Cape Assembly Rooms

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The Cape Assembly Rooms was a dedicated venue set up in Cape Town round about 1845 to host public balls, dances and suppers, and were open to members of both sexes - a practice taken over from Britain and Ireland.

See also Assembly Rooms in Wikipedia[1]


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_rooms

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 467

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