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| + | Melville and his brother Fr were actors, playwrights and impresarios, also known as "The Melville Brothers", who for a long while managed the Lyceum Theatre in London, putting on a series of their melodramas, popularly known as "Bad Women Dramas". | ||
The company visited and performed in South Africa in 1910. | The company visited and performed in South Africa in 1910. | ||
Revision as of 05:38, 2 April 2020
The Walter Melville Dramatic Company was a famous London-based travelling theatre company under the management of Walter Melville (1875–1937)[1],
Melville and his brother Fr were actors, playwrights and impresarios, also known as "The Melville Brothers", who for a long while managed the Lyceum Theatre in London, putting on a series of their melodramas, popularly known as "Bad Women Dramas".
The company visited and performed in South Africa in 1910.
In Cape Town the company appeared briefly in the Opera House under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company, and according to Boonzaier (1923) performed a number of the so-called "Melville melodramas", including The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning and The Beggar Girl's Wedding.
Sources
http://www.its-behind-you.com/melvilles.html
Elaine Ashton and Ian Clarke. 1996. "The Dangerous Woman of Melvillean Melodrama" in New Theatre Quarterly 45: Volume 12, Part 1 (pp.30-42.)[2]
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, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 434
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