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Miss Charini (fl. 1900) was a vaudeville and/or circus performer
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Biography
Described by D.C. Boonzaier as "A Serpentine dancer", 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 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.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
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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