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| − | An influential [[Jubilee|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus McAdoo]]. The group was also known as the [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]], and was even referred to simply as [[The Jubilee Singers]] by some authors.
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| − | Their tour 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.
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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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Erlmann, 1991*
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| − | The [[Fugard Theatre]] Newsletter (newsletter@thefugard.com), Thursday 9 October 2014.
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