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Founded by [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] when ffrangçon-Davies came to South Africa South Africa in 1941, they toured the country with a number of fine productions and presented seasons of plays during the war years at the [[Standard Theatre]] till 1946. The company utlized performers who were to become household names, including [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Wensley Pithey]], [[Rolf Lefebre]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Syd James]]. The plays performed included Barrie’s ''[[Quality Street]]'' (1941), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1941), Lilian Hellman’s ''[[Watch on the Rhine]]'' (1943), Coward's ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' (1944), ''[[Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1945), [[Emlyn Williams's]] ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' (1946) and Turgenev's ''[[ A Month in the Country]]'' (1946), which was their last performance before they went back to England..  
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Founded by [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] when ffrangçon-Davies came to South Africa South Africa in 1941, they toured the country with a number of fine productions and presented seasons of plays during the war years at the [[Standard Theatre]] till 1946. The company utlized performers who were to become household names, including [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Wensley Pithey]], [[Rolf Lefebre]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Sid James]]. The plays performed included Barrie’s ''[[Quality Street]]'' (1941), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1941), Lilian Hellman’s ''[[Watch on the Rhine]]'' (1943), Coward's ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' (1944), ''[[Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1945), [[Emlyn Williams's]] ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' (1946) and Turgenev's ''[[ A Month in the Country]]'' (1946), which was their last performance before they went back to England..  
  
  

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Founded by Gwen ffrangçon-Davies and Marda Vanne when ffrangçon-Davies came to South Africa South Africa in 1941, they toured the country with a number of fine productions and presented seasons of plays during the war years at the Standard Theatre till 1946. The company utlized performers who were to become household names, including Siegfried Mynhardt, Wensley Pithey, Rolf Lefebre, Zoë Randall and Sid James. The plays performed included Barrie’s Quality Street (1941), Twelfth Night (1941), Lilian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine (1943), Coward's Blithe Spirit (1944), Merry Wives of Windsor (1945), Emlyn Williams's The Wind of Heaven (1946) and Turgenev's A Month in the Country (1946), which was their last performance before they went back to England..


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Tucker, 1997

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