Bijou Theatre

The Bijou Theatre
French for “jewel”, it is a generic name for theatres across the world. A popular name for theatre buildings in South Africa as well especially in the 19th century, later also used for bioscopes.

Bijou Theatre, Plein Street
Name given to the Oddfellows Hall by Disney Roebuck when he revamped it in 1875, adding a backdrop by illustrating "Discovery of the SA Goldfields", painted by Thomas Baines. He appointed Sutton Vane as stage manager, and performed 140 plays there in the first 7 month season. In 1876, on his return from a tour of Natal, Roebuck moved to the newly completed Theatre Royal in Burg Street, and apparently the Bijou ceased to exist (in name – the Oddfellows Hall was again used after that*?).

The Bijou in Salt River??
An art-deco cinema building built in 19**...

Bijou Theatre
A theatre of note in Pietermaritzburg in the late nineteenth century (16 October 1867 – 6 December 1876)

New Bijou Theatre
On 11 August 1877 the Bijou Theatre re-opened as the New Bijou and was later renamed the Theatre Royal.

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