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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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| − | + | Described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] as "A Serpentine dancer"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_dance], she was either a member of the [[Tivoli Theatre]] company or a member of [[Frank Fillis' Circus]], and was one of the solo participants in the ''[[Bloemfontein Flood Benefit]]'' (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town [[Opera House]] on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]]. | |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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Miss Charini (fl. 1900) was a vaudeville and/or circus performer
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Described by D.C. Boonzaier as "A Serpentine dancer"[1], she was either a member of the Tivoli Theatre company or a member of Frank Fillis' Circus, and was one of the solo participants in the Bloemfontein Flood Benefit (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town Opera House on 28 January, 1904, by a company brought together for the purpose by Grant Fallowes.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_dance
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 418.
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