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He visited South Africa in 1906 as a member of a comedy company performing in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]. He made a particular impression as "Captain James Barley" in [[Beauty and the Barge]] (Jacobs and Parker),  
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He visited South Africa in 1906 as a member of a comedy company performing in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]. He made a particular impression as "Captain James Barley" in ''[[Beauty and the Barge]]'' (Jacobs and Parker),
  
 
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Revision as of 04:29, 30 March 2018

Herbert Greville (fl. late 1800s-early 1900s) was a British comic actor.

Biography

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

He visited South Africa in 1906 as a member of a comedy company performing in the Opera House, Cape Town under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company. He made a particular impression as "Captain James Barley" in Beauty and the Barge (Jacobs and Parker),

Sources

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 1923. (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. 425-6

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