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| − | + | The [[Potter-Bellew Company]] was a theatrical company founded in the 1890s by [[Kyrle Bellew]] and [[Cora Brown-Potter]] in New York, touring extensively for ten years. | |
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | The company was brought out to South Africa in early 1892 by [[Luscombe Searelle]] and where they played scenes from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Camille]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''. They returned to England toward the end of February after the [[Exhibition Theatre]] in Cape Town burnt down, with all their costumes, just before a final performance of ''[[As You Like It]]''. | ||
| + | == 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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrle_Bellew | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrle_Bellew | ||
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Revision as of 06:26, 19 November 2017
The Potter-Bellew Company was a theatrical company founded in the 1890s by Kyrle Bellew and Cora Brown-Potter in New York, touring extensively for ten years.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
The company was brought out to South Africa in early 1892 by Luscombe Searelle and where they played scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Camille and Hamlet. They returned to England toward the end of February after the Exhibition Theatre in Cape Town burnt down, with all their costumes, just before a final performance of As You Like It.
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.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrle_Bellew
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc
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