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(b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Actress. In January 1919, [[S.A. Pictorial]] announced that the actresses to play the parts of the two rival queens in [[H. Lisle Lucoque]]'s film version of [[Allan Quatermain]] had been selected.  [[Mabel May]], the wife of [[I.W. Schlesinger]], was to play Nyleptha, the Fair Queen, and the then unknown Elise Hamilton was to be Sorais, the Dark Queen.  That same year she was also cast in the role of the tragic Isabel Clayton in [[Joseph Albrecht]]'s ''[[Isban Israel]]'' / ''[[The Buried City]]'', based on the novel by [[George H. Cossins]].  In addition she appeared in at least two plays, namely ''[[Parlour, Bedroom and Bath]]'' (1919) at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] (with [[Edith Cartwright]], [[Hilda Attenboro]], [[Florence Roberts]] and [[Harcourt Collett]] in the cast) and ''[[Thumbs Up!]]'' (1920) at the [[Empire Palace]]. (FO)
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(b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Actress. In January 1919, [[South African Pictorial]] announced that the actresses to take the parts of the two rival queens in [[H. Lisle Lucoque]]’s film version of [[H. Rider Haggard]]’s ''[[Allan Quatermain]]'' (1919) had been selected.  [[Mabel May]], the wife of [[I.W. Schlesinger]], was to play Nyleptha, the Fair Queen, and Elise Hamilton “from Pretoria” was to be Sorais, the Dark Queen.  Also known as Tommie Hamilton, she had previously appeared on the stage in ''[[The Pink Lady]''] and ''[[Arlette]]'' (both 1918) and was subsequently cast in the role of the tragic Isabel Clayton in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s ''[[Isban]]'' (1919), based on the novel by [[George H. Cossins]].  In addition she appeared in at least two more plays, namely ''[[Palace, Bedroom and Bath]]'' (1919) at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]] (with [[Edith Cartwright]], [[Hilda Attenboro]], [[Florence Roberts]] and [[Harcourt Collett]] also in the cast, and ''[[Thumbs Up!]]'' (1920) at the [[Empire Palace]]. (FO)  
  
 
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Revision as of 20:45, 24 July 2016

(b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Actress. In January 1919, South African Pictorial announced that the actresses to take the parts of the two rival queens in H. Lisle Lucoque’s film version of H. Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain (1919) had been selected. Mabel May, the wife of I.W. Schlesinger, was to play Nyleptha, the Fair Queen, and Elise Hamilton “from Pretoria” was to be Sorais, the Dark Queen. Also known as Tommie Hamilton, she had previously appeared on the stage in [[The Pink Lady]] and Arlette (both 1918) and was subsequently cast in the role of the tragic Isabel Clayton in Joseph Albrecht’s Isban (1919), based on the novel by George H. Cossins. In addition she appeared in at least two more plays, namely Palace, Bedroom and Bath (1919) at His Majesty’s Theatre (with Edith Cartwright, Hilda Attenboro, Florence Roberts and Harcourt Collett also in the cast, and Thumbs Up! (1920) at the Empire Palace. (FO)

Sources

Stage & Cinema, 4 January 1919

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm

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