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The [[Pioneer Theatre]] was a venue founded in Johannesburg by [[Leo Kerz]] in 193*. The theatre was used to stage a number of cutting edge European and American plays from the 1930s.   
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The [[Pioneer Theatre]] was an ''avant garde'' venue founded in Johannesburg by [[Leo Kerz]] in 193*. The theatre was used to stage a number of cutting edge European and American plays from the 1930s.   
  
 
Stage productions done there include Brecht's ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', (1938), ''[[Gas]]'' (1938), ''[[Miracle at Verdun]]'' (1939); Odets's ''[[Golden Boy]]'' (1940) and ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'' (1941)
 
Stage productions done there include Brecht's ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', (1938), ''[[Gas]]'' (1938), ''[[Miracle at Verdun]]'' (1939); Odets's ''[[Golden Boy]]'' (1940) and ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'' (1941)

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The Pioneer Theatre was an avant garde venue founded in Johannesburg by Leo Kerz in 193*. The theatre was used to stage a number of cutting edge European and American plays from the 1930s.

Stage productions done there include Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, (1938), Gas (1938), Miracle at Verdun (1939); Odets's Golden Boy (1940) and The Cradle Will Rock (1941)


Sources

Louise Hirschfield Collection, The Harvard Theatre Collection[1]

Colin Naylor, 1990. Contemporary designers, p. 294.

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