D'Arcy Read Theatrical Company
The D'Arcy Read Theatrical Company was a touring company set up by D'Arcy Read and his wife (Mrs D'Arcy Read) in the 1860s and 1870s.
Also found as the D'Arcy Read Company and D'Arcy-Read Company.
The two principals originally came to South Africa with the Le Roy and Duret Company, having been recruited in England by Le Roy.
Sources
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.)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 201-2, 230-254, 292-299, 319.
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