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| − | The [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]] was a Cape Town theatre dating from the late 19th century.
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| − | Also variously known, or referred to, as [[The Tivoli]], the [[Tivoli Theatre]], 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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| − | Opened by De Jong/Hyman/Logan in Cape Town in 18**. **Renamed the [[Tivoli Music Hall]] in 1903 and run by [[Harry Stodel]].??** ** Later owned by [[African Consolidated Theatres]]. Used on a few occasions 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]]'', etc.) ***
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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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| − | ==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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