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Fred. W. Leonard (fl. 1900) was an actor
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Biography
He worked for the Strand Theatre and Charles Arnold's English Comedy Company, going on international tours with Arnold between 1900 and 1902, inter alia visiting Australia and South Africa, appearing in plays such as An Empty Stocking (), What Happened to Jones (Broadhurst), The Professor's Love Story (), Hans the Boatman (Greene), Why Smith Left Home () and The Grey Parrot ().
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He was a member of the cast of What Happened to Jones (Broadhurst), performed by Charles Arnold and the touring London company, when they played in South Africa in January of 1900.
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.407.
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