Hofmeyr Hall
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- Venue used by the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging (KAT) between 1940 and 1949. Later used by National Theatre Organisation (NTO) and the Cape Performingg 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 epuipped. 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. **** (See Du Toit, 1988; Van Eeden in Hauptfleisch, 1985;Tucker, 1997) [JH. SH]
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