Harper-Leffler Company
There are three references to a company by (variations of) this name.
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Harper-Leffler-Hayes Company
The Harper-Leffler Opera Company
Henry Harper, miss Annette Hirst and Mrs J.H. Leffler from the Royal Opera House, London performed six concerts of opera selections in the Commercial Exchange and the Mutual Hall, Cape Town from 5 August - 9 September 1868. They also performed in Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth. They were not the first to perform opera in SA, but the first opera company to do so, and for an entire season.
The Miranda-Harper Opera Company
From December 1868 to January 1869 a David Harper was back in SA with a new company, the Miranda-Harper Company. New concerts were performed during August 1869.
The Harper-Leffler Repertory Company, Kimberley
According to Du Toit (1988), a Harper-Leffler Company also performed as permanent ‘repertory’ company, and was active in Kimberley during the 1890s.
Sources
Bosman, 1980: 248 – 249; Du Toit, 1988
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