Commercial Exchange

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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