The Mechanical and Picturesque Theatre of Arts

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The Mechanical and Picturesque Theatre of Arts was a venue contrived by W.F.H. Parker to show his Automata - or as they were billed "Mr Parker's Theatre of Mechanics" from November 1837 till January 1838. Situated in Long Street "opposite Mr Bam's".

See further entries on W.F.H. Parker and also the Automata

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 231-2, 384-6

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