranks]]''.
  
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He directed ''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in 1897.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 17:11, 16 June 2026

Harold Selwyn (fl 1890s) was a theatre performer in Cape Town.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

A member of the Chambers Theatre Company in Cape Town in 1890, for which he appeared in plays such as The Bells of Haslemere and In the Ranks.

He directed La Fille de Madame Angot at the Opera House, Cape Town in 1897.

Sources

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 1923. (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. 390-391, .

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