Cape of Good Hope Temperance Society
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The Cape of Good Hope Temperance Society was founded at a meeting in Cape Town on 28 January, 1832, with a provincial management as a movement by concerned Methodists, responding to the international Temperance movement, to fight the abuse of alcohol and the general licentiousness that accompanied it. At one time this also included an anti-theatre lobby.
The reactions against this movement was great, particularly from the Dutch community, and among many writings, it led to one of the more significant early plays to be written in the country,
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.
