Van Zyl Hall

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The Van Zyl Hall is the name of the first vaulted chamber in the Cango Caves[1] near Oudtshoorn, named after Jacobus van Zyl, who ostensibly was the first person to find them. The hall has occasionally been used as the venue for theatrical performances, including a series of annual Passion Plays in the early 1960s (discontinued in 1964), a student production of Macbeth in 1967 and the revived, from 1991 onwards the biennial Passion Play, now using a text called Só Moes die Liefde Ly by Charles Fryer.

Sources

http://www.tafelberg.com/authors/497

http://www.oudtshoorncourant.com/news/News/General/63673/Grot-meer-as-45-000-jaar-terug-bewoon

Erika Terblanche: Charles Fryer (1946-2014), LitNet Skrywersalbum [2]

http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1991/04/2/7/8.html

http://www.cango-caves.co.za/facilities.php


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page