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[[Liefhebbery Toneel]] is an early [[Cape-Dutch]] and later [[Afrikaans]] term for non-professional tehatre, equivalent to [[Amateur Theatre]]. Used as a generic term, but also as the name for a specific venue.  
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[[Liefhebbery Toneel]] is an early [[Cape-Dutch]] and later [[Afrikaans]] term for non-professional theatre, equivalent to [[Amateur Theatre]]. Used as a generic term, but also as the name for a specific venue.  
  
 
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'''See more under [[Amateur]]'''
 
'''See more under [[Amateur]]'''
  
= [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]]: A Cape Town theatre =
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= [[De Liefhebbery Tooneel]]: A Cape Town theatre =
  
The name  [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]] was given to a theatre venue which the amateur company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]]  opened in Hope Street, Cape Town  in 1825, as an alternative venue to the [[Afrikaansche Schouwburg]]. It was also referred to as the [[Liefhebbery Toneel]] and [[Kaapsche Liefhebbery Tooneel]] on occasion, and as "[[The Amateur Theatre]]" by the English press.
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The name  [[De Liefhebbery Tooneel]] was given to a theatre venue which the amateur company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]]  opened in Hope Street, Cape Town  in 1825, as an alternative venue to the [[Afrikaansche Schouwburg]]. Also found as De [[Kaapsche Liefhebbery Theater]] and at times referred to as the [[Hope Street Theatre]] or [[Hoopstraat-Skouburg]].
  
It was this society's exclusive venue until 1834 (with the exception of sporadic appearances by English companies). Later the children’s dramatic society [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] played there (from 1835-1836) and from 1834 to 1838 the venue was also used by [[C.E. Boniface]]'s [[Vlyt en Kunst]]. From 1837, [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] played there. Also referred to as the [[Amateur Theatre]], or often bilingually as the [[Liefhebbery Tooneel-Amateur Theatre]], depending on the company using it.  
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When it was refurnbished in June 1846, the name [[Victoria Theatre]] was briefly bestowed on it.  
  
It was later known as both the [[Hope Street Theatre]] and (from 1846, when it was overhauled) the [[Victoria Theatre]], under which names it continued to exist until 1851. It was also briefly known as the [[Sans Souci Theatre]] in 1848, when [[Theatre de L’Union]] played there.
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'''See [[De Liefhebbery Tooneel]]'''
 
 
The [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]] should however not be confused with another venue also situated in Hope Street, and briefly used in 1849, which was known as [[Haupt's Warehouse]] or [[Haupt's Theatre]].
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:42, 19 July 2017

Liefhebbery Toneel is an early Cape-Dutch and later Afrikaans term for non-professional theatre, equivalent to Amateur Theatre. Used as a generic term, but also as the name for a specific venue.

As general term

Like the English term Amateur Theatre, the original Dutch term Liefhebbery Tooneel can refer to someone who undertakes something (or to something undertaken) for the love of it, not for financial gain, or simply mean theatre made by people who are not professionals, but merely doing so for the love of it. In adapted form, i.e. as Liefhebbery Toneel, this was adopted by Cape-Dutch and early Afrikaans. Later Afrikaans also began to use the terms Liefhebbery Teater, Amateur Toneel or Amateur Teater as terms in general use.


See more under Amateur

De Liefhebbery Tooneel: A Cape Town theatre

The name De Liefhebbery Tooneel was given to a theatre venue which the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak opened in Hope Street, Cape Town in 1825, as an alternative venue to the Afrikaansche Schouwburg. Also found as De Kaapsche Liefhebbery Theater and at times referred to as the Hope Street Theatre or Hoopstraat-Skouburg.

When it was refurnbished in June 1846, the name Victoria Theatre was briefly bestowed on it.

See De Liefhebbery Tooneel

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.

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