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1867: The company participated in a ''[[Great Promenade Concert]]'', a charity event for the Good Hope Lodge, held in the [[Good Hope Gardens]] on 7 February, which included a performance of "the celebrated ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' as lately produced at the Theatre Royal". The concert also involved the [[9th Regiment]]and the military band led by [[Signor Bonicoli]]. | 1867: The company participated in a ''[[Great Promenade Concert]]'', a charity event for the Good Hope Lodge, held in the [[Good Hope Gardens]] on 7 February, which included a performance of "the celebrated ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' as lately produced at the Theatre Royal". The concert also involved the [[9th Regiment]]and the military band led by [[Signor Bonicoli]]. | ||
| − | 1867: The company also participated in two performances of a ''[[Benefit Performance for the Somerset Hospital]]'' in Cape Town (4 and 5 March), arranged by the officers of the [[9th Regiment]] in the [[Theatre Royal | + | 1867: The company also participated in two performances of a ''[[Benefit Performance for the Somerset Hospital]]'' in Cape Town (4 and 5 March), arranged by the officers of the [[9th Regiment]] in the [[Theatre Royal]]. |
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Revision as of 05:18, 4 December 2018
The Le Roy and Duret Company is name of a British theatrical company constituted and active in Cape Town between 1866 and 1868.
Also referred to as Le Roy and Duret, Leroy and Duret, Le Roy-Duret Company, Leroy's Original Company, Leroy's Company or Le Roy's Company. Also found inverted here and there, i.e. Duret and Le Roy, etc.
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The company
The company was named after and led by J.H. le Roy and Madame Duret (possibly his wife, and the leading actress for the company), and formed in Cape Town from local performers when the two arrived (probably from Port Elizabeth) in 1866. They presented a number of performances over the course of four "seasons" till May 1876, when Le Roy left for England to engage new performers. In the intervening season Madame Duret is the sole lessee of the theatre and the works are fewer.
On Le Roy's return in September 1867, the company was reconstituted and strengthened by the addition of the new players, and went on to perform a few more seasons until 1869, when they finally depart from the Cape.
The players and other people involved with the company over the course of the approximately four years they worked in the Cape included
South African Performances
First season
Second season
1867: The company participated in a Great Promenade Concert, a charity event for the Good Hope Lodge, held in the Good Hope Gardens on 7 February, which included a performance of "the celebrated Shadow Pantomime as lately produced at the Theatre Royal". The concert also involved the 9th Regimentand the military band led by Signor Bonicoli.
1867: The company also participated in two performances of a Benefit Performance for the Somerset Hospital in Cape Town (4 and 5 March), arranged by the officers of the 9th Regiment in the Theatre Royal.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 201-242. (Cites William Groom, 1899-1901 to a large extent.)
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