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| − | Situated in the Groote Kerk building in Adderley Street, Cape Town. Ill equipped. The [[Brian Brooke Company]] occupied the theatre in 1949. He vacated it in 1955 and it became the full-time home to [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]]. Schach’s Cape Town company did The Chalk Garden at the Hofmeyr in 1959. Leonard Schach’s production of ''[[The Aspern Papers]]'' ran here in 1960. Michael Redgrave’s adaptation of this Henry James story saw the British actress [[Flora Robson]] in the lead opposite Canadian actor [[Robert Beatty]]. Leonard Schach presented [[Beyond the Fringe]] here in 1962, starring New Zealand-born [[Kerry Jordan]] and David Beattie. **** | + | Situated in the Groote Kerk building in Adderley Street, Cape Town. Ill equipped. The [[Brian Brooke Company]] occupied the theatre in 1949. He vacated it in 1955 and it became the full-time home to [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]]. Schach’s Cape Town company did The Chalk Garden at the Hofmeyr in 1959. Leonard Schach’s production of ''[[The Aspern Papers]]'' ran here in 1960. Michael Redgrave’s adaptation of this Henry James story saw the British actress [[Flora Robson]] in the lead opposite Canadian actor [[Robert Beatty]]. Leonard Schach presented [[Beyond the Fringe]] here in 1962, starring New Zealand-born [[Kerry Jordan]] and [[David Beattie]]. **** |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 07:56, 6 December 2010
Also called The Hofmeyr Theatre [???]
Hofmeyr Hall
Venue used by the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging (KAT) between 1940 and 1949. Later used by National Theatre Organisation (NTO) and the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB) for their productions, including CAPAB's first productions of Becket (Anouilh) and Hedda Gabler (Ibsen) in 1963. **** Demolished in 19**) [JH]
Hofmeyr Theatre
Situated in the Groote Kerk building in Adderley Street, Cape Town. Ill equipped. The Brian Brooke Company occupied the theatre in 1949. He vacated it in 1955 and it became the full-time home to Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players. Schach’s Cape Town company did The Chalk Garden at the Hofmeyr in 1959. Leonard Schach’s production of The Aspern Papers ran here in 1960. Michael Redgrave’s adaptation of this Henry James story saw the British actress Flora Robson in the lead opposite Canadian actor Robert Beatty. Leonard Schach presented Beyond the Fringe here in 1962, starring New Zealand-born Kerry Jordan and David Beattie. ****
Sources
Du Toit, 1988; Van Eeden in Hauptfleisch, 1985; Tucker, 1997 [JH. SH]
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