Gaiety Company

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The name Gaiety Company was often used for theatre companies performing in South Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


Frank de Jongh's companies

Most notably the name was given to his companies by Frank de Jongh, lessee of the Cape Town Opera House from 1896-1937. These companies consisted 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.

Other companies

A Gaiety Company also used the Good Hope Theatre in Cape Town in 1902 to perform pieces such as The Geisha and Kitty Grey. **

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