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Described by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] as one of the "popular singers of the day she 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]] by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]].
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The troupe was performed as a solo act 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]] by a company brought together for the purpose by [[Grant Fallowes]].
  
 
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== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:45, 8 January 2022

The Hayday Troupe (fl. 1900) was a troupe of acrobats.

The troupe

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

The troupe was performed as a solo act 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 by a company brought together for the purpose by Grant Fallowes.

Sources

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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