Mrs Griffith Vincent

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Mrs Griffith Vincent (fl. 1900) was a singer.

Biography

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

Described by D.C. Boonzaier as one of the "popular singers of the day", she was one of the solo participants in the Bloemfontein Flood Benefit (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by Grant Fallowes.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 418.

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