Ella Bankhardt
Ella Bankhardt ()[] was a British dancer and performer.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She was a member of The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company, when it first visited Cape Town in January, 1890, to performed various operas and musical pieces in the Exhibition Theatre. Described by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) as "surely the most beautiful dancer that has ever graced the Cape Town stage".
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. 390
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