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== Performances == | == Performances == | ||
| − | Among those who used the Commercial Exchange as a venue are Mr [[T.P. Hill]], [[Mrs Greig]] | + | Among those who used the Commercial Exchange as a venue are Mr [[T.P. Hill]] (1846 and 1849), [[Mrs Greig]] (1851 and 1853), [[Sefton Parry]] (who housed his [[Drawing Room Theatre]] there from 1855-18**), the [[Harper-Leffler Company]] (1868), . |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 10 June 2015
Also referred to as the Commercial Rooms.
The Commercial Exchange, Cape Town
This building was originally built as a **** in 1816 (1819?), the foundation stone being laid by Sir Charles Somerset.
Its halls (rooms) were often used for theatrical and musical presentations and it eventually became the site of/venue for?? the Opera House (189*-19**).
Performances
Among those who used the Commercial Exchange as a venue are Mr T.P. Hill (1846 and 1849), Mrs Greig (1851 and 1853), Sefton Parry (who housed his Drawing Room Theatre there from 1855-18**), the Harper-Leffler Company (1868), .
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 428, 440-1,
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