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 '''Performances taking place in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town'''
-The [[Mutual Hall]] was used as a performance venue by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] for their initial performances in 1868, till the [[Cape Town Institute and Club Limited]] opened their own  building in Burg Street on 15 July, 1868, after which used that as their normal venue.
+The [[Mutual Hall]] was used as a performance venue by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] for their initial performances in 1868, till the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]] opened their own  building in Burg Street on 15 July, 1868, after which used that as their normal venue.
 The [[Harper-Leffler Company]] performed six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town from 5 August - 9 September 1868.

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 '''Performances taking place in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town'''
-The [[Mutual Hall]] was used as a performance venue by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] for their performances in in 1868, till the opening of the
+The [[Mutual Hall]] was used as a performance venue by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] for their initial performances in 1868, till the [[Cape Town Institute and Club Limited]] opened their own  building in Burg Street on 15 July, 1868, after which used that as their normal venue.
 The [[Harper-Leffler Company]] performed six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town from 5 August - 9 September 1868.

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 '''Performances taking place in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town'''
-The [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] used the [[Mutual Hall]] as a performance venue for their performances till the opening of the in 1868.
 The [[Harper-Leffler Company]] performed six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town from 5 August - 9 September 1868.

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 References to a venue referred to as the "Mutual Hall" occur in a number of publications, particularly regarding theatrical events of the 19th century.
 === Mutual Hall, Cape Town ===
-In cultural circles, [[Mutual Hall]] was the popular name given to a concert hall housed in the original(?) [[Mutual Building]] in Cape Town, i.e. the premises of ''The Mutual Life Assurance Society of the Cape of Good Hope''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mutual], a mutual insurance company founded by John Fairbairn, together with several other prominent Cape Town figures in 1845.  (The original name  was changed to ''The South Africa Mutual Life Assurance Society'' in 1885.)
+In Cape Town cultural circles, [[Mutual Hall]] was the popular name given to a concert hall housed in the original(?) [[Mutual Building]] in the city, i.e. the premises of ''The Mutual Life Assurance Society of the Cape of Good Hope''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mutual], a mutual insurance company founded by John Fairbairn, together with several other prominent Cape Town figures in 1845.  (The original name  was changed to ''The South Africa Mutual Life Assurance Society'' in 1885.)
 (''This is not to be confused the art deco building known as the ''Mutual Building''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Building] (or, ''Mutual Gebou'' in [[Afrikaans]]), which was opened in Darling Street in 1940 to serve as the Old Mutual offices till Old Mutual relocated its head office to Mutualpark in Pinelands in 1956. The 1939 building was later converted to residential use and known as "Mutual Heights"'').
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 === Mutual Hall, East London ===
 [[Mark Twain]] performed his ''[[At Home]]'' in the [[Mutual Hall]] on Market Square, East London in June 1896.
 == Sources ==

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 === Mutual Hall, Cape Town ===
- It was the popular name given to a concert hall housed in the original(?) Mutual Building in Cape Town, the premises of ''The Mutual Life Assurance Society of the Cape of Good Hope''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mutual], a mutual insurance company founded by John Fairbairn, together with several other prominent Cape Town figures in 1845.  (The original name  was changed to ''The South Africa Mutual Life Assurance Society'' in 1885.)
+In cultural circles, [[Mutual Hall]] was the popular name given to a concert hall housed in the original(?) [[Mutual Building]] in Cape Town, i.e. the premises of ''The Mutual Life Assurance Society of the Cape of Good Hope''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mutual], a mutual insurance company founded by John Fairbairn, together with several other prominent Cape Town figures in 1845.  (The original name  was changed to ''The South Africa Mutual Life Assurance Society'' in 1885.)
-(''This is not to be confused the art deco building known as the ''Mutual Building'' (or, ''Mutual Gebou'' in [[Afrikaans]]), opened in Darling Street in 1939 to serve as the Old Mutual offices and since converted to residential use and known as "Mutual Heights"'').
+(''This is not to be confused the art deco building known as the ''Mutual Building''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Building] (or, ''Mutual Gebou'' in [[Afrikaans]]), which was opened in Darling Street in 1940 to serve as the Old Mutual offices till Old Mutual relocated its head office to Mutualpark in Pinelands in 1956. The 1939 building was later converted to residential use and known as "Mutual Heights"'').
 '''Performances taking place in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town'''

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−	The [[Young ~~Men's~~ Institute]] used the [[Mutual Hall]] as a performance venue for their performances till the opening of the in 1868.	+	The [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] used the [[Mutual Hall]] as a performance venue for their performances till the opening of the in 1868.

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