Harper-Leffler Company

There are three references to a company by (variations of) this name.

See also the Miranda-Harper 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 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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