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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
Born Harriet Maria Whitehouse in Lambeth, London, she first appeared on stage professionally in January 1875 and went on to become a regular performer in [[music hall]], [[Victorian burlesque]] and [[pantomime]] in the 1880s and 1890s.  
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Born Harriet Maria Whitehouse in Lambeth, London, she first appeared on stage professionally in January 1875 and went on to become a regular performer in [[music hall]], Victorian [[burlesque]] and [[pantomime]] in the 1880s and 1890s.  
 
 
'''''For more on her life and career, see the ''Wikipedia'' entry at''''': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Vernonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Vernon
 
 
 
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Vernon
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Vernon
  
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
 
[[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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Latest revision as of 07:30, 31 October 2019

Harriet Vernon (1858-1923) was an English actress and singer.

Biography

Born Harriet Maria Whitehouse in Lambeth, London, she first appeared on stage professionally in January 1875 and went on to become a regular performer in music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime in the 1880s and 1890s.

For more on her life and career, see the Wikipedia entry at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Vernonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Vernon

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

In a career that spanned five decades, she also toured internationally, touring South Africa in 1896 and again in 1903.


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