Tot Oefening en Vermaak

Tot Oefening en Vermaak ("For Practice and Entertainment") was an amateur dramatic society founded in the Cape in 1837 by some former members of Tot Nut en Vermaak, but the company 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 that too had disbanded.

See also Tot Nut en Vermaak and Hoop en Trouw.

Recorded productions by Tot Oefening en Vermaak

On 12 August 1837 in the De Liefhebbery Tooneel: Robert de Montglave, of De Zegepraal der Onschuld (Tréogate); Monsieur Tonson (Moncrieffe).

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.).

[JH/TH]

Sources

Bosman, 1928,pp 453-455

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