J. Lyall

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J. Lyall (or J. Lyal) was a local amateur performer in Cape Town.


Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He was a regular member of the private (i.e. non regimental) concert company known as Amateur Coloured Troupe in the Minstrelsy[1] style popularized by the Christy Minstrels. They were active in Cape Town between 1869 and 1871.


Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 279,

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