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−	[[Louise Balfe]] was a singer and performer	+	[[Louise Balfe]] (fl 1870-1890) was a singer and performer

	Also found as '''[[Miss Balfe]]'''		Also found as '''[[Miss Balfe]]'''

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 After a period in South Africa (see below), she apparently went on the make a career as an actress in Britain and the USA. An 1880  photograph of her advertising a production at the  Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series,  a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]
-She was married to the actor [[George Herbert Leonard]] and in 1886 she was the central figure in what is referred to as the Erlanger trial, concerning a fight between her husband and her manager Mr Erlanger in her room. (''New York Times'', May 26, 1886)
+She was married to the actor [[George Herbert Leonard]] and in 1886 she was the central figure in what is referred to as the Erlanger trial, concerning a fight between her husband and the theatre manager Mr Erlanger in her room. (''New York Times'', May 26, 1886)
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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−	After a period in South Africa (see below), she apparently went on the make a career as an actress in the USA. An 1880 photograph of her advertising a production at the Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series, a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]	+	After a period in South Africa (see below), she apparently went on the make a career as an actress in Britain and the USA. An 1880 photograph of her advertising a production at the Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series, a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]

	She was married to the actor [[George Herbert Leonard]] and in 1886 she was the central figure in what is referred to as the Erlanger trial, concerning a fight between her husband and her manager Mr Erlanger in her room. (''New York Times'', May 26, 1886)		She was married to the actor [[George Herbert Leonard]] and in 1886 she was the central figure in what is referred to as the Erlanger trial, concerning a fight between her husband and her manager Mr Erlanger in her room. (''New York Times'', May 26, 1886)

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	After a period in South Africa (see below), she apparently went on the make a career as an actress in the USA. An 1880 photograph of her advertising a production at the Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series, a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]		After a period in South Africa (see below), she apparently went on the make a career as an actress in the USA. An 1880 photograph of her advertising a production at the Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series, a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]
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		+	She was married to the actor [[George Herbert Leonard]] and in 1886 she was the central figure in what is referred to as the Erlanger trial, concerning a fight between her husband and her manager Mr Erlanger in her room. (''New York Times'', May 26, 1886)

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

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−	~~She~~ apparently went on the make a career as an actress in the USA. An 1880 photograph of her advertising a production at the Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series, a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]	+	After a period in South Africa (see below), she apparently went on the make a career as an actress in the USA. An 1880 photograph of her advertising a production at the Temple Theatre in Philadelphia refers to her as "The accomplished emotional actress, Louise Balfe"[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064]. Similarly, she is called "The distinguished English actress Louise Balfe" in a publicity photograph for the play ''[[Dagmar]]'' (by John Harrison) in 1885.[https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details] and appeared as "Sweet Peas," in the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series, a set of 50 cards of advertising cards, issued by a tobacco company in 1889[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879]

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

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	https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details		https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details
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		+	https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/427879

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.347-351, 358		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.347-351, 358

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	https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064		https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-167064
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		+	https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-166767/Details

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.347-351, 358		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.347-351, 358