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The [[Union Bioscope Company]] was company set up by a printer, a plumber, and a chemist to exploit the advent of the bioscope in South Arica.  
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The [[Union Bioscope Company]] was an early cinema company.  
  
Their first cinema was a wood and iron building in Human Street in Krugersdorp called the [[Lyric Theatre]], but was later demolished and replaced by the [[Vaudette Theatre]] in 1909. The company then used the name for a number of cinemas in various towns/cities, including Kimberly and East London.
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==The company==
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Set up by a printer, a plumber, and a chemist to exploit the advent of the bioscope in South Arican they opened their first cinema in Human Street in Krugersdorp, It was a wood and iron building called the [[Lyric Theatre]], but was later demolished and replaced by the [[Vaudette Theatre]] in 1909. The company thereafter used the name [[Vaudette Theatre]] for a number of cinemas in various towns/cities, including Kimberly and East London.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 19:36, 9 August 2024

The Union Bioscope Company was an early cinema company.

The company

Set up by a printer, a plumber, and a chemist to exploit the advent of the bioscope in South Arican they opened their first cinema in Human Street in Krugersdorp, It was a wood and iron building called the Lyric Theatre, but was later demolished and replaced by the Vaudette Theatre in 1909. The company thereafter used the name Vaudette Theatre for a number of cinemas in various towns/cities, including Kimberly and East London.

Sources

Johannesburg 1912. https://johannesburg1912.com/2013/07/29/theatres-in-early-johannesburg/

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