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	Following Brazier, it seems the hotel was taken over by (or at least managed by) a [[Mr Tilley]], who organized an annual "[[Fancy Fair and Fête]]" there on New Year's day - most probably on [[The Rumbullion]]. ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: p.274, records at least one of these events in 1868, when an unnamed company of [[Amateur Christy's]] troupe and similarly unnamed "[[Dutch]] Theatrical Company" performed there.)		Following Brazier, it seems the hotel was taken over by (or at least managed by) a [[Mr Tilley]], who organized an annual "[[Fancy Fair and Fête]]" there on New Year's day - most probably on [[The Rumbullion]]. ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: p.274, records at least one of these events in 1868, when an unnamed company of [[Amateur Christy's]] troupe and similarly unnamed "[[Dutch]] Theatrical Company" performed there.)
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		+	In 1870 the ballet ''[[De Schipbreuk]]'' (Brandes) performed was performed there by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] a few times in early May

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 ==The building==
-Built against the slopes of Table Mountain in 1786, it was originally intended as a guardhouse for the [[Dutch East India Company]], to keep watch of enemy ships entering Table Bay. From 1814 to 1827 it was occupied by the governer Lord Charles Somerset, who refurbished the building to be used as a hunting lodge. One of the more famous guests there was the famous physician Dr James Barry[], who is said to haunt the place to this day.
+Built against the slopes of Table Mountain in 1786, it was originally intended as a guardhouse for the [[Dutch East India Company]], to keep watch of enemy ships entering Table Bay. From 1814 to 1827 it was occupied by the governer Lord Charles Somerset, who refurbished the building to be used as a hunting lodge. One of the more famous guests there was Somerset's close friend, the renowned surgeon Dr James Barry[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barry_(surgeon)], who is said to haunt the place to this day.
 The building, situated in what is today the Glen Kloof Road in Camps Bay, went on to serve as a variety of purposes a popular tea room, dancehall, theatre venue, restaurant, boutique hotel, wedding venue, etc. at various times. It opened in its latest incarnation, as a fine dining establishment, in 2008.

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 ==The building==
-Founded in 1786, it was originally built against the slopes of Table Mountain as a guardhouse for the [[Dutch East India Company]], to keep watch of enemy ships. From 1814 to 1827 it was occupied by the governer Lord Charles Somerset, who refurbished the building to be used as a hunting lodge. One of the more famous guests there was he Glen Kloof Road, Camps Bay, Cape Town Dr James Barry[], who is said to haunt the place to this day.
+Built against the slopes of Table Mountain in 1786, it was originally intended as a guardhouse for the [[Dutch East India Company]], to keep watch of enemy ships entering Table Bay. From 1814 to 1827 it was occupied by the governer Lord Charles Somerset, who refurbished the building to be used as a hunting lodge. One of the more famous guests there was the famous physician Dr James Barry[], who is said to haunt the place to this day.
 The building, situated in what is today the Glen Kloof Road in Camps Bay, went on to serve as a variety of purposes a popular tea room, dancehall, theatre venue, restaurant, boutique hotel, wedding venue, etc. at various times. It opened in its latest incarnation, as a fine dining establishment, in 2008.

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	"The Roundhouse" on the ''Cape Town Paranormal Investigations'' website[https://ctpi.co.za/?page_id=1147]		"The Roundhouse" on the ''Cape Town Paranormal Investigations'' website[https://ctpi.co.za/?page_id=1147]
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−	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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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.~~

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 188-190, 274		[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 188-190, 274

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-Return to [[ESAT Venues W]]
+Return to [[ESAT Venues R]]
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 The building, situated in what is today the Glen Kloof Road in Camps Bay, went on to serve as a variety of purposes a popular tea room, dancehall, theatre venue, restaurant, boutique hotel, wedding venue, etc. at various times. It opened in its latest incarnation, as a fine dining establishment, in 2008.
-The terraces at [[The Roundhouse]], usually referred to as "[[The Rumbullion]]", have over the centuries also been used for various festive fêtes and events. The name derives from the archaic English term "rumbullion" which means "a riotous good time".
+The terraces at [[The Roundhouse]], usually referred to as "[[The Rumbullion]]", have over the centuries also been used for various festive fêtes and events. (The name derives from the archaic English term "rumbullion" which means both a "brew of strong drink" - from "rum" - and consequently used figuratively to refer to "a riotous good time".)
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 In 1862, [[Thomas Brazier]] became the lessee of what was then known as [[The Round House]] in Camps Bay,  running the property as a restaurant and entertainment venue. By the start of 1864 he was advertising it as [[The Round House Hotel]], but on 12 December of that year he left the Cape for Port Elizabeth.
-Following Brazier, it seems the hotel was taken over by (or at least managed by) a [[Mr Tilley]],  who organized  an annual  "[[Fancy Fair and Fête]]" there on New Year's day. ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: p.274,  records at least one of these events in 1868, when an unnamed company of [[Amateur Christy's]] troupe and similarly unnamed "[[Dutch]] Theatrical Company" performed there.)
+Following Brazier, it seems the hotel was taken over by (or at least managed by) a [[Mr Tilley]],  who organized  an annual  "[[Fancy Fair and Fête]]" there on New Year's day - most probably on [[The Rumbullion]]. ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: p.274,  records at least one of these events in 1868, when an unnamed company of [[Amateur Christy's]] troupe and similarly unnamed "[[Dutch]] Theatrical Company" performed there.)
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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.
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 188-190,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 188-190, 274
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	In 1862, [[Thomas Brazier]] became the lessee of what was then known as [[The Round House]] in Camps Bay, running the property as a restaurant and entertainment venue. By the start of 1864 he was advertising it as [[The Round House Hotel]], but on 12 December of that year he left the Cape for Port Elizabeth.		In 1862, [[Thomas Brazier]] became the lessee of what was then known as [[The Round House]] in Camps Bay, running the property as a restaurant and entertainment venue. By the start of 1864 he was advertising it as [[The Round House Hotel]], but on 12 December of that year he left the Cape for Port Elizabeth.
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		+	Following Brazier, it seems the hotel was taken over by (or at least managed by) a [Mr Tilley]], who organized an annual "[[Fancy Fair and Fête]]" there on New Year's day. ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: p.274, records at least one of these events in 1868, when an unnamed company of [[Amateur Christy's]] troupe and similarly unnamed "[[Dutch]] Theatrical Company" performed there.)

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