Fantoccini Family

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The Fantoccini Family is the name given to a puppetry performance put on in Cape Town by Alfred Ray in 1867.


Using rod puppets known at the time as fantoccini,


1867: Performed as in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 29 April by the Le Roy's Original Company , along with Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp (Byron) and The Robber's Family (Anon). The evening was offered as a benefit for Alfred Ray and was under the patronage of The Cape Voluntary Organisation.