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== English drama and theatre in Bloemfontein ==
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English literary and dramatic entertainments have a long history in Bloemfontein.
 
English literary and dramatic entertainments have a long history in Bloemfontein.
  
  
== ''Winter Evenings Entertainments'' in Bloemfontein==
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=== Winter Evenings Entertainments ===
  
  
  
== Bloemfontein Literary and Scientific Society ==
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=== Bloemfontein Literary and Scientific Society ===
  
 
This society, founded in 1877 as an offshoot of the '''Winter Evenings Entertainments''', also had a '''Dramatic Entertainments''' branch. The society was defunct by 1890. (See Du Toit,  1988) [JH]
 
This society, founded in 1877 as an offshoot of the '''Winter Evenings Entertainments''', also had a '''Dramatic Entertainments''' branch. The society was defunct by 1890. (See Du Toit,  1988) [JH]
  
== Bloemfontein Dramatic and Operatic Society ==
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(See Du Toit,  1988) [JH]
 
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English drama and theatre in Bloemfontein

English literary and dramatic entertainments have a long history in Bloemfontein.


Winter Evenings Entertainments

Bloemfontein Literary and Scientific Society

This society, founded in 1877 as an offshoot of the Winter Evenings Entertainments, also had a Dramatic Entertainments branch. The society was defunct by 1890. (See Du Toit, 1988) [JH]

Bloemfontein Dramatic and Operatic Society

The name assumed by the Dramatic Entertainments section of the Bloemfontein Literary and Scientific Society in 1882. Along with the BLSS it was defunct by 1890.

(See Du Toit, 1988) [JH]



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