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The Tivoli Theatre of Varieties, Cape Town

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The Tivoli Theatre of Varieties, Cape Town

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The Tivoli Theatre, Port Elizabeth

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 Named after the famous theatre that had opened in the Strand, West London in 1890 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Theatre_of_Varieties], it was over the years also known, or referred to, as [[The Tivoli]], the [[Tivoli Theatre]] and the [[Tivoli Music Hall]].
-It was designed by John Parker. It was opened by [[Arthur de Jong]]/Hyman/Logan in Cape Town in 1903. This building replaced the Masonic Hotel.
+It was designed by John Parker. It was opened by [[Arthur de Jong]]/[[Edgar Hyman]]/Logan in Cape Town in 1903. This building replaced the Masonic Hotel.
 In 1906, the first film on sport was screened at the [[Tivoli Music Hall]] in Cape Town. It was of the England versus South Africa cricket match at Newlands, apparently shot by an amateur cameraman.

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		+	https://sahistory.org.za/article/history-south-african-film-industry-timeline-1895-2003

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Named after the famous theatre that had opened in the Strand, West London in 1890 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Theatre_of_Varieties], it was over the years also known, or referred to, as [[The Tivoli]], the [[Tivoli Theatre]] and the [[Tivoli Music Hall]].
-It was designed by John Parker. It was opened by [[Arthur de Jong]]/Hyman/Logan in Cape Town in 1903. This building replaced the Masonic Hotel. It was bought by [[Harry Stodel]] in 1910, and later owned by [[African Consolidated Theatres]] and converted to a cinema, though also still serving as a theatre on a few occasions as well, e.g. being used by by amateurs, such as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] and the [[Garrick Club]] in the late 1920s and early 1930s. (e.g. ''[[Bird in Hand]]'', ''[[Rope]]'', ''[[What Every Woman Knows]]''). It was demolished in about 1932 and replaced by the OK Bazaars.
+It was designed by John Parker. It was opened by [[Arthur de Jong]]/Hyman/Logan in Cape Town in 1903. This building replaced the Masonic Hotel.
 ==The [[Tivoli Company]]==

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	1910: ''[[The Dawn of Union]]'', ''[[The Night of the Party]]'', ''[[Smith]]'', ''[[Mr Preedy and the Countess]]'', ''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]''		1910: ''[[The Dawn of Union]]'', ''[[The Night of the Party]]'', ''[[Smith]]'', ''[[Mr Preedy and the Countess]]'', ''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]''
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		+	1911: ''[[Scrooge]]''

	1919: ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'', ''[[The Funnier Face]]''		1919: ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'', ''[[The Funnier Face]]''

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 Productions staged at the venue include:
 /1909:  ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''
-: ''[[The Dawn of Union]]''
+: ''[[The Dawn of Union]]'', ''[[The Night of the Party]]'', ''[[Smith]]'', ''[[Mr Preedy and the Countess]]'', ''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]''
-: ''[[Pantomime Pie]]''
+: ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'', ''[[The Funnier Face]]''
 : ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]''
 : ''[[A Backveld Boer]]''
 =The [[Tivoli Theatre]], Johannesburg=

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 =The [[Tivoli Theatre]], Port Elizabeth=
-The [[Tivoli Theatre]] opened for films and live entertainment in December 1911.
+The [[Tivoli Theatre]] opened for films and live entertainment in December 1911. It was situated in Palm Street and was run by Mr Grace, who was referred to as the "Grand Old Man of Cinema Entertainment". He showed the first "talkie," ''The Singing Fool'' starring Al Jolson.
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-The [[Tivoli Theatre]] - there are two venues - one in Cape Town and one in Johannesburg - that at one time were both called The [[Tivoli Music Hall]] and The [[Tivoli Theatre]].
+The [[Tivoli Theatre]]. There are three venues - in Cape Town, Johannesburg and in Port Elizabeth - that at one time were all called The [[Tivoli Theatre]].
 =The [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]], Cape Town=
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 /1909:  ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''
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 Other Tivoli cinemas opened in Boksburg, Germiston, and Pretoria.
 =Sources =

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	=The [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]], Cape Town=		=The [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]], Cape Town=

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~[[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]]	+	The [[Tivoli Theatre]] - there are two venues that at one time were called The [[Tivoli Theatre]], one in Cape Town and one in Johannesburg.
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		+	=The [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]], Cape Town=
		+	The [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]] was a Cape Town theatre located at the corner of Darling Street and Plein Street.
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		+	Named after the famous theatre that had opened in the Strand, West London in 1890 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Theatre_of_Varieties], it was over the years also known, or referred to, as [[The Tivoli]], the [[Tivoli Theatre]] and the [[Tivoli Music Hall]].
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		+	== The venue ==
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		+	It was designed by John Parker. It was opened by [[Arthur de Jong]]/Hyman/Logan in Cape Town in 1903. This building replaced the Masonic Hotel.
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		+	It was bought by [[Harry Stodel]] in 1910.
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		+	Later owned by [[African Consolidated Theatres]] and converted to a cinema, though also still serving as a theatre on a few occasions as well, e.g. being used by by amateurs, such as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] and the [[Garrick Club]] in the late 1920s and early 1930s. (e.g. ''[[Bird in Hand]]'', ''[[Rope]]'', ''[[What Every Woman Knows]]'').
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		+	It was demolished in about 1932 and replaced by the OK Bazaars.
		+	==The [[Tivoli Company]]==
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		+	[[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923, see [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1980, p.418) also mentions a '''[[Tivoli Company]]''' in 1904, presumably a reference to the resident company of this theatre at the time.
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		+	==Productions==
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		+	Productions staged at the venue include:
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		+	1908/1909: ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''
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		+	=The [[Tivoli Theatre]], Johannesburg=
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		+	Originally started out as the [[Tivoli Music Hall]] in the old Jaggers warehouse on the site. The [[Tivoli Theatre]] (or [[Tivoli Pictures Palace]] as it was called on opening) in President Street between Joubert and Eloff Streets appears on the 1910 Goads map. It was opened on the 5th February 1910 by the [[Tivoli Theatres Company]] and was Johannesburg’s 5th cinema (the other four being [[Bijou]] in Jeppe Street, [[Bijou]] Fordsburg, [[Vaudette]] in the Royal Arcade Pritchard Street, and [[American Bioscope]] in Jeppestown). It held 600 people and had a few boxes. Vaudeville artists and an orchestra were added to the entertainment.
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		+	The current building was built in 1924 and designed by S. V. Mann. The films were shown continuously ("come when you like, leave when you like") and attracted 2000 people on the opening night.
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		+	The [[Tivoli]] building was refurbished in 1992 at a cost of R3.2 Million by Old Mutual for retail store Milady’s. The facade was retained, but the interior converted to retail space.
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		+	Other Tivoli cinemas opened in Boksburg, Germiston, and Pretoria.
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		+	=Sources =
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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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.418
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		+	[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
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		+	[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
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		+	[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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		+	https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=5962
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		+	https://johannesburg1912.com/2013/07/29/theatres-in-early-johannesburg/
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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