Hutchinson's Hall

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Hutchinson's Hall was a space in Nieuw Street, Cape Town, belonging to a certain "Heer Hutchinson" ("Mr Hutchinson") and used by the amateur companies Aurora II and De Eendracht for some of their performances in the 1870s.

Also referred to as the Athenaeum Hall.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 470-3

Miemie Neethling. 2002. Cape curtains: a study of selected Cape Town theatres, 1843-1916. Unpublished MA thesis: University of Stellenbosch: p. 71.

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