Lionel Brough
Lionel Brough () was a British comedian
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He was brought to South Africa by Luscombe Searelle in 1889, and made his first appearance in Cape Town's Exhibition Theatre in The Paper Chase on 26 August, 1889. He played "James Busby" , a role he had created in the play's original performance at Toole's Theatre, London, on 9 July, 1888.
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.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 300, 387-8
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