Herbert Flemming

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Herbert Flemming () was an actor and manager, active in South Africa between 1895 and 1912.


Biography

He arrived in South Africa in 1895 to make his debut in the country with the Luscombe Searelle company.


Beauty and the barge( Book )

1 edition published in 1905 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

He later also worked in Australia, inter alia with Robert Brough (1857-1906). The Brough-Flemming Comedy Company brought Beauty and the Barge (W.W. Jacobs and Louis N. Parker) from the Haymarket Theatre, London, to open at the Princess Theatre, Sydney on 8th July, 1905.

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

Awards, etc

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 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. 402-408, 413.

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