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[[Frank de Jongh]] ()[] was an actor, impressario and lessee of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town from 1896 to 1906, ?]
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[[Frank de Jongh]] ()[] was a Cape Town based impresario. 
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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==Contribution tolm South African theatre==
 
==Contribution tolm South African theatre==
  
In 1899 he and [[Herbert Flemming]] brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a se4ason of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]].  
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He leased the Cape Town [[Opera House]] almost continuously from 1896-1937, where he housed his [[Gaiety Companies]], consisting of well-known overseas performers and artistes, including [[Zena Dare]], [[Matheson Lang]], [[Sybil Thorndike]], [[Lewis Casson]], [[Irene Vanbrugh]] and [[Kate Vaughan]] in a variety of plays, operas and ballets. 1896-1937
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In 1899 he and [[Herbert Flemming]] brought the [[Arthur Rousbey Opera Company]] to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's [[Opera House]].  
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De Jongh gave way to [[Leonard Rayne]] as lessee of the opera house in 1906(?).
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:56, 3 November 2017

Frank de Jongh ()[] was a Cape Town based impresario.

Biography

Contribution tolm South African theatre

He leased the Cape Town Opera House almost continuously from 1896-1937, where he housed his Gaiety Companies, consisting of well-known overseas performers and artistes, including Zena Dare, Matheson Lang, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Irene Vanbrugh and Kate Vaughan in a variety of plays, operas and ballets. 1896-1937

In 1899 he and Herbert Flemming brought the Arthur Rousbey Opera Company to South Africa to perform a season of operas in Cape Town's Opera House.


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.

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