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''[[Juvenile Fancy Fair and Grand Fête]]'' was the name given to two charity events organized by the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]] in the [[Cape Gardens]] in 1869.
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==The original text==
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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== Sources ==
 
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[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
 
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
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[[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.
 
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
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[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
 
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[[Sydney Paul Gosher]].  1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
 
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[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 
 
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[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1983. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
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[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
 
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[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
 
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The first took place on 25 February 1869 and was held in support of the victims of the great fires in Uitenhage and Knysna.
 
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The programme consisted of four hour long plays put on by what was billed as the "[[Royal Adelphi Theatre]]", featuring ''inter alia'' [[Mr Brazier]], [[Mr Webster]], [[Mr Paul]] and colleagues. Among the works presented were a musical melodrama called ''[[The Old Sapper, or The Ghost of the Powder Magazine]]'',  ''[[Ballet Pantomimes]]'' by a Corps du Ballet, dancing, singing and acting by "the world-renowned" [[Y.M.I. Christy's]] and a performance by the [[Ethiopian Serenaders]].  There were also a number of sporting events.
 
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A second such ''[[Juvenile Fancy Fair and Grand Fête]]'' was organized by the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]] on 30 November, 1869, again with various theatrical and Christy companies appearing. The [[Miranda-Harper Opera Company]] and there were "velocipede races" held in the afternoon.
 
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Such fêtes were apparently popular at the time, for example [[Mr Tilley]] of the [[Round House Hotel]]  annually organized  a "[[Fancy Fair and Fête]] on New Year's day (at least in 1868, where an unnamed company of [[Amateur Christy's]] and similarly unnamed "[[Dutch]] Theatrical Company" appeared.
 

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