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TheAlhambra Bioscope, also known as theAlhambra Theatre, was atheatre that opened on Riebeek Street,Cape Town,South Africa in 1929.
The Alhambra was built in 1928 for Harry Stodel's African Consolidated Theatres. It was called South Africa's best "atmospheric theatre."[1][2] It had aWurlitzertheatre organ that could produce many sound effects.[3] It opened in 1929.
Plays and musicals were also presented for four decades in the theatre. Among the entertainers to perform here wereMarlene Dietrich,[4]Nellie du Toit,[5]Angelo Gobbato,[6] andPhyllis Spira.[7]
The onlyAfrikaans language theater company to perform here, according toAndré Huguenet, was his company with its production ofIs Jy ’n Bokryer? in the 1940s.[2] It was also sometimes used byKRUIK (the Cape Performing Arts Council).
The building closed in January 1972 and was sold in 1974 and demolished the same year.
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