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The 19th century saw a number of vaudeville-style performances of sketches and ballet's using the term Fancy Ball in their titles. Most often by an unknown author or devised by the cast of the particular performance.
 
The 19th century saw a number of vaudeville-style performances of sketches and ballet's using the term Fancy Ball in their titles. Most often by an unknown author or devised by the cast of the particular performance.
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In this respect, see also Het Fancy Bal!!!, A Fancy Ball and A Fancy Dress Ball
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:15, 27 November 2019

The Fancy Ball is a comical musical sketch by an unknown author.

See also Het Fancy Bal!!!, A Fancy Ball and A Fancy Dress Ball

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The 19th century saw a number of vaudeville-style performances of sketches and ballet's using the term Fancy Ball in their titles. Most often by an unknown author or devised by the cast of the particular performance. In this respect, see also Het Fancy Bal!!!, A Fancy Ball and A Fancy Dress Ball

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867-8: According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 244) a "comical musical sketch" called The Fancy Ball was performed by the Poussard-Bailey Company as part of their repertoire during their 15 month long tour throughout the country, ending with two performances their most popular piece in the Commercial Exchange, Cape Town. Performed by Miss Bailey and Miss Calzado, transformation artistes. In this play they impersonated seven characters, including "The Rifle Volunteer".

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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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