Difference between revisions of "D.S. Bothasaal"

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The [[D.S. Bothasaal]] was a hall belonging to the [[ACVV]] in Merriman Lane in Stellenbosch. Referred to simply as the [[Bothasaal]] in some sources or as the [[Botha Hall]] in English.  
 
The [[D.S. Bothasaal]] was a hall belonging to the [[ACVV]] in Merriman Lane in Stellenbosch. Referred to simply as the [[Bothasaal]] in some sources or as the [[Botha Hall]] in English.  
  
The hall was often used for meetings, church services and theatrical performances, including some of the early plays put on by the student dramatic society and drama students of the University in the 1950s and in particular the first years of the newly founded Drama Department at Stellenbosch University (1961-1966).  
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The hall was often used for meetings, church services and theatrical performances, including some of the early plays put on by the student dramatic society and drama students of the University in the 1950s and in particular in the time the University was engaged in replacing the Hall the department had been using with the new [[H.B. Thom Theatre]].  
  
 
Plays performed there over the years include:
 
Plays performed there over the years include:
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''[[Die Braaiboud]]'' (Beukes, 1965)
 
''[[Die Braaiboud]]'' (Beukes, 1965)
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''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'' (Fry, 1965)
  
 
''[[Die Koning Sterf]]'' (Ionesco, 1966)
 
''[[Die Koning Sterf]]'' (Ionesco, 1966)

Revision as of 07:16, 1 August 2023

The D.S. Bothasaal was a hall belonging to the ACVV in Merriman Lane in Stellenbosch. Referred to simply as the Bothasaal in some sources or as the Botha Hall in English.

The hall was often used for meetings, church services and theatrical performances, including some of the early plays put on by the student dramatic society and drama students of the University in the 1950s and in particular in the time the University was engaged in replacing the Hall the department had been using with the new H.B. Thom Theatre.

Plays performed there over the years include:

Periandros van Korinthe (D.J. Opperman, 1955)

Die Braaiboud (Beukes, 1965)

A Phoenix too Frequent (Fry, 1965)

Die Koning Sterf (Ionesco, 1966)




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