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[[Hugh C. Buckler]] (fl. 1904) is the name of a British actor.  
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[[Hugh C. Buckler]] (1881-1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Buckler] is the name of a British actor.  
  
Mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) as a promising young actor who visited Cape Town in 1904 as a member of the [[Frawley Company]], ''inter alia'' playing "De Neipperg" in ''[[Madame Sans-Gêne]]'' (Sardou and  Moreau).
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==Biography==
  
Boonzaier says he lost track of Buckler after the Cape visit, but it may possibly be a reference to the stage and film actor later known simply as [[Hugh Buckler]] (1881-1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Buckler]. Buckler was born on 9 September 1881 in Southampton, Hampshire, UK and died on 30 October 1936 in a motor accident with his son Joahn in
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A performer is mentioned under this name  by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) as a promising young actor who visited Cape Town in 1904 as a member of the [[Frawley Company]], ''inter alia'' playing "De Neipperg" in ''[[Madame Sans-Gêne]]'' (Sardou and  Moreau) and (as [[Hugh Buckler]]) in ''[[The Darling of the Gods]]'' ().
Malibu, California, U.S.
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Though Boonzaier says he lost track of Buckler after the Cape visit, this is most probably a reference to the stage and film actor [[Hugh Buckler]] (1881-1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Buckler], born on 9 September 1881 in Southampton, Hampshire, UK, who  went Australia, where he and his wife are said to have founded  Sydney's Little Theatre in 1913. He then on to Hollywood where he made a number of films between 1919 and his death. He died on 30 October 1936 in a motor accident, with his actor son John, in Malibu, California, U.S.
  
 
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== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 06:30, 21 December 2021

Hugh C. Buckler (1881-1936)[1] is the name of a British actor.

Biography

A performer is mentioned under this name by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) as a promising young actor who visited Cape Town in 1904 as a member of the Frawley Company, inter alia playing "De Neipperg" in Madame Sans-Gêne (Sardou and Moreau) and (as Hugh Buckler) in The Darling of the Gods ().

Though Boonzaier says he lost track of Buckler after the Cape visit, this is most probably a reference to the stage and film actor Hugh Buckler (1881-1936)[2], born on 9 September 1881 in Southampton, Hampshire, UK, who went Australia, where he and his wife are said to have founded Sydney's Little Theatre in 1913. He then on to Hollywood where he made a number of films between 1919 and his death. He died on 30 October 1936 in a motor accident, with his actor son John, in Malibu, California, U.S.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Buckler

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 1932. (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.418, 421,

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