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This building was originally built as a **** in 1816 (1819?), the foundation stone being laid by Sir Charles Somerset.
 
This building was originally built as a **** in 1816 (1819?), the foundation stone being laid by Sir Charles Somerset.
  
== Performances ==
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Its halls (rooms) were often used for theatrical and musical presentations and it eventually became the site of/venue for?? the [[Opera House]] (189*-19**).
  
Its halls (rooms) were often used for theatrical and musical presentations by [[T.P. Hill]], [[Mrs Greig]], .
 
  
In the period 1855-18** it housed the [[Drawing Room Theatre]] of [[Sefton Parry]]
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== Performances ==
  
The [[Harper-Leffler Company]] performed six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town from 5 August - 9 September 1868.
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Among those who used the Commercial Exchange as a venue are Mr [[T.P. Hill]], [[Mrs Greig]] in the period 1846-1853, [[Sefton Parry]] and his [[Drawing Room Theatre]] (1855-18**), the [[Harper-Leffler Company]] (1868), .
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 428
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 428, 440-1,
 
 
== For more information ==
 
 
 
  
  

Revision as of 06:24, 10 June 2015

Also referred to as the Commercial Rooms.

The Commercial Exchange, Cape Town

This building was originally built as a **** in 1816 (1819?), the foundation stone being laid by Sir Charles Somerset.

Its halls (rooms) were often used for theatrical and musical presentations and it eventually became the site of/venue for?? the Opera House (189*-19**).


Performances

Among those who used the Commercial Exchange as a venue are Mr T.P. Hill, Mrs Greig in the period 1846-1853, Sefton Parry and his Drawing Room Theatre (1855-18**), the Harper-Leffler Company (1868), .

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 428, 440-1,


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