Madame Bowmer

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Madame Bowmer (fl 1860s) was a singer and performer.

Biography

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

She was the co-founder, with Mr Bowmer, of a company generally referred to as The Bowmers, a name usually given to a company of singers and performers, that performed occasionally in Cape Town in the years 1863-1864. The company also included J.F. Finlayson, Miss Whitfield, and a Mr Schilling as pianist. She and her husband were apparently also the creators of a "Dialogue Entertainment", in Two Parts, entitled Retaliation, or Tit for Tat

For more on her appearances and the company, see The Bowmers

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 186-7, 290

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