Juvenile Fancy Fair and Grand Fête
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Juvenile Fancy Fair and Grand Fête was a charity event organized in the Cape Gardens on 25 February 1869 by the Cape Town Institute and Club in support of the victims of the great fires in Uitenhage and Knysna.
The programme consisted of four hour long plays put on by what was billed as the "Royal Adelphi Theatre", featuring inter alia Mr Brazier, Mr Webster, Mr Paul and colleagues. Among the works presented were a musical melodrama called The Old Sapper, or The Ghost of the Powder Magazine, Ballet Pantomimes by a Corps du Ballet, dancing, singing and acting by "the world-renowned" Y.M.I. Christy's and a performance by the Ethiopian Serenaders. There were also a number of sporting events.
