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Sometimes billed simply as '''[[Mr Case]]'''.  
 
Sometimes billed simply as '''[[Mr Case]]'''.  
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
He was married to the actress [[Miss Egerton]] and the couple had their own company, known as the [[Egerton Case Company]], for a while.   
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He was married to the actress [[Joyce Egerton]] (also billed as [[Miss Egerton]]) and the couple later had their own company, known as the [[Egerton and Case Company]].   
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 371) lists  a short season of performances in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, in August of 1878 by a '''[[Mr Case]]''' and a [[Miss Egerton]] (i.e. [[Mrs Case]]). The plays performed included ''[[The Man in Possession]]'' (on the 7th), ''[[The Drawing-Room Floor]]'' (the 8th), ''[[The House Warming]]'' (the 9th), ''[[Odds and Ends]]'' (on the 10th) of   
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They had arrived in South Africa as members of [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company in 1878, but during Roebuck's absence in from the country, they rented the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, from 7 - 16 August to do their own productions and hosting other performers and companies. (For the performances, see the entry on the '''[[Egerton and Case Company]]''')
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:34, 27 December 2021

George Case was an actor and manager.

Sometimes billed simply as Mr Case.

Biography

He was married to the actress Joyce Egerton (also billed as Miss Egerton) and the couple later had their own company, known as the Egerton and Case Company.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

They had arrived in South Africa as members of Disney Roebuck's company in 1878, but during Roebuck's absence in from the country, they rented the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, from 7 - 16 August to do their own productions and hosting other performers and companies. (For the performances, see the entry on the Egerton and Case Company)

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (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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