Joseph Ashman
Mr Joseph Ashman (18**-19**) was a performer and producer.
His company was also referred to as the Joseph Ashman Group or simply the Ashman Group
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1894 he put on a short season in Cape Town , consisting of Francillon (Dumas), Therese (Anon) and Sunlight and Shadow (R.C. Carton).
In 1900 he did a production of The Cuckoo (Brookfield after Decoré by Meilhac) at the Opera House Cape Town
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. 400, 408, 422, 425, 427.
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