The Hayday Troupe
The Hayday Troupe (fl. 1900) was a troupe of acrobats.
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The troupe
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Described by D.C. Boonzaier as one of the "popular singers of the day she was one of the solo participants in the Bloemfontein Flood Benefit (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.
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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