Gaiety Company
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The name Gaiety Company was often used for compaies performing in South Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Frank de Jongh's companies
Most notably the name was given to his companies by Frank de Jongh, lessee of the Cape Town Opera House from 1896-1937. These companies consisted of well-known overseas performers and artistes, including Zena Dare, Matheson Lang, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Irene Vanbrugh and Kate Vaughan in a variety of plays, operas and ballets.
Other companies
A Gaiety Company also used the Good Hope Theatre in Cape Town in 1902 to perform pieces such as The Geisha and [[Kitty Grey.]] **
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