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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 event==
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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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| − | == Sources ==
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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. 273-4
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