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KAYE, Danny. (19*-) Actor, singer and comedian. * The son of Russian Jewish immigrants. A stand-up comic who dazzled broadway in the ''Straw Hat Revue''. [[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] booked him to play in Johannesburg in 1954. He starred in the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] production of Shaw’s ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'', directed by [[Charles Hickman]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1969. ***(Tucker, 1997)
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[[Danny Kaye]] (19*-) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kaye]. American actor, singer and comedian.
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The son of Russian Jewish immigrants. A stand-up comic who dazzled broadway in the ''Straw Hat Revue''.  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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[[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] booked him to play in Johannesburg in 1954.
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== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
  

Latest revision as of 11:44, 28 June 2026

Danny Kaye (19*-) [1]. American actor, singer and comedian.

The son of Russian Jewish immigrants. A stand-up comic who dazzled broadway in the Straw Hat Revue.

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

ACT booked him to play in Johannesburg in 1954.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.


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