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Also referred to as the [[U.D.F. Entertainment Unit]]. Founded in 1940 by Major [[Myles Bourke]] it employed entrepreneurs such as [[Frank Rogaly]] and [[Leo Quayle]] as organisers and directors. Rogaly’s first wartime revue, ''[[Springbok Follies]]'' was a produced at the [[Empire Theatre]] in 1941 and played to capacity, before it went north to the front. ***** Among the individuals involved in the Unit who would later return to make an impact on theatre in the country were [[Frank Rogaly]], [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[Sidney James]] and musical directors [[Leo Quayle]] and [[Harry Rabinowitz]]. Among the shows put on were ****.After the war, the Unit continued as ***?? 
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Also referred to as the [[U.D.F. Entertainment Unit]] or the The [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Group]].  
  
See also
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Founded in 1940 by Major [[Myles Bourke]] it employed entrepreneurs such as [[Frank Rogaly]] and [[Leo Quayle]] as organisers and directors. Rogaly’s first wartime revue, ''[[Springbok Follies]]'' was a produced at the [[Empire Theatre]] in 1941 and played to capacity, before it went north to the front. ***** Among the individuals involved in the Unit who would later return to make an impact on theatre in the country were [[Frank Rogaly]], [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[Sidney James]] and musical directors [[Leo Quayle]] and [[Harry Rabinowitz]]. Among the shows put on were ****.After the war, the Unit continued as ***?? 
  
Major [[Myles Bourke]]; [[South African concert parties]]; Middle East; [[ENSA]]; [[ME Live Entertainments Committee]]; the [[Crazy Gang]];
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'''See also''': Major [[Myles Bourke]]; [[South African concert parties]]; Middle East; [[ENSA]]; [[ME Live Entertainments Committee]]; the [[Crazy Gang]];
  
  

Revision as of 08:54, 24 May 2015

Also referred to as the U.D.F. Entertainment Unit or the The Union Defence Force Entertainment Group.

Founded in 1940 by Major Myles Bourke it employed entrepreneurs such as Frank Rogaly and Leo Quayle as organisers and directors. Rogaly’s first wartime revue, Springbok Follies was a produced at the Empire Theatre in 1941 and played to capacity, before it went north to the front. ***** Among the individuals involved in the Unit who would later return to make an impact on theatre in the country were Frank Rogaly, Gordon Mulholland, Sidney James and musical directors Leo Quayle and Harry Rabinowitz. Among the shows put on were ****.After the war, the Unit continued as ***??

See also: Major Myles Bourke; South African concert parties; Middle East; ENSA; ME Live Entertainments Committee; the Crazy Gang;


Sources

Swift, M.1974. "The Union Defence Force Entertainment Group in South Africa (World War II)". Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, [S.l.], feb. 2012. ISSN 2224-0020. Available at: <http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/935/946>. Date accessed: 24 May. 2015.

Percy Tucker, 1997,

Temple Hauptfleisch 1985

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