Mrs Bal-Van Lier
Mrs Bal-Van Lier (1861 - 1939) was an amateur actress
Biography
Born in Amsterdam as Henrietta Cornelia Minetta Van Lier in 1861, she married Johannes Hendrik Eliza Bal and had one child (Annie Beatrix Maria Lizzie Victoria Wilhelmina Van Reede Van Oudtshoorn De Mathalha Bal, born in Pretoria in 1892). Her husband passed away on March 1914 in Pretoria, while Henrietta herself died in 1939.
Contribution to South African theatre and performance
She was an active member of, and leading actress for, the Pretoria-based Rederijkerskamer called Onze Taal in its second phase, i.e. from 1904 to 1912.
Sources
https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/johannes-hendrik-eliza-bal-24-11wjsfb
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.483
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