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− | She joined forces with violinist , [[Robert Smythe]] and the latter's wife, the soprano [[Amelia Bailey]], to found the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]], with which they undertook a 4-year tour of India and South Africa, giving more than 300 performances. | + | She joined forces with violinist [[Horace Poussard]], the manager [[Robert Smythe]] and the latter's wife, the soprano [[Amelia Bailey]], to found the [[Poussard-Bailey Opera Company]], with which they undertook a 4-year tour of India and South Africa, giving more than 300 performances. |
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Florence Calzado (1850-?)[1]
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She joined forces with violinist Horace Poussard, the manager Robert Smythe and the latter's wife, the soprano Amelia Bailey, to found the Poussard-Bailey Opera Company, with which they undertook a 4-year tour of India and South Africa, giving more than 300 performances.
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: pp.
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