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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
She was part of a new contingent performers that joined the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in mid-August of 1876, initially appearing in such pieces as [[Little Don Giovanni]], [[A Young Rip van Winkle]] and [[Nemesis]].
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She was part of a new contingent performers that joined the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in mid-August of 1876, initially appearing in such [[burlesque]]s as [[Little Don Giovanni]], [[A Young Rip van Winkle]] and [[Nemesis]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:26, 28 August 2021

Louise Balfe was a singer and performer

Also found as Miss Balfe

Biography

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

She was part of a new contingent performers that joined the Disney Roebuck company in mid-August of 1876, initially appearing in such burlesques as Little Don Giovanni, A Young Rip van Winkle and Nemesis.

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: pp.347-351, 358

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