Equestrian Gymnastics

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This refers to a French circus troupe which visited the Cape in late 1850 (October-December) under the auspices of the governor Sir Harry Smith, and featured pantomime-performances and dramatised equestrian displays as part of its repertoire. In advertisements the presentations were referred to as "Equestrian Gymnastics".

Among the acts included in their performances were Admiral Lord Nelson, or The Life of a Sailor, The Ballad of the Villagers, The Jolly Miller, The Golden Dream, Fra Diovolo, or The Banditti of the Anrouzes, The Shipwrecked Sailor, Par a par, a gar a nous, or Harlequin protected by the Magician, The Miser, or Happiness found in Gold and The Kaffir War, or The burnt farm.

[TH, JH]

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp. 439-440.

Hauptfleisch, 1997.


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