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=[[The Masqueraders]] - The company=
 
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[[The Masqueraders]] was a small musical ensemble (active circa 1918-1921), that at one time played the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg for some weeks and then toured the country. Members over the years included [[Billy Matthews]], [[Bertie Solomon]]
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[[The Masqueraders]] was a small musical ensemble (active circa 1918-1921), that at one time appeared at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg for some weeks and then toured the country. Members over the years included [[Billy Matthews]] and [[Bertie Solomon]].
  
 
= Sources =
 
= Sources =

Revision as of 06:14, 4 September 2020

"The Masqueraders" can refer to a play or to a company.

The Masqueraders - The play

A play by Henry Arthur Jones ()[].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.

The Masqueraders - The company

The Masqueraders was a small musical ensemble (active circa 1918-1921), that at one time appeared at the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg for some weeks and then toured the country. Members over the years included Billy Matthews and Bertie Solomon.

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, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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