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(17**-18**) Amateur performer.  
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(18**-18**) Amateur performer.  
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
Born in Cape Town, possibly to a Swiss . , and sister of [[L.H. Meurant]].  
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Probably born in Cape Town to a Swiss immigrant father and a British immigrant mother, possibly the sister of [[Louis Henri Meurant]].
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
A member of the amateur society [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] in Cape Town in 1825.  
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A member of the amateur society [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] in Cape Town in 1825.
  
Played "Lucille" in ''[[De Burger Edelman]]'' (1825), [[Charles Etienne Boniface|C.E. Boniface]]'s translation of ''[[Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]]'' (Molière).
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In 1825, as a child, she was apparently a member of [[C.E. Boniface]]'s society,  [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].  In that year she appeared for them as "Lucille" in in Moliére's ''[[De Burger Edelman]]'', "Geertruida" in De Pixérécourt's ''[[De Vrouw met Twee Mannen]]'', and "Miss Godrey" in Foote's ''[[The Liar]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 06:15, 1 July 2014

(18**-18**) Amateur performer.

Biography

Probably born in Cape Town to a Swiss immigrant father and a British immigrant mother, possibly the sister of Louis Henri Meurant.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

A member of the amateur society Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in Cape Town in 1825.

In 1825, as a child, she was apparently a member of C.E. Boniface's society, Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense. In that year she appeared for them as "Lucille" in in Moliére's De Burger Edelman, "Geertruida" in De Pixérécourt's De Vrouw met Twee Mannen, and "Miss Godrey" in Foote's The Liar.

Sources

Bosman, 1928: p 182, 282, 295, 372

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