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Juta was born in Holland, trained in Law and was married to Karl Marx’s sister. He emigrated to Cape Town where he founded what is today the oldest active publishing house in South Africa, and may well be South Africa’s oldest unlisted public company still in existence.  
 
Juta was born in Holland, trained in Law and was married to Karl Marx’s sister. He emigrated to Cape Town where he founded what is today the oldest active publishing house in South Africa, and may well be South Africa’s oldest unlisted public company still in existence.  
  
The publishing and retailing company is largely associated with publications in the fields of Law, Education and Academia.  
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The publishing and retailing company is largely associated with publications in the fields of law, education and academia.  
  
The company's ir South African theatre publications include three plays by [[Cecil Lewis]]  (''[[Willem Adriaan van der Stel and the Burghers]]'' and ''[[Sir Harry Smith and his Juana]]'', c1924 and ''[[Lady Anne Barnard and her Friends]]'', c1927),  ***, *** ''[[Eleven One-Act Plays]]'' (ed. by [[A.D. Dodd]] and [[F.O. Quinn]], 1965), ***
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In the fields of theatre, film, media and performance, the company's publications include:
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Three plays by [[Cecil Lewis]]  (''[[Willem Adriaan van der Stel and the Burghers]]''; ''[[Sir Harry Smith and his Juana]]'', c1924: and ''[[Lady Anne Barnard and her Friends]]'', c1927),   
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Educational editions include ***, *** ''[[Eleven One-Act Plays]]'' (ed. by [[A.D. Dodd]] and [[F.O. Quinn]], 1965), ***
  
 
==[[Jutalit]]==
 
==[[Jutalit]]==

Revision as of 16:09, 21 June 2022

J.C. Juta and Co.

J.C. Juta and Co. (also known as Juta and Co) is venerable bookshop and publishing house founded in Cape Town in 1853 by Jan Carel Juta in 1853.

Juta was born in Holland, trained in Law and was married to Karl Marx’s sister. He emigrated to Cape Town where he founded what is today the oldest active publishing house in South Africa, and may well be South Africa’s oldest unlisted public company still in existence.

The publishing and retailing company is largely associated with publications in the fields of law, education and academia.

In the fields of theatre, film, media and performance, the company's publications include:

Three plays by Cecil Lewis (Willem Adriaan van der Stel and the Burghers; Sir Harry Smith and his Juana, c1924: and Lady Anne Barnard and her Friends, c1927),

Educational editions include ***, *** Eleven One-Act Plays (ed. by A.D. Dodd and F.O. Quinn, 1965), ***

Jutalit

Jutalit is an imprint of the parent company, specializing in educational and scholarly texts.

Among their theatre publications have been Die Magiese Kring (1991),


Sources

https://juta.co.za/law/media/filestore/2011/08/Juta.pdf

http://www.juta.co.za/

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