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[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|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]]: p.433
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.433

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May Edouin (fl. 1900-1910) was a vaudeville artiste.

Biography

She was the daughter of the well-known comedian Willie Edouin and was married to fellow vaudevillian Fred Edwards, with whom she made up the Edouin-Edwards Company.

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

Described by Boonzaier (1923) as "a clever performer, bright, sparkling and humorous in everything she did", she appeared in Cape Town with in such as A Bachelor's Dream and The Kleptomaniacs at the start of the 20th century.


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 1932. (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: p.433

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