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The [[Macdona Players]] was a theatre company founded by [[Charles Macdona]] (1860–1946), an actor and theatre manager, in 1921, to specialise in plays by [[George Bernard Shaw]].  
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The [[Macdona Players]] was a theatre company founded by [[Charles Macdona]] (1860–1946)[https://peoplepill.com/people/charles-macdona/], an actor and theatre manager, in 1921, to specialise in plays by [[George Bernard Shaw]].  
  
 
They toured widely, including a season in South Africa with a repertoire that included ''[[Pygmalion]]'', ''[[Candida]]'' and ''[[You Never Can Tell]]''.  
 
They toured widely, including a season in South Africa with a repertoire that included ''[[Pygmalion]]'', ''[[Candida]]'' and ''[[You Never Can Tell]]''.  

Revision as of 06:45, 29 May 2021

The Macdona Players was a theatre company founded by Charles Macdona (1860–1946)[1], an actor and theatre manager, in 1921, to specialise in plays by George Bernard Shaw.

They toured widely, including a season in South Africa with a repertoire that included Pygmalion, Candida and You Never Can Tell.


Macdona was born on 3 October 1860, in Dublin, Ireland and died on 15 November 1946, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (aged 86 years)

Sources

https://www.palacetheatreclub.org.uk/content/production-company/the-macdona-players

A. M. Gibbs. 1990. "The State of the Theatre, 1933". In: A.M. Gibbs (ed) Shaw. Interviews and Recollections Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London[2]

André Huguenet, 1950

Ludwig Binge, 1969

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