Commercial Exchange

Also referred to as the Commercial Rooms in some cases.

The Commercial Exchange, Cape Town

The Commercial Exchange in Cape Town was founded in 1819, the foundation stone of the building being laid by Sir Charles Somerset. It was demolished 1895 and replaced by the Post Office building.

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,

Timeline of Cape Town, Wikipedia[1]

Photograph, UCT Scholar Resource Discovery, Record no: 000046576[2]

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