New Theatre
The term the New Theatre is often found with treference to an as yet unnamed theatre venue.
Among them are:
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The New Theatre, Port Elizabeth (1862)
This new venue was initially named the Theatre Royal, and subsequently also bore the names The Barn, the Barn Theatre or The Old Barn.
See Theatre Royal, Port Elizabeth.
The New Theatre, Cape Town (1875)
This new venue, built in Burg Street by the Cape Town Institute and Club, was also initially named the Theatre Royal.
See Theatre Royal, Cape Town.
The New Theatre, Cape Town (1893)
In 1893 a new theatre was built in Cape Town at the cost of £90,000. Soon after its inauguration as the New Theatre, it became known as the Opera House.
See Opera House, Cape Town.
Sources
Hilde Roos. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. Stellenbosch University.
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