George Case
George Case was an actor and manager.
Sometimes billed simply as Mr Case.
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Biography
He was married to the actress Miss Egerton and the couple had their own company, known as the Egerton Case Company, for a while.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p. 371) lists a short season of performances in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, in August of 1878 by a Mr Case and a Miss Egerton (i.e. Mrs Case). The plays performed included The Man in Possession (on the 7th), The Drawing-Room Floor (the 8th), The House Warming (the 9th), Odds and Ends (on the 10th) of
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.
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