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| − | 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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| − | '''Not to be confused with the [[Tivoli Empire Theatre]], Johannesburg'''
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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.
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| − | ==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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| − | ==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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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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