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Date: 1977 Type: Theatre Style: Monumental Nationalism Status: Extant 1979 SAIA Award of Merit   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°57'25.38" S 18°28'14.13" E

An engraved Aluminium plaque mounted on the foyer wall - below a bronze bust of W Duncan Baxter - records the broad details of the bequest and this is transcribed below: FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF CAPE TOWN WITHOUT IN ANY WAY DIRECTING THE UNIVERSITY TO DO SO, I HOPE IT WILL FIND IT POSSIBLE TO UTILISE THIS BEQUEST FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AND CULTIVATING THE ARTS. THIS COULD, I AM SATISFIED, BEST BE DONE BY ESTABLISHING A THEATRE IN CAPE TOWN IN WHICH PLAYS, OPERAS, BALLETS, CONCERTS AND OTHER FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT CAN BE GIVEN. I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY IS THE BODY BEST FITTED TO UNDERTAKE THIS WORK. IT IS, AND SHOULD BE THE CENTRE AND GUIDE OF THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE AND ACTIVITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND MY DESIRE IS THAT ITS INFLUENCE SHOULD BE PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED AND EXTENDED. EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF W. DUNCAN BAXTER, WHOSE GIFT MADE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE See also UPWiki Books that reference Baxter Theatre Muwanga, Christina. 1998. South Africa : a guide to recent architecture. London : Köln: Ellipsis : Könemann. pg 80-83 Papanicolaou, Stella, Lahabe, Valerie & Rawoot, Maashitoh . 2021. Modern Architectures : Cape Town. Cape Town: MAGS. pg 33