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[[Joubert Park]] is a park in Johannesburg. For a time it was home to the [[Joubert Park Theatre]].

=Joubert Park=
Joubert Park was established in 1887 at the request of the Diggers’ Committee, Johannesburg’s earliest local government, as a ‘public park or garden to be planted with trees’. Marked Joubert’s Plein on an 1889 stand map, the park was named after General Piet J Joubert, commander-in-chief of the Transvaal military forces. The land was ploughed in 1891 and planted with seeds and seedlings, some of which were donated by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.

In 1895 some indigenous trees were added to the botanical transplants, followed by a central ornamental fountain with a rockery and water flowers, and in 1898 a conservatory, bought from the Wanderers Club, was added. In 1906, Joubert Park was donated by the government to the Johannesburg Municipality ‘for the purposes of or incidental to the recreation and amusement of the inhabitants’.

=Joubert Park Theatre=

After closing down his popular variety venue, the [[Plastic Theatre]] in Northcliff, [[Hugo Keleti]] opened a new theatre inside Joubert Park circa 1957.

==Productions==

Productions staged there include:

1978: ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[Theatre Workshop]])

=Sources=

https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2019/09/02/a-brief-history-of-joubert-park-an-unruly-space-of-despondency-and-hope-read-an-excerpt-from-civilising-grass-the-art-of-the-lawn-on-the-south-african-highveld-by-jonathan-cane/

[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : ''[[Variety Under the Stars]]''
-: [[Noddy Goes to Spaceland]] ([[Sybil Marks]])
+: ''[[Noddy Goes to Spaceland]]'' ([[Sybil Marks]])
 : ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[Theatre Workshop]])

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 [[Joubert Park]] is a park in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
-For a time it was home to the [[Joubert Park Theatre]].
+For a time it was home to the [[Joubert Park Open Air Theatre]].
 =Joubert Park=

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	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.		[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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	Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Joubert Park is the location of the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
-=Joubert Park Theatre=
+=[[Joubert Park Open Air Theatre]]=
-After closing down his popular variety venue, the [[Plastic Theatre]] in Northcliff, [[Hugo Keleti]] opened a new theatre inside Joubert Park circa 1957.
+After closing down his popular variety venue, the [[Plastic Theatre]] in Northcliff, [[Hugo Keleti]] opened a new Open Air theatre inside Joubert Park circa 1957.
 ==Productions==
 Productions staged there include:
 : ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[Theatre Workshop]])

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	In 1895 some indigenous trees were added to the botanical transplants, followed by a central ornamental fountain with a rockery and water flowers, and in 1898 a conservatory, bought from the Wanderers Club, was added. In 1906, Joubert Park was donated by the government to the Johannesburg Municipality ‘for the purposes of or incidental to the recreation and amusement of the inhabitants’.		In 1895 some indigenous trees were added to the botanical transplants, followed by a central ornamental fountain with a rockery and water flowers, and in 1898 a conservatory, bought from the Wanderers Club, was added. In 1906, Joubert Park was donated by the government to the Johannesburg Municipality ‘for the purposes of or incidental to the recreation and amusement of the inhabitants’.
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		+	Joubert Park is the location of the Johannesburg Art Gallery.

	=Joubert Park Theatre=		=Joubert Park Theatre=

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		+	For a time it was home to the [[Joubert Park Theatre]].

	=Joubert Park=		=Joubert Park=