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''[[A Visit to the Military Prison...]]'' was an anonymous  comic ballet performed in Cape Town by members of the [[Dalle Case Company]] in 1848, "with the help of the Military" ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p. 436).
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''[[A Visit to the Military Prison...]]'' was an anonymous  comic ballet performed in Cape Town.
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It was performed in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Dalle Case Company]] on Monday 13 March 1848 as part of a full evening's entertainment including  a "Grand Interlude of Music and Dancing"; choral dances by [[Mademoiselle Emilia]] and [[Madame Dalle Case]], accompanied in song by [[Mr Russel]]; entertainment by the tiny [[Hamoy]]; seven tableaus of Ancient figures; a vaudeville  called ''[[A Visit to the Military Prison...]]''; and "An English Dance". 
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'''See also the [[Dalle Case Company]]'''
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==Sources==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 436-7
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'''See: [[Dalle Case Company]]'''
 
'''See: [[Dalle Case Company]]'''

Revision as of 05:12, 11 November 2016

A Visit to the Military Prison... was an anonymous comic ballet performed in Cape Town.

It was performed in the Garrison Theatre by the Dalle Case Company on Monday 13 March 1848 as part of a full evening's entertainment including a "Grand Interlude of Music and Dancing"; choral dances by Mademoiselle Emilia and Madame Dalle Case, accompanied in song by Mr Russel; entertainment by the tiny Hamoy; seven tableaus of Ancient figures; a vaudeville called A Visit to the Military Prison...; and "An English Dance".

See also the Dalle Case Company

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 436-7


See: Dalle Case Company

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