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Genre
Acrobatics, Circus, Revue or Variety — Animal Acts
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Signor Dalle Cassee
About
Luigi Dalle Case was a circus owner and performer; Born ? Italy/France, c. 1801 (? c. 1810).
Generally referred to as Signor Dalle Case while in Singapore.
More information on Dalle Case can be found at “Luigi Dalle Case”, ESAT, https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Luigi_Dalle_Case.
Genre
Revue or Variety — Animal Acts, Circus, Acrobatics
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Associated Performance(s)
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Media
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Sources
1. Weiner, Albert. “The Short Unhappy Career of Luigi Dalle Case.” Educational Theatre Journal 27, no. 1 (1975): 77–84. https://doi.org/10.2307/3206343.
2. “Luigi Dalle Case”, The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT). https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Luigi_Dalle_Case, accessed 1 February 2026.
3. Graeme Skinner (University of Sydney), “A biographical register of Australian colonial musical personnel–D”, Australharmony (an online resource toward the history of music and musicians in colonial and early Federation Australia). http://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-D.php, accessed 1 February 2026.
Contributor
Last Updated on:
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Contributors:
Alvin Eng Hui Lim
To Cite:
, and Lim, Alvin Eng HuiAlvin Eng Hui Lim.
2025. “Luigi Dalle Case“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
Person
Global Entertainment Circuits and Touring Variety
Music — Western Classical
Australasia and the Pacific (1900 onwards)
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Colonial and Empire Networks
Theatre — English Language Theatre
Theatre — Shakespeare
Federation of Malaya (1948-1963)
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
Troupe
Colonial and Empire Networks
Music — Bagpiping
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1914–1918: First World War
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Tour
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Venue
Colonial and Empire Networks
Theatre
Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Troupe
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony