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	[[L. Meurant]] (17*-1826?) was a composer and music teacher.		[[L. Meurant]] (17*-1826?) was a composer and music teacher.

−	(Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)	+	Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] (e.g. by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928). In some sources he is occasionally confused with [[L.H. Meurant]], his son.

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 49, 84, 125-137, 171-174, 261-268, 282-297, 372.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. pp. 49, 84, 125-137, 171-174, 261-268, 282-297, 372.
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-Return to [[ESAT Personalities M]]
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  P]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]

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 == Contribution to South African theatre ==
-According to Bosman (1928, pp. 49 & 84), he was one of four important figures in the French theatre in Cape Town in the first two decades of the 19th century (the others were [[J.A. Rouvière]], [[J. Riaux]] and [[François Agron]]). A composer and music instructor at the Cape during the early 1800s, and appears to have worked with [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] and individuals such as [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], [[J. Riaux]],  [[François Agron]] and [[Ch. M. Villet]]. Bosman (1928, p. 130) maintains that the latter all appear to have kept [[Dutch]] theatre going in the period of the French occupation (1804-1809, but especially 1810-11) through their youth companies, who performed both in French and [[Dutch]].
+According to Bosman (1928, pp. 49 & 84), he was one of four important figures in the French theatre in Cape Town in the first two decades of the 19th century (the others were [[J.A. Rouvière]], [[J. Riaux]] and [[François Agron]]). He appears to have worked with [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] and individuals such as [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], [[J. Riaux]],  [[François Agron]] and [[Ch. M. Villet]]. Bosman (1928, p. 130) maintains that the latter all appear to have kept [[Dutch]] theatre going in the period of the French occupation (1804-1809, but especially 1810-11) through their youth companies, who performed both in French and [[Dutch]].
 Specific productions mentioned include:

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 == Contribution to South African theatre ==
-According to Bosman (1928, pp. 49 & 84), he was one of four important figures in the French theatre in Cape Town in the first two decades of the 19th century (the others were [[J.A. Rouvière]], [[J. Riaux]] and [[François Agron]]). A composer and music instructor at the Cape during the early 1800s, and appears to have worked with [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], [[J. Riaux]],  [[François Agron]] and [[Ch. M. Villet]]. Bosman (1928, p. 130) maintains that the latter all appear to have kept [[Dutch]] theatre going in the period of the French occupation (1804-1809, but especially 1810-11) through their youth companies, who performed both in French and [[Dutch]].
+According to Bosman (1928, pp. 49 & 84), he was one of four important figures in the French theatre in Cape Town in the first two decades of the 19th century (the others were [[J.A. Rouvière]], [[J. Riaux]] and [[François Agron]]). A composer and music instructor at the Cape during the early 1800s, and appears to have worked with [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] and individuals such as [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], [[J. Riaux]],  [[François Agron]] and [[Ch. M. Villet]]. Bosman (1928, p. 130) maintains that the latter all appear to have kept [[Dutch]] theatre going in the period of the French occupation (1804-1809, but especially 1810-11) through their youth companies, who performed both in French and [[Dutch]].
 Specific productions mentioned include:

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−	(17*-1826?) A composer and music teacher. (Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)	+	[[L. Meurant]] (17*-1826?) was a composer and music teacher.
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		+	(Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)
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		+	== Biography ==

	A Swiss immigrant and the father of [[Louis Henri Meurant]] (the later journalist and language activist) and [[Miss L. Meurant]], both of whom performed in French and [[Dutch]] plays in Cape Town as children in 1825. It appear he may have arrived in the Cape round about 1809, and was certainly someone involved in French and [[Dutch]] theatre in the Cape from that time on till his death round about 1826.		A Swiss immigrant and the father of [[Louis Henri Meurant]] (the later journalist and language activist) and [[Miss L. Meurant]], both of whom performed in French and [[Dutch]] plays in Cape Town as children in 1825. It appear he may have arrived in the Cape round about 1809, and was certainly someone involved in French and [[Dutch]] theatre in the Cape from that time on till his death round about 1826.

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	(17*-1826?) A composer and music teacher. (Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)		(17*-1826?) A composer and music teacher. (Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)

−	A Swiss immigrant and the father of [[Louis Henri Meurant]] (the later journalist and language activist) and [[Miss L. Meurant]], both of whom performed in French and Dutch plays in Cape Town as children in 1825. It appear he may have arrived in the Cape round about 1809, and was certainly someone involved in French theatre in the Cape from that time on till his death round about 1826.	+	A Swiss immigrant and the father of [[Louis Henri Meurant]] (the later journalist and language activist) and [[Miss L. Meurant]], both of whom performed in French and [[Dutch]] plays in Cape Town as children in 1825. It appear he may have arrived in the Cape round about 1809, and was certainly someone involved in French and [[Dutch]] theatre in the Cape from that time on till his death round about 1826.

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	(17*-1826?) A composer and music teacher. (Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)		(17*-1826?) A composer and music teacher. (Occasionally also listed simply as [[Meurant]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928)

−	~~Possibly he may have been a~~ Swiss immigrant and the father of [[Louis Henri Meurant]] (the later journalist and language activist) and [[Miss L. Meurant]], both of whom performed in French and Dutch plays in Cape Town as children in 1825. It appear he may have arrived in the Cape round about 1809, and was certainly someone involved in French theatre in the Cape from that time on till his death round about 1826.	+	A Swiss immigrant and the father of [[Louis Henri Meurant]] (the later journalist and language activist) and [[Miss L. Meurant]], both of whom performed in French and Dutch plays in Cape Town as children in 1825. It appear he may have arrived in the Cape round about 1809, and was certainly someone involved in French theatre in the Cape from that time on till his death round about 1826.

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 ''[[La Fantasmagorie]]'', possibly with [[J. Riaux]], on 2 December 1809, as afterpiece to ''[[Les Fourberies de Scapin]]'' (Molière).
-''[[Het Liefdesnest]]'' ([[Dutch]] version of ''[[Le Nid d'Amour]]'') a new ballet and "[[Anacreontique]]", with new music composed by Meurant. Performed as an afterpiece to ''[[Le Somnambule ou Orgia]]'' (Pont-de-Vesle), by the pupils of [[J. Riaux]] on 13 October 1810, and repeated on and 27 October 1810 as an afterpiece to ''[[Le Baiser]]'' (Florian).
+''[[Het Liefdesnest]]'' ([[Dutch]] version of ''[[Le Nid d'Amour]]'') a new ballet and "[[Anacreontique]]", with new music composed by [[L. Meurant|Meurant]]. Performed as an afterpiece to ''[[Le Somnambule ou Orgia]]'' (Pont-de-Vesle), by the pupils of [[J. Riaux]] on 13 October 1810, and repeated on and 27 October 1810 as an afterpiece to ''[[Le Baiser]]'' (Florian).
 He was also responsible for ticket sales  for (and possibly involved in) many other productions in the period 1810-11.

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 == Contribution to South African theatre ==
-According to Bosman (1928, pp. 49 & 84), he was one of four important figures in the French theatre in Cape Town in the first two decades of the 19th century (the others were [[Rouvière]], [[J. Riaux]] and [[Agron]]). A composer and music instructor at the Cape during the early 1800s, and appears to have worked with [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], [[J. Riaux]],  [[François Agron]] and [[Ch. M. Villet]]. Bosman (1928, p. 130) maintains that the latter all appear to have kept [[Dutch]] theatre going in the period of the French occupation (1804-1809, but especially 1810-11) through their youth companies, who performed both in French and [[Dutch]].
+According to Bosman (1928, pp. 49 & 84), he was one of four important figures in the French theatre in Cape Town in the first two decades of the 19th century (the others were [[Rouvière]], [[J. Riaux]] and [[François Agron]]). A composer and music instructor at the Cape during the early 1800s, and appears to have worked with [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], [[J. Riaux]],  [[François Agron]] and [[Ch. M. Villet]]. Bosman (1928, p. 130) maintains that the latter all appear to have kept [[Dutch]] theatre going in the period of the French occupation (1804-1809, but especially 1810-11) through their youth companies, who performed both in French and [[Dutch]].
 Specific productions mentioned include: