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Sutton Vane ()[] was a British actor, playwright, stage and theatre manager, biographer.
Biography
(There is a "Sutton Vane" listed in Who's Who of English Theatre with dates 1880/5???- 1963. Surely not possible for our man???)
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Brought out to South Africa in 1875 by Disney Roebuck. He seems to have worked for Roebuck in a variety of capacities till the latter's death in 1885.
In 1875 he became stage manager for the revamped Oddfellows Hall, which Roebuck now dubbed the Bijou Theatre, working on some 140 plays there in the first season. He also became Roebuck's biographer, under the pseudonym Vane Bennett.
Returned to Britain to continue his career.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 316-384
Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
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