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("playreading club").  Also called the '''[[Toneelleesgroep]]'''
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[[Toneelleesklub]] ("playreading club") was the [[Afrikaans]] name for the [[Dramatic Entertainments]] section of the [[Bloemfontein Literary and Scientific Society]] (founded in 1877).  (Also referred to as the [[Toneelleesgroep]], i.e. "playreading group" on occasion.)
  
Fore-runner of the later [[Shakespeare Circle]] and an off-shoot of the [[Winter Evening's Entertainments]] first held in April 1875. Defunct by 1890.  
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An off-shoot of the [[Winter Evenings Entertainments]] first held in April 1875, the society itself was defunct by 1890, but was to be a fore-runner of the later, longer enduring,  [[Bloemfontein Shakespeare Circle]].  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[P.J. du Toit]], 1988[JH]
 
[[P.J. du Toit]], 1988[JH]
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Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== For more information ==
 
== For more information ==
  
See also '''[[Bloemfontein theatre in the 19thC]]'''
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See '''[[Bloemfontein theatre in the 19thC]]'''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:39, 18 September 2015

Toneelleesklub ("playreading club") was the Afrikaans name for the Dramatic Entertainments section of the Bloemfontein Literary and Scientific Society (founded in 1877). (Also referred to as the Toneelleesgroep, i.e. "playreading group" on occasion.)

An off-shoot of the Winter Evenings Entertainments first held in April 1875, the society itself was defunct by 1890, but was to be a fore-runner of the later, longer enduring, Bloemfontein Shakespeare Circle.

Sources

P.J. du Toit, 1988[JH]

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

For more information

See Bloemfontein theatre in the 19thC

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