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| − | [[Madame Duret]] (''floreat'' 1850s to 1870s, died 1881) was a professional actress.
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| − | Also referred to as Mrs [[Marie Duret]].
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | Information about the early years of Marie Duret is unfortunately scant. She was apparently born in England, but must have moved to the USA as a young actress, for she really made quite a name for herself as an actress and manager in the USA in the mid 19th century. For example in 1850, after making a name for herself as a "dashing and spirited" performer, specializing in [[breeches roles]], in a repertoire that included such spectacular works as ''[[The French Spy]]'', ''[[Alladin, or The Wonderful Lamp]]'', ''[[Flowers of the Forest]]'', ''[[Zarah, or The Gypsey's Revenge]]'', and ''[[Jack Sheppard, or The Housebreaker of the Last Century]]''.
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| − | she appeared at a number of New York theatres, founding her own company in 1853 and even managing the Museum theatre in Utica, New York for a number of months, and in 1855 performed in Albany, New York. . She then appears to have visited Australia, and then either returned to the South West or to England.
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| − | According to Phelps, her name was at one time linked to that of the tragedian [[Gustavus Brooke]], though they were not married, and later (according to Bosman, 1980) she was married her theatrical partner on her South African tour, [[J.H. le Roy]].
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| − | However, she must have returned to the United States in later years, for it appears she set up as an elocution teacher in San Francisco, dying there in poverty in 1881.
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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| − | She apparently worked in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town between 1861 and 1871 with her husband, Mr [[J.H. le Roy]], as one half of the [[Leroy and Duret]] or [[Le Roy and Duret Company]]. They leased the ** theatre and were particularly active in the work presented by the British garrison in Cape Town, doing 4 seasons.
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| − | In Cape Town also she was generally regarded as a formidable actress and clearly a character actress and seasoned transformationist, fond of [[breeches roles]], performing multiple roles in various plays specifically selected for her, including three characters in ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]'', six in the protean farce ''[[The Actress of All Work]]'' (Oxberry) and eight in ''[[Winning a Husband]]'' (Buckstone).
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| − | '''For more performances by the company and [[Madame Duret]], see [[Le Roy and Duret Company]]'''
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Henry Pitt Phelps.1880. ''Players of a Century: A Record of the Albany Stage''. Albany: J. McDonough, p. 292.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=LHdKAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=af&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Marie%20Duret&f=false]
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| − | Jane Kathleen Curry. 1994. ''Nineteenth-century American Women Theatre Managers''. Greenwood: pp. 29-30.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=1GPiQjAnv6IC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=Marie+Duret+actress&source=bl&ots=xzqJADAtK_&sig=Xj4JRGipVl2-_i9oM_iP-aT98ds&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj05PK6_LTVAhVoJMAKHarZDrIQ6AEITTAM#v=onepage&q=Marie%20Duret%20actress&f=false]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman, F.C.L.]], ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. 1980: pp.
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