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		+	''[[Die Burger]]'', 8 October 2024: p. 8.
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		+	https://www.artscape.co.za/cape-town-opera-to-present-david-kramers-orpheus-mcadoo-at-artscape-in-october-2024-a-first-time-collaboration/

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-Erlmann, 1991*
+[[Veit Erlmann]].  1991. ''African Stars: Studies in Black South African Performance''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
 The [[Fugard Theatre]] Newsletter (newsletter@thefugard.com), Thursday  9 October 2014.

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−	The [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]] was an influential [[Jubilee\|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels\|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus McAdoo]].	+	The [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]] was an influential [[Jubilee\|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels\|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus McAdoo]] (1858-1900).

	The group was also known or referred to as the [[Virginia Concert Company]], the [[Virginia Jubilee Concert Company]], [[The Jubilee Singers]] or [[McAdoo’s Vaudeville Company]].		The group was also known or referred to as the [[Virginia Concert Company]], the [[Virginia Jubilee Concert Company]], [[The Jubilee Singers]] or [[McAdoo’s Vaudeville Company]].

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 They became an unlikely overnight sensation in the Cape and are credited by some with shaping the performance style adopted by Cape [[Coon Carnival]] tradition in later years. They also visited Port Elizabeth during their tours, where it is reported that the “clever company of [[minstrels]] and [[variety]] artistes” from [[McAdoo's Vaudeville Company]] gave a performance at the Port Elizabeth [[Opera House]] on January 11, 1898, for example.
-In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  '''''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'''''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'' for information on the play)''', updating it in 2024 under the title '''''[[Orpheus McAdoo]]'''''. (See '''''[[Orpheus McAdoo]]''''' for information both on the [[impresario]] and on the play)'''
+==The legacy==
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 ==The company in South Africa==
-Their first South African  connectuion began in Scotland where [[Orpheus McAdoo]] met Lady Loch, the wife of the then British Governor of the Cape, who invited them to Cape Town.
+Their first South African  connection came in Scotland where [[Orpheus McAdoo]] met Lady Loch, the wife of the then British Governor of the Cape, who invited them to Cape Town.
 They became an unlikely overnight sensation in the Cape and are credited by some with shaping the performance style adopted by Cape [[Coon Carnival]] tradition in later years. They also visited Port Elizabeth during their tours, where it is reported that the “clever company of [[minstrels]] and [[variety]] artistes” from [[McAdoo's Vaudeville Company]] gave a performance at the Port Elizabeth [[Opera House]] on January 11, 1898, for example.
-In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'' for information on the play)''', updating it in 2024 under the title
+In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'' for information on the play)''', updating it in 2024 under the title ''[[Orpheus McAdoo]]''.
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