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| − | An influential [[Jubilee|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus MacAdoo]]. | + | An influential [[Jubilee|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus MacAdoo]]. (Also known simply as [[The Jubilee Singers]]) |
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| + | Their tour began in Scotland where [[Orpheus MacAdoo]] 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 == | == Sources == | ||
Erlmann, 1991* | Erlmann, 1991* | ||
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| + | The [[Fugard Theatre]] Newsletter (newsletter@thefugard.com), Thursday 9 October 2014. | ||
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Revision as of 15:23, 9 October 2014
An influential jubilee and minstrelsy group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario Orpheus MacAdoo. (Also known simply as The Jubilee Singers)
Their tour began in Scotland where Orpheus MacAdoo 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.
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.
Sources
Erlmann, 1991*
The Fugard Theatre Newsletter (newsletter@thefugard.com), Thursday 9 October 2014.
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