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The [[Macdona Players]] was a company  
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The [[Macdona Players]] was a theatre company founded by [[Charles Macdona]] (1860–1946)[https://peoplepill.com/people/charles-macdona/], an actor and theatre manager, in 1921, to specialise in plays by [[George Bernard Shaw]].
  
Founded by [[Charles Macdona]] (1860–1946), an actor and theatre manager, in 1921, to specialise in plays by [[George Bernard Shaw]].  
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They toured widely, including a season in South Africa during 1925, with a repertoire that included ''[[Pygmalion]]'', ''[[Candida]]'' and ''[[You Never Can Tell]]''.  
  
They toured widely and toured South Africa with the Shaw's plays some time later with a repertoire that included ''[[Pygmalion]]'', ''[[Candida]]'' and ''[[You Never Can Tell]]''.
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Macdona was born on 3 October 1860, in Dublin, Ireland and died on 15 November 1946, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (aged 86 years)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[André Huguenet]], 1950; [[Ludwig Binge]], 1969
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https://www.palacetheatreclub.org.uk/content/production-company/the-macdona-players
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A. M. Gibbs. 1990. "The State of the Theatre, 1933". In: A.M. Gibbs (ed) ''Shaw. Interviews and Recollections Series''. Palgrave Macmillan, London[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05402-2_224]
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[[André Huguenet]], 1950
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[[Ludwig Binge]], 1969
  
 
== For more information ==
 
== For more information ==

Latest revision as of 06:48, 29 May 2021

The Macdona Players was a theatre company founded by Charles Macdona (1860–1946)[1], an actor and theatre manager, in 1921, to specialise in plays by George Bernard Shaw.

They toured widely, including a season in South Africa during 1925, with a repertoire that included Pygmalion, Candida and You Never Can Tell.


Macdona was born on 3 October 1860, in Dublin, Ireland and died on 15 November 1946, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (aged 86 years)

Sources

https://www.palacetheatreclub.org.uk/content/production-company/the-macdona-players

A. M. Gibbs. 1990. "The State of the Theatre, 1933". In: A.M. Gibbs (ed) Shaw. Interviews and Recollections Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London[2]

André Huguenet, 1950

Ludwig Binge, 1969

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