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| − | [[Cairns James]] () was a British | + | [[Cairns James]] () was a British elocution teacher, , and actor manager. |
''Not to be confused with the South African actor and playwright from the late 20th century, [[James Cairns]]'' | ''Not to be confused with the South African actor and playwright from the late 20th century, [[James Cairns]]'' | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| + | His acting career started in musical comedy, and he performed as principal comic baritone for the D'Oyly Carte B touring company from July 1887 to September 1891, from which he progressed to become a stage manager of operas and later author of operas. | ||
| − | + | In the 20th century he became a professor of elocution at the Guildhall School of Music, leaving laterto start his own School of Musical and Dramatic Art, focusing on stage work and specializing in musical comedy. His school had close links with George Edwardes. | |
James visited South Africa under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1894, playing the leads for a company popularly known as the '''[[Cairns James Company]]''', and said by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1980) to have been the first Gaiety Company to visit South Africa, opening a season of plays in the Good Hope Theatre on 9 June, 1894. | James visited South Africa under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in 1894, playing the leads for a company popularly known as the '''[[Cairns James Company]]''', and said by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1980) to have been the first Gaiety Company to visit South Africa, opening a season of plays in the Good Hope Theatre on 9 June, 1894. | ||
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The season began with a fine performance of ''[[In Town]]'' (Ross, Leader and Carr), followed by ''[[Mam'zelle Nitouche]]'' (Meilhac and Millaud), ''[[Miss Decima]]'' (Burnand), ''[[A Gaiety Girl]]'' (Hall). | The season began with a fine performance of ''[[In Town]]'' (Ross, Leader and Carr), followed by ''[[Mam'zelle Nitouche]]'' (Meilhac and Millaud), ''[[Miss Decima]]'' (Burnand), ''[[A Gaiety Girl]]'' (Hall). | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Christopher Gullo. 2004. ''In All Sincerity, Peter Cushing''. Xlibris Corporation: p.27[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=YMgRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Cairns+James+School+of+Musical+and+Dramatic+Art&source=bl&ots=dLOP9LO1f7&sig=5hqT1KOl4dMNwj-rplbTPLUa1X8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib7vejtZ3bAhUqCMAKHXfSBEUQ6AEINDAD#v=onepage&q=Cairns%20James%20School%20of%20Musical%20and%20Dramatic%20Art&f=false] | ||
Colin Chambers (ed). ''Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre''. Bloomsbury: p.221[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=cFlFhuVMFGQC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=Cairns+James+actor+manager&source=bl&ots=mWamhVniE5&sig=I32EvWfafvldUhETSpXJcwIwpRo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmzaGJs53bAhUIJMAKHaUmDEkQ6AEIWzAM#v=onepage&q=Cairns%20James%20actor%20manager&f=false] | Colin Chambers (ed). ''Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre''. Bloomsbury: p.221[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=cFlFhuVMFGQC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=Cairns+James+actor+manager&source=bl&ots=mWamhVniE5&sig=I32EvWfafvldUhETSpXJcwIwpRo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmzaGJs53bAhUIJMAKHaUmDEkQ6AEIWzAM#v=onepage&q=Cairns%20James%20actor%20manager&f=false] | ||
Revision as of 05:45, 24 May 2018
Cairns James () was a British elocution teacher, , and actor manager.
Not to be confused with the South African actor and playwright from the late 20th century, James Cairns
Biography
His acting career started in musical comedy, and he performed as principal comic baritone for the D'Oyly Carte B touring company from July 1887 to September 1891, from which he progressed to become a stage manager of operas and later author of operas.
In the 20th century he became a professor of elocution at the Guildhall School of Music, leaving laterto start his own School of Musical and Dramatic Art, focusing on stage work and specializing in musical comedy. His school had close links with George Edwardes.
James visited South Africa under the management of the Wheeler Brothers in 1894, playing the leads for a company popularly known as the Cairns James Company, and said by Boonzaier (1980) to have been the first Gaiety Company to visit South Africa, opening a season of plays in the Good Hope Theatre on 9 June, 1894.
The season began with a fine performance of In Town (Ross, Leader and Carr), followed by Mam'zelle Nitouche (Meilhac and Millaud), Miss Decima (Burnand), A Gaiety Girl (Hall).
Sources
Christopher Gullo. 2004. In All Sincerity, Peter Cushing. Xlibris Corporation: p.27[1]
Colin Chambers (ed). Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. Bloomsbury: p.221[2]
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.)
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