De Batailje van Waterloo, of La Belle Alliance
De Batailje van Waterloo, of La Belle Alliance ("The battle of Waterloo, or The good alliance") was a "Groot Concert" ("Great Concert"), by an anonymous author/composer.
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No other reference is found to a performance by this name, so it may possibly have been a purely a musical event, presented by a local orchestra. However the term concert (konsert) in South African Dutch and Afrikaans usage sometimes also refers to events including theatrical presentations.
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Performance history in South Africa
1823: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 18 June 1823 by Tot Nut en Vermaak as afterpiece to Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera (Barbaz).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 235.
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