Roeland Street Theatre
("Roelandstraat-Skouburg" in Cape Dutch), Cape Town. A very popular Dutch amateur theatre, also referred to as the Hollandse Skouburg or the Dutch Theatre. Located at the ground floor of Mr de Vos’s wine store. It was a small, narrow theatre with a row of single-lined boxes on both sides of the room. It was used by Dutch amateur companies, especially Tot Nut en Vermaak (1842 - 1847). Occasionally English amateur companies also played there: All the World's a Stage (1845) and the English Private Theatricals (1847). The theatre closed on 18 December 1847 when all the contents were sold. [MN]
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928, pp 446, 485;
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