Germania Hall

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The Germania Hall, also known as Liedertafel Germania (or, wrongly, "Germania Liedertafel" in some sources), was a hall on the corner of Loop and Hout streets, Cape Town in the mid-19th century.

It was used as a venue by the German musical society Liedertafel Germania under the leadership of Schultze

One of the spaces used by a Rederijkerskamer called Aurora, for instance with its production of Melt Brink's first Dutch comedy, Het Origineele Testament at on 29 April 1869.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 185

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