Gertie Campion

Gertie Campion was an Australian actress.

Contribution to South African theatre

In 1903 she was a member of the Royal Australian Opera Company that performed in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town in under the management of the Wheeler Company. Among the roles she had on this tour was "Julie Bon-Bon" in Djin Djin.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (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. 414

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