Victoria Theatre
There have been a number of theatres by this name in South Africa.
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The Victoria Theatre, Cape Town.
See Liefhebbery Tooneel (sic).
The Victoria Theatre, Pietermaritzburg.
Originally called simply The Garrison Theatre, it opened on 10 August 1846 as the first theatre building in Pietermaritzburg. Built as permanent theatre of corrugated iron,, it seated 500 and had boxes, a gallery, pit, orchestra and a stage with box rollers, velvets, slides, drops, chandeliers and footlights. Described as comfortable, with excellent acoustics. Renamed The Victoria Theatre from 21 August 1846. The opening production was Douglas and Annimal (sic) Magnetism. Final production was The Child of Nature and Borough Politics on 1 April 1850. Twenty-four plays were presented in total. Closed in April 1850
The Victoria Theatre, Grahamstown
Sources
Schauffer, 19**
Fletcher, 1994
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