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[[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] ("For Practice and Entertainment") was the name of an amateur dramatic society sporadically active in Cape Town between 1837 and 1851.  
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[[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] ("For Practice and Entertainment") was the name of an amateur dramatic society sporadically active in Cape Town between 1848 and 1851.  
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
  
The name was first used for a company founded in the Cape in 1848 by some former members of [[Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], but the company had already disbanded by the next year.  
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In 1849 the phrase initially adopted as the motto for the company [[Hoop en Trouw]], which had been founded in Cape Town  in 1848 by what appears to have been some former members of [[Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar]]. The company for a while announced itself as [[Hoop en Trouw, spelende as Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] (i.e."Hope and Loyalty playing as For Practice and Entertainment") between 1849 and 1851, though later referred to simply as [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]].
  
The name was used again between 1849 and 1851, when it initially became the motto for '''[[Hoop en Trouw]]'''  which henceforth announced itself as [[Hoop en Trouw, spelende as Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] (i.e."Hope and Loyalty playing as For Practice and Entertainment"). On occasion referred to simply as [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]].
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The company apparently disbanded in 1851.  
  
 
See also '''[[Tot Nut en Vermaak]]''' and '''[[Hoop en Trouw]]'''.
 
See also '''[[Tot Nut en Vermaak]]''' and '''[[Hoop en Trouw]]'''.

Revision as of 05:55, 17 March 2017

Tot Oefening en Vermaak ("For Practice and Entertainment") was the name of an amateur dramatic society sporadically active in Cape Town between 1848 and 1851.

History

In 1849 the phrase initially adopted as the motto for the company Hoop en Trouw, which had been founded in Cape Town in 1848 by what appears to have been some former members of Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar. The company for a while announced itself as Hoop en Trouw, spelende as Tot Oefening en Vermaak (i.e."Hope and Loyalty playing as For Practice and Entertainment") between 1849 and 1851, though later referred to simply as Tot Oefening en Vermaak.

The company apparently disbanded in 1851.

See also Tot Nut en Vermaak and Hoop en Trouw.

Recorded productions by Tot Oefening en Vermaak

On 12 August 1837 in the De Liefhebbery Tooneel: Roland de Monglave, of De Zegepraal der Onschuld (Tréogate); Monsieur Tonson (Moncrieffe).

On 8 June 1849: Zoë, of De Zegepraal eener Standvastige Liefde (Lijnslager, based on Mercier), Oude Meisjes van drie en vyftig Jaren, Die het Schoentje past, die trekt ze aan) and De Hoefsmid (Quétant, translated by J. Menkema Jr.).

[JH/TH]

Sources

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 452-456, 480-490, 502


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