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 == The history ==
-The venue was a wood and iron store which had been converted into a theatre in Port Elizabeth by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]]. It opened on 10 September 1853 with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and ''[[Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?]]'', and apparently served its purpose for a few years.
+The venue was a wood and iron store in Staines Street which had been converted into a theatre in Port Elizabeth by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]]. It opened on 10 September 1853 with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and ''[[Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?]]'', and apparently served its purpose for a few years. The building was fitted out with the rudiments of a theatre. The company later changed its name to the [[Amateur Company]]. Scenes from Shakespeare and popular classics, including a few locally written works, were staged.
 It was sold in 1858.
 '''See also the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]].'''
 == Sources ==

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 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 421, 508-9
-"Port Elizabeth Theatre",  in ''[[The Cape Monitor]]'', 10 September, 1853, 8 August, 1855 and 24 September 1856.
+"Port Elizabeth Theatre",  in the ''[[Cape Monitor]]'', 10 September, 1853, 8 August, 1855 and 24 September 1856.
 [[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p.509
 J.J. Redgrave. 1947. ''Port Elizabeth in Bygone Days''. Wynberg: Rustica Press.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-[[The Lyceum]], Port Elizabeth, was a wood and iron store converted into a theatre in Port Elizabeth by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]]. Opened on 10 September 1853 with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and ''[[Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?]]'' It was sold in 1858.
+[[The Lyceum]],  was a theatre venue in Port Elizabeth for 6 years (1853-8).
-[[Jill Fletcher]] (citing J. Redgrave, 1947) has the name of the venue as [[The Lyceum]]. [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928. p.509) however quotes from an article in the [[Cape Monitor]] of 24 September, 1856, which refers to the theatre as the "[[Lycean Theatre]]".
+Also referred to by some as the [[Lyceum Theatre]] and, seemingly even as the [[Lycean Theatre]].
 ''Not to be confused with the famous '''Lyceum Theatre''' in London, which had quite an influence in South Africa in the 19th century through visiting performers attached to that venue.''
 '''See also the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]].'''

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 J.J. Redgrave. 1947. ''Port Elizabeth in Bygone Days''. Wynberg: Rustica Press.
-== For more information ==
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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	[[The Lyceum]], Port Elizabeth, was a wood and iron store converted into a theatre in Port Elizabeth by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]]. Opened on 10 September 1853 with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and ''[[Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?]]'' It was sold in 1858.		[[The Lyceum]], Port Elizabeth, was a wood and iron store converted into a theatre in Port Elizabeth by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]]. Opened on 10 September 1853 with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' and ''[[Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?]]'' It was sold in 1858.
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928. p.509) however quotes from an article in the [[Cape Monitor]] of 24 September, 1856, which refers to the theatre as the "[[Lycean Theatre]]".

	''Not to be confused with the famous '''Lyceum Theatre''' in London, which had quite an influence in South Africa in the 19th century through visiting performers attached to that venue.''		''Not to be confused with the famous '''Lyceum Theatre''' in London, which had quite an influence in South Africa in the 19th century through visiting performers attached to that venue.''