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The [[Pretoriase Normaalkollege]] is a college for the training of teachers,  
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The [[Pretoriase Normaalkollege]] is a college for the training of teachers,
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==History==
  
 
It was founded on 2 September 1902, with its campus in Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria.  
 
It was founded on 2 September 1902, with its campus in Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria.  
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
The college is importqant in the history of theatre in South Africa on a number of counts, notably for the many theatre practitioners who studied there, its courses in drama (as well as drama teaching, theatre and drama in education, etc.) and because it became the ''de facto'' managers of the [[Kleinteater]] ("The [[Little Theatre]]") in Pretoria.   
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The college is important in the history of theatre in South Africa on a number of counts, notably for the many theatre practitioners who studied there, its courses in drama (as well as drama teaching, theatre and drama in education, etc.) and because it became the ''de facto'' managers of the [[Kleinteater]] ("The [[Little Theatre]]") in Pretoria.   
  
 
===Influential alumni and teachers===
 
===Influential alumni and teachers===
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===[[Die Kleinteater]]===
 
===[[Die Kleinteater]]===
  
The original plans were for a small theatre to be called [[Ons Teatertjie]] (and to be used by the [[Ons Teatertjie Toneelgroep]]). This never materialised, but later '''[[Die Kleinteater]]''' ("The [[Little Theatre]]") was built for [[Volksteater]] (the former [[Ons Teatertjie Toneelgroep]]) in 19**. 
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Owned by the Transvaal Education Department, the venue known as [[Die Kleinteater]] ("the [[Little Theatre]]") was later also used by the students of the [[Pretoria Educational Training College]], and hosted the finals of the annual [[Administrator’s Cup Competition]] for many years. Also used as one of the venues for the annual playwriting incentive, the [[Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging|ATKV Kampustoneel]] Festival, in the 1980s.
 
 
Owned by the Transvaal Education Department, the venue was later also used by the students of the [[Pretoria Educational Training College]], and hosted the finals of the annual [[Administrator’s Cup Competition]] for many years. Also used as one of the venues for the annual playwriting incentive, the [[Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging|ATKV Kampustoneel]] Festival, in the 1980s.
 

Revision as of 05:48, 25 July 2019

The Pretoriase Normaalkollege is a college for the training of teachers,


History

It was founded on 2 September 1902, with its campus in Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

The college is important in the history of theatre in South Africa on a number of counts, notably for the many theatre practitioners who studied there, its courses in drama (as well as drama teaching, theatre and drama in education, etc.) and because it became the de facto managers of the Kleinteater ("The Little Theatre") in Pretoria.

Influential alumni and teachers

Coenie Rudolph, Peet du Toit, Celia du Toit, (

Die Kleinteater

Owned by the Transvaal Education Department, the venue known as Die Kleinteater ("the Little Theatre") was later also used by the students of the Pretoria Educational Training College, and hosted the finals of the annual Administrator’s Cup Competition for many years. Also used as one of the venues for the annual playwriting incentive, the ATKV Kampustoneel Festival, in the 1980s.