Tot Oefening en Vermaak
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("For Practice and Entertainment"), Cape Town. Amateur dramatic society founded in the Cape in 1837 from the remnants of Tot Nut en Vermaak but already disbanded by the next year. The name was used again between 1849 and 1851, when it became the new name for Hoop en Trouw after it had disbanded. (Bosman, 1928;) [JH]
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Productions as Hoop en Trouw
Productions as Tot Oefening en Vermaak
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.).
Sources
Bosman, 1928,pp 453-455 [JH/TH]
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