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African theatre or African Theatre may refer to: African theatre of World War I; African theatre of World War II. Part of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations of the United States Armed Forces during World War II; African Theatre (acting troupe), a 19th-century African-American theater based in Harlem, New York City; African Theatre (Cape ...
The African theatre of the First World War comprises campaigns in North Africa instigated by the German and Ottoman empires, local rebellions against European colonial rule and Allied campaigns against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa.
The African Theatre (Afrikaans: Afrikaansche Schouwburg) was a theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. It was the first stone theater in the European style in South Africa and one of the first in the Southern Hemisphere. It was also known by other names, such as the Komediehuis, The Theatre, etc. [1] The building was later used as a church by the ...
The African Theatre was an African-American acting troupe in New York City established by William Henry Brown (also known as William Alexander Brown) in the 1820s. The troupe performed plays by Shakespeare and plays written by Brown, several of which were anti-colonization and anti-slavery.
The African Grove Theatre opened in New York City in 1821. It was founded and operated by William Alexander Brown , [ 1 ] a free black man from the West Indies . [ 2 ] It opened six years before the final abolition of slavery in New York state (gradual abolition brought it to an end in 1827, but young people born to slave mothers had to serve ...
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In 1821, the group built the African Grove Theatre, the first resident African-American theatre in the United States. [3] The short-lived company was the subject of protests by neighbors, attacks by a rival company, and a racist parody published by newspaper editor and Sheriff of New York Mordecai Manuel Noah. [4]
Artscape Theatre Centre (formerly Nico Malan Theatre Centre) is the main performing arts centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in 1971 [ 2 ] and is located on reclaimed land in the Foreshore area.