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(Also known as the '''Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth''') First documented amateur dramatic society in Port Elizabeth. Formed in early 1840s and performed initially in The [[Lyceum]].  First performance in the new [[Port Elizabeth Theatre]] was September 10 1853:  She Stoops to the Conquer (Goldsmith) and Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell? (Coyne).  Other productions included selections of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, The Spare Bed (Fox Cooper), An Unwarrantable Intrusion (J.M. Morton).  Port Elizabeth’s theatricals were considered to be ahead of Cape Town’s during this time.  The Society continued productions up to 1858 (Du Toit  says 1856).  The Lyceum was sold (1858) and the Society temporarily dissolved. (Bosman, 1928; Fletcher, 1994; Du Toit, 1988) [TH] ****
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(Also known as the '''Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth''') First documented [[Amateur|amateur]] dramatic society in Port Elizabeth. Formed in early 1840s and performed initially in The [[Lyceum]].  First performance in the new [[Port Elizabeth Theatre]] was September 10 1853:  ''[[She Stoops to the Conquer]]'' (Goldsmith) and ''[[Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell?]]'' (Coyne).  Other productions included selections of Shakespeare’s ''[[Henry IV]]'', ''[[The Spare Bed]]'' (Fox Cooper), ''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' (J.M. Morton).   
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Port Elizabeth’s theatricals were considered to be ahead of Cape Town’s during this time.  The Society continued productions up to 1858 ([[P.J. du Toit]] says 1856).  The [[Lyceum]] was sold (1858) and the Society temporarily dissolved. '''CHECK THIS'''
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== Sources ==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928; [[Jill Fletcher]], 1994; [[P.J. du Toit]], 1988 [TH]
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(Also known as the Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth) First documented amateur dramatic society in Port Elizabeth. Formed in early 1840s and performed initially in The Lyceum. First performance in the new Port Elizabeth Theatre was September 10 1853: She Stoops to the Conquer (Goldsmith) and Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell? (Coyne). Other productions included selections of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, The Spare Bed (Fox Cooper), An Unwarrantable Intrusion (J.M. Morton).

Port Elizabeth’s theatricals were considered to be ahead of Cape Town’s during this time. The Society continued productions up to 1858 (P.J. du Toit says 1856). The Lyceum was sold (1858) and the Society temporarily dissolved. CHECK THIS

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928; Jill Fletcher, 1994; P.J. du Toit, 1988 [TH]


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