Mr de Wahl

Mr de Wahl (18**-18**) was an amateur actor in Cape Town in the 1840s.

Though the German surname "Wahl" does exist in South Africa, according to F.C.L. Bosman (1928), this may possibly be a misspelling of the more common Dutch surname of "De Waal"

Biography
He is listed in this fashion by William Groom (1899: p 518, cited by Bosman), under the surname "De Wahl" only,  and referred to as one of the "well known names" and "really clever amateurs" seen in a Cape Town performance  in 1843. Possibly a member of the Dutch society Tot Nut en Vermaak in Cape Town between 1843 and 1857.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
1843: Participated Was one of "clever amateurs" mentioned by  Groom (1899: p 518) to have taken part in an English  performance of The Miller and his Men,  offered by an unnamed English company (see English Private Theatricals) in the "Dutch Theatre" in Roeland street, some time in the year. It was followed by a farce.

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