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[[The Amateur Theatre]] is a name given to some venues used for amateur productions over the years.
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[[The Amateur Theatre]] is a name given (formally and informally) to some venues used for amateur (or even semi-professional) productions over the years.
  
On occasion the term "Amateur Theatre" is used (formally and informally) as the name for a performance space or venue. E.g [[The Amateur Theatre]] is a journalistys version of De [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]]
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A prominent example is the Hope Street venue known as [[The Amateur Theatre]] (Cape Town, 1825-1851), the name being a journalists' version of the official [[Dutch]] name of De [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]], founded by the amateur company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] in 1825, as an alternative venue to the [[Afrikaansche Schouwburg]].
  
For examples in South Africa see ''inter alia'' [[Garrison Theatre]], [[Barracks Theatre]], [[Hope Street Theatre]], [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]],
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The name was sometimes also applied to the '''[[Garrison Theatre]]''', in the Cape Town Barracks.
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'''See [[Liefhebbery Tooneel]]'''
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== Sources ==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 23 January 2020

The Amateur Theatre is a name given (formally and informally) to some venues used for amateur (or even semi-professional) productions over the years.

A prominent example is the Hope Street venue known as The Amateur Theatre (Cape Town, 1825-1851), the name being a journalists' version of the official Dutch name of De Liefhebbery Tooneel, founded by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak in 1825, as an alternative venue to the Afrikaansche Schouwburg.

The name was sometimes also applied to the Garrison Theatre, in the Cape Town Barracks.

See 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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