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Theatre Company, owned by Manek Master who also opposed Fenton. As a consequence, in 1881, Khatau left and started his own Alfred Theatre Company with others, following which Fenton had a long and successful career. It was later renamed the New Alfred Company. Fenton and Khatau
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Mehrbai. Khatau then trained her in singing and acting in the 1870s.
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