Kingwilliamstown Dramatic Club
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An amateur theatre society called the Kingwilliamstown Dramatic Club was founded in the Eastern Cape garrison town of Kingwilliamstown in 1861, with the aim "solely to amuse the public" They presented their first performances in the Kingwilliamstown Theatre on 23 and 24 May 1861. Besides the fact that a Mr Gilmore wrote and presented a Prologue on the occasion, nothing more is known of the programme or any further performances however.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 182.
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