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	Van Eeden (in Hauptfleisch, 1985);		Van Eeden (in Hauptfleisch, 1985);
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		+	https://nigelthedame.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/bettys-birthday-blog/

	== Durban ==		== Durban ==

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	The first and only Afrikaans company to play there (according to [[André Huguenet]]) was his company with [[Is jy ‘n bokryer?]] in 194?. It was also used by NTO?* and CAPAB on occasion, for example for the opera The Bartered Bride (Smetana) in 1965.		The first and only Afrikaans company to play there (according to [[André Huguenet]]) was his company with [[Is jy ‘n bokryer?]] in 194?. It was also used by NTO?* and CAPAB on occasion, for example for the opera The Bartered Bride (Smetana) in 1965.
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		+	In 1971, [[Arthur Lane]] and Lupton presented the pantomime ''[[Snow White]]'' with Anthony Bygraves, Billy Burden, Ken Wood and Beau Daniels at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town.

	===End of the [[Alhambra]] in Cape Town===		===End of the [[Alhambra]] in Cape Town===

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 However, the [[Alhambra Cinema]] was also used to present stage shows for over four decades, and was often referred to as the [[Alhambra Theatre]].  It was also used  as a Cape Town [[venue]] by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], [[JODS]], [[ACT]], the [[EOAN  Group]].
-During the Second World War, starting on March 31, 1941, [[African Consolidated Theatres Ltd]] in conjunction with members of [[SAWAS]], (South African Women's Auxiliary Services),  known in Afrikaans as the Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Hulp Diens ([[SAVHD]]), staged a fundraising event, [[Salute the Women]].
+During the Second World War, starting on March 31, 1941, [[African Consolidated Theatres Ltd]] in conjunction with members of [[SAWAS]], (South African Women's Auxiliary Services),  known in Afrikaans as the Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Hulp Dienste ([[SAVHD]]), staged a fundraising event, [[Salute the Women]].
 The theatre staged Show Boat, starring New Zealand baritone Inia te Wiata, Ronnie Shelton, Marie Van Zyl, Olive King, Shirley Arden and the Eoan group (choir) here in 1964. Anthony Farmer directed and did the designed for the production . Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke co-devised The Minstrel Scandals for ACT, which opened at the Alhambra in Cape Town in 1966. Boris Cohen was the musical director, and performers included Aubrey Ellis, Lynton Burns, Olive King, Michael Fisher, Stephanie Shiller, Beryl Ellis, Jeanette James, Ronnie Grainge and Charles Stodel with Joan Brickhill playing the lead girl. *** (Tucker, 1997)

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 However, the [[Alhambra Cinema]] was also used to present stage shows for over four decades, and was often referred to as the [[Alhambra Theatre]].  It was also used  as a Cape Town [[venue]] by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], [[JODS]], [[ACT]], the [[EOAN  Group]].
-During the Second World War, starting on March 31, 1941, [[African Consolidated Theatres Ltd]] in conjunction with members of the [[South African Women's Auxiliary Services]], [[SAWAS]], known in Afrikaans as the [[Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Hulp Diens]] ([[SAVHD]]), staged a fundraising event, [[Salute the Women]].
+During the Second World War, starting on March 31, 1941, [[African Consolidated Theatres Ltd]] in conjunction with members of [[SAWAS]], (South African Women's Auxiliary Services),  known in Afrikaans as the Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Hulp Diens ([[SAVHD]]), staged a fundraising event, [[Salute the Women]].
 The theatre staged Show Boat, starring New Zealand baritone Inia te Wiata, Ronnie Shelton, Marie Van Zyl, Olive King, Shirley Arden and the Eoan group (choir) here in 1964. Anthony Farmer directed and did the designed for the production . Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke co-devised The Minstrel Scandals for ACT, which opened at the Alhambra in Cape Town in 1966. Boris Cohen was the musical director, and performers included Aubrey Ellis, Lynton Burns, Olive King, Michael Fisher, Stephanie Shiller, Beryl Ellis, Jeanette James, Ronnie Grainge and Charles Stodel with Joan Brickhill playing the lead girl. *** (Tucker, 1997)

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 However, the [[Alhambra Cinema]] was also used to present stage shows for over four decades, and was often referred to as the [[Alhambra Theatre]].  It was also used  as a Cape Town [[venue]] by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], [[JODS]], [[ACT]], the [[EOAN  Group]].
-During the Second World War, starting on March 31, 1941, [[African Consolidated Theatres Ltd]] in conjunction with members of the [[South African Women's Auxiliary Services]], [[SAWAS]], known in Afrikaans as the [[Suid Afrikaanse Vrou Hulp Diens]] ([[SAVHD]]), staged a fundraising event, [[Salute the Women]].
+During the Second World War, starting on March 31, 1941, [[African Consolidated Theatres Ltd]] in conjunction with members of the [[South African Women's Auxiliary Services]], [[SAWAS]], known in Afrikaans as the [[Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Hulp Diens]] ([[SAVHD]]), staged a fundraising event, [[Salute the Women]].
 The theatre staged Show Boat, starring New Zealand baritone Inia te Wiata, Ronnie Shelton, Marie Van Zyl, Olive King, Shirley Arden and the Eoan group (choir) here in 1964. Anthony Farmer directed and did the designed for the production . Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke co-devised The Minstrel Scandals for ACT, which opened at the Alhambra in Cape Town in 1966. Boris Cohen was the musical director, and performers included Aubrey Ellis, Lynton Burns, Olive King, Michael Fisher, Stephanie Shiller, Beryl Ellis, Jeanette James, Ronnie Grainge and Charles Stodel with Joan Brickhill playing the lead girl. *** (Tucker, 1997)

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	"Souvenir Programme of the Alhambra Theatre" (With drawings by [[William Timlin]]), published by the [[Alhambra Theatre]], c1932.		"Souvenir Programme of the Alhambra Theatre" (With drawings by [[William Timlin]]), published by the [[Alhambra Theatre]], c1932.
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		+	Original [[Salute the Women]] Souvenir Programme, March 31, 1941.

	Fletcher, 1994;		Fletcher, 1994;

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 === The Alhambra Theatre ===
-However, the [[Alhambra Cinema]] was also used to present stage shows for over four decades, and was often referred to as the [[Alhambra Theatre]].  It alia used  as a Cape Town [[venue]] by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], [[JODS]], [[ACT]], the [[EOAN  Group]].
+However, the [[Alhambra Cinema]] was also used to present stage shows for over four decades, and was often referred to as the [[Alhambra Theatre]].  It was also used  as a Cape Town [[venue]] by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], [[JODS]], [[ACT]], the [[EOAN  Group]].
 The theatre staged Show Boat, starring New Zealand baritone Inia te Wiata, Ronnie Shelton, Marie Van Zyl, Olive King, Shirley Arden and the Eoan group (choir) here in 1964. Anthony Farmer directed and did the designed for the production . Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke co-devised The Minstrel Scandals for ACT, which opened at the Alhambra in Cape Town in 1966. Boris Cohen was the musical director, and performers included Aubrey Ellis, Lynton Burns, Olive King, Michael Fisher, Stephanie Shiller, Beryl Ellis, Jeanette James, Ronnie Grainge and Charles Stodel with Joan Brickhill playing the lead girl. *** (Tucker, 1997)

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−	=== The Alhambra cinema ===	+	=== The [[Alhambra]] cinema ===

	Built in 1919		Built in 1919

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 The first and only Afrikaans company to play there (according to [[André Huguenet]]) was his company with [[Is jy ‘n bokryer?]] in 194?. It was also used by NTO?* and CAPAB on occasion, for example for the opera The Bartered Bride (Smetana) in 1965.
-===End of the Alhambra in Cape Town===
+===End of the [[Alhambra]] in Cape Town===
 It was closed in January 1972, and sadly demolished in 1974. Today the site is occupied by Atterbury House.

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−	'''[[The Alhambra]] can refer to many things, including cinema and theatre venues across the globe.'''	+	'''[[The Alhambra]] can refer to many things, including cinema and theatre venues across the globe.'''

	=The name=		=The name=