Charles Arnold

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Charles Arnold (fl. 1900) was a Anglo-Dutch actor

Biography

He was a member of the original London cast of What Happened to Jones? (Broadhurst), playing the leading role of "Jones" when it opened in London.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

In 1895 he first visited South Africa with Hans, the Boatman (Greene), My Sweetheart () and Captain Fritz ()

In 1900 Arnold brought the touring company of What Happened to Jones? to South Africa, playing at the Opera House Cape Town in January of 1900.

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. 402, 407

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