Liefhebbery Toneel

Liefhebbery Toneel is an old Cape Dutch and Afrikaans term used to refer to "Amateur Theatre". (Also spelled Liefhebbery Tooneel.)

See Amateur

There was also a Venue in Cape Town in the mid 1800s, referred to as the Liefhebbery Tooneel or the Amateur Theatre, the Kaapsche Liefhebbery Tooneel, or often bilingually as Liefhebbery Toneel - Amateur Theatre. It refers to a theatre built in Hope street, also known as the Hope Street Theatre.

See Hope Street Theatre

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