L. Victor

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(18*-18*) Comedian. Billed as the "first comedian of the Koninklyken Schouwburg Bruxel" ("Royal Theatre of Brussels"). A member of the French Dramatic Artistes from Mauritius which arrived in Cape Town in 1848 under the leadership of Dalle Case and also included C. Crosset, Mme Victor and X. Hus. In February 1848 he joined Case's local professional French theatre company called the Dalle Case Company, but by March 1848 the company had to close. He, Crosset and Hus then formed Theatre de L'Union in March 1848, but by the end of September the company had disappeared.

He performed under the direction of Dalle Case in De Twee Savoyanen (14 February 1848, with C. Crosset); .

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp 435-438; 502-3.

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