|
|
| (6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | Also have a reference to it as the '''BLACK MEN’S SOCIAL CLUB''', The (BMSC). '''CHECK ON THIS''' Is this right?
| |
| | | | |
| − | A social centre and venue in downtown Johannesburg, situated in Eloff Street Extension, adjacent to [[Dorkay House]], founded in 1924 and sustained by white philanthropists and black professionals and teachers from the 1920s to the 1950s as a gathering point for the social, political and cultural elite of the black urban community.
| |
| − | in 1934 it housed the [[National Thanksgiving]] (or [[Emancipation Centenary Celebration]]), which [according to [[Loren Kruger]], 1999] in a sense gave rise to the notion of the “New African” in South African Black culture.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Numerous local works by such divergent writers as Dhlomo and Fugard were performed here over the years. For example [[Brian Brooke]] presented the grand dame of the English theatre, Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]] in a series of drama and poetry recitals with her husband, Sir [[Lewis Casson]]. They played for a black audience at the [[Bantu Men’s Social Centre]] in 1956. John Bolon staged a concert at the [[Bantu Men’s Social Centre]] in 1953, in a fund raising attempt for Father Trevor Huddleston. ''[[No-Good Friday]]'', [[Athol Fugard]]’s first play, was staged here in conjunction with the [[Union of Southern African Artists]]. Fugard himself appeared in the play, together with his black cast – [[Bloke Modisane]], [[Dan Poho]], [[Steve Moloi]], [[Ken Gampu]], [[Gladys Sibisa]] and [[Zakes Mokae]] in 1958. *** (Tucker, 1997)
| |
| − |
| |
| − |
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Return to [[Main Page]]
| |
