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| − | Signor [[Dalle Case]] (18*?-) was a circus owner and performer, and theatre impresario.
| + | #REDIRECT[[Luigi Dalle Case]] |
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| − | He first appeared in the Cape in 1847 with his partner [[Signor Severo]], with whom he managed an "[[Italian Circus]]", which staged a variety of circus-style programmes as well as several pantomimes at the [[Victoria Theatre]] and the [[Garrison Theatre]] in Cape Town. His wife [[Signora Dalle Case]], was one of the performers. In February 1848, the partners went their separate ways, each with his own circus (case continued with the [[Italian Circus]], [[Signor Severo]] started an [[African Circus]]).
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| − | Case, however, also acted as impresario for a professional French theatre-company (the [[French Dramatic Artistes]], or also referred to as the [[Dalle Case Company]]), described as "freshly arrived from Mauritius", which made their debut in the [[Hope Street Theatre]] in 1848 with a show featuring mainly song and dance. His wife and his daughter were also part of the company, ''inter alia'' doing [[koorddanse]] ("rope dances"). However, Case failed to make a financial success of this venture, and the company soon abandoned him, becoming known as [[Theatre de l'Union]].
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| − | Shortly thereafter he appears to have left the Cape (and show-business) for adventures in the interior, possibly with [[Noble's Circus]], since [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928, p. 437, f.2) notes a [[Signora Dalle Case]] (is this supposed to be ''signor''?), who performed on the borders of the Cape toward the end of 1850 and then appears in Natal in 1852, with a number of wild animals.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Fletcher, 1994
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| − | Bosman, 1928: p 434-5;
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