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| − | [[Die Afrikaanse Toneelgeselskap]] ("The Afrikaans Theatre Company") was a company of [[Afrikaans]] travelling players. | + | #REDIRECT[[Die Hanekom Geselskap]] |
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| − | Founded in 1925
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| − | Reconstituted in 1928 by [[Hendrik Hanekom]], with [[Mathilde Hanekom]],[[Wena Naudé]], [[Willem van Zyl]], [[Leon Hofmeyr]] and [[Stephan Borcherds]]. They managed to get the rights to ''[[Oorskotjie]]'' (''[[Scampolo]]'' by Dario Niccodemi) from [[African Theatres]] and toured the play - with Wena Naudé in the lead - throughout the country, to the smallest towns from April till November 1928. In 1929 they did ''[[Onskuldig Veroordeel]]'' (lit "Innocently Sentenced"), said to be by one "Bayard Veiller", which was also a great box-office success. In May 1929 [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] joined the company for the tour and in 1930 [[James Norval]]. In 1930 followed ''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' (1930). In 1931 the company changed its name to the [[Hanekom-Van Zyl-Geselskap]], with [[Wena Naudé]] and her husband [[Willem van Zyl]] as partners
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
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| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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