Sutton Vane

(There is one listed in Who's Who of English Theatre with dates 1880/5???- 1963. Surely not possible for our man???)] Actor, stage and theatre manager, author. Brought out to South Africa in 1875 by Disney Roebuck. He seems to have worked for Roebuck in a variety of capacities till the latter's death in 1885. In 1875 he became stage manager for the revamped Oddfellows Hall, which Roebuck now dubbed the Bijou Theatre, working on some 140 plays there in the first season. He also became Roebuck's biographer, under the pseudonym Vane Bennett. Returned to Britain to continue his career.

Sources

See: Fletcher, 1994

Return to ESAT Personalities V

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

Return to Main Page