Thespis

The name is found BOTH as the name of a theatre and debating society in Paarl and as the pseudonym for a Cape Town theatre critic

= Thespis: the theatre and debating society =

The first Dutch language "Rederijkerskamer" or theatre and debating society in South Africa, established in the Paarl. Mentioned for the first time in a poem by J. Suasso de Lima entitled "De Paarl en 'Thespis' Rederijkers", dated 6 July 1858.

[TH, JH]