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 (Thomas) 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.
He then toured the country with the Searelle Company with a season of plays, that included Retiring (Williamson), Well Matched
He returned to Cape Town after the tour, to do a few nights at the Vaudeville Theatre with Our Flat, before returning to England.
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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