De Jong-Black Company
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The De Jong-Black Company was a short-lived theatrical company set up by entrepreneur Frank de Jong and and the playwright and performer Stephen Black in view of the phenomenal success of Black's Love and the Hyphen
The performers were engaged in England, and included Augustus Wheatman, Herbert Ford, Louis du Cane, Maud Townsend, Kate Walbran,
The company was set up to tour with a mix of Black's plays and box-office successes from England and opened their season at the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, on 12 January, 1910, with Smith (Maugham). .
The company's repertoire also included Love and the Hyphen (Black), Mr Preedy and the Countess (Carton),
See also Frank de Jong and Stephen Black
