Koffiehuis

The Koffiehuis (/ˈkɒfiheɪs/;^[1] Afrikaans for "coffee house") in Cape Town, South Africa, was used for amateur theatre beginning in 1915, among other things for the celebrated Koffiehuis concerts.^[2]

On May 11, 1934, the Afrikaans Theatre Society (Afrikaans: Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging (KAT)) held its first performances there - productions of Rooibruin Blare and Ruwe Erts, both by Henry Allan Fagan. The KAT performed plays in the space until 1940.

References

^ Lass, Roger (1990), "A 'standard' South African vowel system", in Ramsaran, Susan (ed.), Studies in the Pronunciation of English: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of A.C. Gimson, Routledge, p. 283, ISBN 978-0-41507180-2
^ "The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance". Retrieved 5 March 2013.

[1] Lass, Roger (1990), "A 'standard' South African vowel system", in Ramsaran, Susan (ed.), Studies in the Pronunciation of English: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of A.C. Gimson, Routledge, p. 283, ISBN 978-0-41507180-2

[2] "The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance". Retrieved 5 March 2013.

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