Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging - Revision history

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 In addition to their Cape Town productions, [[K.A.T.]] frequently toured in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town with its productions, visiting surrounding towns and even playing to so-called "coloured" audiences in the [[Batswood Hall]].
-In later years, the society began to use the well-equipped [[Labia Theatre]] as a venue, and this enabled [[K.A.T.]] to raise the standard of their productions to a [[semi-professional]] level and thus allowed many of its members, such as [[Johan Fourie]] and [[Paul Malherbe]],  to later find professional employment as actors and directors for the [[SABC]], [[NTO]] and [[CAPAB]]. Another impact of [[K.A.T.]]  was on the radio, for a number of its plays were broadcast (including the first in 1934), and many of their players also did radio work, becoming the backbone of the Cape station.
+During the 1940s KAT used to stage some of their productions at the [[UCT Little Theatre]].
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 [[P.J. du Toit]] 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: [[Academica]]
-[[ESAT Bibliography Beu-Blo|Binge, Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold]] 1969.
+[[Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge]] 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].
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 [[Frederik Jacobus Nel]] 1972. ''Die [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]], 1934-1962''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: [[University of Stellenbosch]].
-[[Petrus Jacobus du Toit]] 1987. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of Pretoria]].
+[[P.J. du Toit]] 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: [[Academica]]
 [[ESAT Bibliography Beu-Blo|Binge, Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold]] 1969.

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 [[Frederik Jacobus Nel]] 1972. ''Die [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]], 1934-1962''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: [[University of Stellenbosch]].
-[[ESAT Bibliography Dur-Dz|Du Toit, Petrus Jacobus]] 1988.
+[[Petrus Jacobus du Toit]] 1987. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of Pretoria]].
 [[ESAT Bibliography Beu-Blo|Binge, Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold]] 1969.

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-[[ESAT Bibliography Ndl-Nic|Nel, F.J.]] 1972.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Dur-Dz|Du Toit, Petrus Jacobus]] 1988.

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 Breaking with the more general social aims of the [[Oranjeklub]], the aims of the new society were quite ambitious, namely to have a pure amateur theatre society, aimed at promoting [[Afrikaans]] theatre by mounting productions, organizing discussions, translating plays, founding a library, obtaining theatre equipment and acquiring its own theatre venue, the encouragement of local playwrights in Afrikaans and  the training of members in theatre crafts to their aims.
 ==Membership==
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 Throughout its active life until 1956, [[H.A. Fagan]] as well as other [[Afrikaans]] writers like [[Marie Linde]], [[W.A. de Klerk]], [[Uys Krige]], [[Marguerite I. Murray]], [[Herman Steytler]], [[Helene de Klerk]] and [[Jacques Malan]] provided new and original texts for performance, to the extent that in total more than a half of the [[K.A.T.]]'s productions were first performances of original texts. These included Fagan's ''[[Rooibruin Blare]]'' (1934), ''[[Ruwe Erts]]'' (1934),  ''[[Ousus]]'' (1935), ''[[Die Stille Haard]]'' (1946), as well as ''[[Die Seeman]]'' ([[D.F. Malherbe]], 1934), ''[[Drie Lewens]]'' ([[Marie Linde]], 1935), ''[[Die Bron]]'' ([[Marguerite I. Murray]], 1935),  ''[[Pels]]'' ([[Jacques Malan]], 1935), ''[[Gebroke Drade]]'' ([[Jochem van Bruggen]], 1936),  ''[[Die Kwaksalwer]]'' ([[C. Louis Leipoldt]], 1936), ''[[Beatriks Ursula]]'' ([[Marie Linde]], 1936). In addition, they did Afrikaans translations of foreign plays, particularly in later years.
 ==Venues used==
-Until 1940, virtually all performances were staged in the [[Afrikaner Koffiehuis]], after which the [[Hofmeyrsaal|Hofmeyr Hall]] was used. Both these venues were far from satisfactory, however, and one production per year was also mounted in the UCT [[Little Theatre]]. The unsuitability of these venues is demonstrated by the fact that by 1952, only thirty-seven full-length plays, as opposed almost sixty one-act plays had been produced. Eventually an arrangement was made with the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] on the building of the [[Labia Theatre]] which was opened in 1949, and shared by the two companies. However, the financial burden attached to running such a venue permanently was eventually a factor contributing to the [[K.A.T.]] becoming largely inactive after 1956, and finally disbanding in 1962. Nevertheless, the use of this venue did enable the [[K.A.T.]] to raise the standard of their productions to a semi-professional level which allowed many of its members, such as [[Johan Fourie]] and [[Paul Malherbe]] to later find professional employment as actors and directors on radio, the [[NTO]] and [[CAPAB]]. In addition, [[K.A.T.]] frequently toured in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town with its productions, even playing to "coloured" audiences in the [[Batswood Hall]]. Another impact of [[K.A.T.]]  was on the radio, for a number of its plays were broadcast (including the first in 1934), and many of their players also did radio work, becoming the backbone of the Cape station.
+Until 1940, virtually all performances were staged in the [[Afrikaner Koffiehuis]], after which the [[Hofmeyrsaal|Hofmeyr Hall]] was used. Both these venues were far from satisfactory, however, and one production per year was also mounted in the UCT [[Little Theatre]]. The unsuitability of these venues is demonstrated by the fact that by 1952, only thirty-seven full-length plays, as opposed almost sixty one-act plays had been produced. Eventually an arrangement was made with the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] on the building of the [[Labia Theatre]] which was opened in 1949, and shared by the two companies. However, the financial burden attached to running such a venue permanently was eventually a factor contributing to the [[K.A.T.]] becoming largely inactive after 1956, and finally disbanding in 1962.

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	Until 1940, virtually all performances were staged in the [[Afrikaner Koffiehuis]], after which the [[Hofmeyrsaal\|Hofmeyr Hall]] was used. Both these venues were far from satisfactory, however, and one production per year was also mounted in the UCT [[Little Theatre]]. The unsuitability of these venues is demonstrated by the fact that by 1952, only thirty-seven full-length plays, as opposed almost sixty one-act plays had been produced. Eventually an arrangement was made with the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] on the building of the [[Labia Theatre]] which was opened in 1949, and shared by the two companies. However, the financial burden attached to running such a venue permanently was eventually a factor contributing to the [[K.A.T.]] becoming largely inactive after 1956, and finally disbanding in 1962. Nevertheless, the use of this venue did enable the [[K.A.T.]] to raise the standard of their productions to a semi-professional level which allowed many of its members, such as [[Johan Fourie]] and [[Paul Malherbe]] to later find professional employment as actors and directors on radio, the [[NTO]] and [[CAPAB]]. In addition, [[K.A.T.]] frequently toured in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town with its productions, even playing to "coloured" audiences in the [[Batswood Hall]]. Another impact of [[K.A.T.]] was on the radio, for a number of its plays were broadcast (including the first in 1934), and many of their players also did radio work, becoming the backbone of the Cape station.		Until 1940, virtually all performances were staged in the [[Afrikaner Koffiehuis]], after which the [[Hofmeyrsaal\|Hofmeyr Hall]] was used. Both these venues were far from satisfactory, however, and one production per year was also mounted in the UCT [[Little Theatre]]. The unsuitability of these venues is demonstrated by the fact that by 1952, only thirty-seven full-length plays, as opposed almost sixty one-act plays had been produced. Eventually an arrangement was made with the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] on the building of the [[Labia Theatre]] which was opened in 1949, and shared by the two companies. However, the financial burden attached to running such a venue permanently was eventually a factor contributing to the [[K.A.T.]] becoming largely inactive after 1956, and finally disbanding in 1962. Nevertheless, the use of this venue did enable the [[K.A.T.]] to raise the standard of their productions to a semi-professional level which allowed many of its members, such as [[Johan Fourie]] and [[Paul Malherbe]] to later find professional employment as actors and directors on radio, the [[NTO]] and [[CAPAB]]. In addition, [[K.A.T.]] frequently toured in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town with its productions, even playing to "coloured" audiences in the [[Batswood Hall]]. Another impact of [[K.A.T.]] was on the radio, for a number of its plays were broadcast (including the first in 1934), and many of their players also did radio work, becoming the backbone of the Cape station.

−	~~1972 or 1973: ''[[Swanesang]]'' presented by the [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]]. [[Mavis Lilenstein]] was the stage manager.~~

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 ==The society==
-Founded in the Cape on 13 February 1934, in response to a successful production of Schumann's  ''[[Hantie kom Huistoe]]'' the previous year under the auspices of [[Die Oranjeklub]] (the "club of Orange"). Breaking with the more general social aims of the [[Oranjeklub]], the aims of the new society were quite ambitious, namely to have a pure amateur theatre society, aimed at promoting [[Afrikaans]] theatre by mounting productions, organizing discussions, translating plays, founding a library, obtaining theatre equipment and acquiring its own theatre venue, the encouragement of local playwrights in Afrikaans and  the training of members in theatre crafts to their aims.
+Founded in the Cape on 13 February 1934, in response to a successful production of Schumann's  ''[[Hantie kom Huistoe]]'' the previous year under the auspices of [[Die Oranjeklub]] (the "club of Orange").
-Membership was limited strictly to amateurs, no one was to be paid. [[H.A. Fagan]] was the first chairman, [[A.M. Viljoen]] as secretary and  [[I.W. van der Merwe]] as treasurer. Members included [[Marguerite I. Murray]], [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]] and [[Jacques Malan]]. Two plays by [[H.A Fagan]], namely ''[[Rooibruin Blare]]'' and ''[[Ruwe Erts]]'', also comprised the programme of its first performance, given in the [[Afrikaner Koffiehuis]] on 11 May 1934. Throughout its active life until 1956, [[H.A. Fagan]] as well as other [[Afrikaans]] writers like [[Marie Linde]], [[W.A. de Klerk]], [[Uys Krige]], [[Marguerite I. Murray]], [[Herman Steytler]], [[Helene de Klerk]] and [[Jacques Malan]] provided new and original texts for performance, to the extent that in total more than a half of the [[K.A.T.]]'s productions were first performances of original texts. These included Fagan's ''[[Rooibruin Blare]]'' (1934), ''[[Ruwe Erts]]'' (1934),  ''[[Ousus]]'' (1935), ''[[Die Stille Haard]]'' (1946), as well as ''[[Die Seeman]]'' ([[D.F. Malherbe]], 1934), ''[[Drie Lewens]]'' ([[Marie Linde]], 1935), ''[[Die Bron]]'' ([[Marguerite I. Murray]], 1935),  ''[[Pels]]'' ([[Jacques Malan]], 1935), ''[[Gebroke Drade]]'' ([[Jochem van Bruggen]], 1936),  ''[[Die Kwaksalwer]]'' ([[C. Louis Leipoldt]], 1936), ''[[Beatriks Ursula]]'' ([[Marie Linde]], 1936). In addition, they did Afrikaans translations of foreign plays, particularly in later years. Until 1940, virtually all performances were staged in the [[Afrikaner Koffiehuis]], after which the [[Hofmeyrsaal|Hofmeyr Hall]] was used. Both these venues were far from satisfactory, however, and one production per year was also mounted in the UCT [[Little Theatre]]. The unsuitability of these venues is demonstrated by the fact that by 1952, only thirty-seven full-length plays, as opposed almost sixty one-act plays had been produced. Eventually an arrangement was made with the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] on the building of the [[Labia Theatre]] which was opened in 1949, and shared by the two companies. However, the financial burden attached to running such a venue permanently was eventually a factor contributing to the [[K.A.T.]] becoming largely inactive after 1956, and finally disbanding in 1962. Nevertheless, the use of this venue did enable the [[K.A.T.]] to raise the standard of their productions to a semi-professional level which allowed many of its members, such as [[Johan Fourie]] and [[Paul Malherbe]] to later find professional employment as actors and directors on radio, the [[NTO]] and [[CAPAB]]. In addition, [[K.A.T.]] frequently toured in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town with its productions, even playing to "coloured" audiences in the [[Batswood Hall]]. Another impact of [[K.A.T.]]  was on the radio, for a number of its plays were broadcast (including the first in 1934), and many of their players also did radio work, becoming the backbone of the Cape station.
+Breaking with the more general social aims of the [[Oranjeklub]], the aims of the new society were quite ambitious, namely to have a pure amateur theatre society, aimed at promoting [[Afrikaans]] theatre by mounting productions, organizing discussions, translating plays, founding a library, obtaining theatre equipment and acquiring its own theatre venue, the encouragement of local playwrights in Afrikaans and  the training of members in theatre crafts to their aims.
 or 1973: ''[[Swanesang]]'' presented by the [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]]. [[Mavis Lilenstein]] was the stage manager.

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