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Frank Atherley () was a British actor
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1899 he was in South Africa, where he led a company under the management of the Wheeler-Edwardes Company, that presented a performance of Lord and Lady Algy (Carton) in the Opera House, Cape Town, early in the year. The combination of play and company apparently "became extremely popular with the public" according to D.C. Boonzaier (1923).
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, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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