Bree Street Theatre, Cape Town

A venue opened in Cape Town on the corner of Bree- and Dorp-Streets in 1852 by Door Yver bloeit de Kunst. It seems to have been a well-equipped theatre, but its impractically small size led it to be abandoned by 1854. Utilized on occasion by inter alia Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst. Apparently it was a somewhat inadequate hall and uncomfortable (De Zuid Afrikaan, 12 Sept. 1853), and its use by the Dutch amateurs was discontinued towards the end of 1853. [Fletcher p. 79, mentions the Mauritian circus of Dalla Case having first appeared there in 1848 – but elsewhere says it was at the Hope Street Theatre ***???] (See: Fletcher, 1994; Bosman, 1928;) [TH, JH]

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