Mrs J.H. Leffler

Mrs J.H. Leffler (fl. 1860s and 1870s) was a singer, actress and company manager.

Also found as Mrs Leffler

She was billed as a member of the Royal Opera Company, London, when she came to South Africa with her husband, Henry Harper, and miss Annette Hirst in the Harper-Leffler Company, to perform six concerts of opera selections in the Commercial Exchange and the Mutual Hall, Cape Town between 5 August - 9 September 1868.

According to Du Toit (1988), a Harper-Leffler Company also performed as permanent "repertory" company active in Kimberley during the 1890s.

For more on the specific details of her various companies and productions, see the entry on the Harper-Leffler Company.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: 243-9.

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica

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