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-[[J.C. Combrink]] (1838-1920) was a prominent businessman, director amateur actor, ballet master and leading figure in [[Dutch]] and English theatre in Cape Town during the second half of the 19th century. Also referred to as [[J. Combrink]], [[Johan C. Combrink]], [[Jno Combrink]] or [[Johan Combrink]] in some sources. ([[P.J. du Toit|Du Toit]], 1988 even has him as [[C.J. Combrink]])
+[[J.C. Combrink]] (1838-1920) was a prominent businessman, director amateur actor, ballet master and leading figure in [[Dutch]] and English theatre in Cape Town during the second half of the 19th century.
 A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink|Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning ,  and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home  at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.
-His daughter, [[Barbara Combrink]], is also mentioned as an occasional actress for some of the productions done by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]].
+His daughter, [[Barbara Combrink]], is also mentioned as an occasional actress for some of the productions done by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]]. The [[A. Combrink]] mentioned as a performer at the time, may also have been a relative.
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	A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink\|Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning , and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.		A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink\|Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning , and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.
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		+	His daughter, [[Barbara Combrink]], is also mentioned as an occasional actress for some of the productions done by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]].

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 [[Ludwig Binge]], 1969: pp. 9, 11
-[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
+[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 57, 253, 442, 463, 492, 511

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-[[J.C. Combrink]] (1838-1920) was a prominent businessman, director amateur actor, ballet master and leading figure in [[Dutch]] and English theatre in Cape Town during the second half of the 19th century. Also referred to as [[J. Combrink]], [[Jno Combrink]] or [[Johan Combrink]] in some sources. ([[P.J. du Toit|Du Toit]], 1988 even has him as [[C.J. Combrink]])
+[[J.C. Combrink]] (1838-1920) was a prominent businessman, director amateur actor, ballet master and leading figure in [[Dutch]] and English theatre in Cape Town during the second half of the 19th century. Also referred to as [[J. Combrink]], [[Johan C. Combrink]], [[Jno Combrink]] or [[Johan Combrink]] in some sources. ([[P.J. du Toit|Du Toit]], 1988 even has him as [[C.J. Combrink]])
-A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning ,  and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home  at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.
+A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink|Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning ,  and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home  at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.
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−	[[J.C. Combrink]] (1838-1920) was a prominent businessman, director amateur actor, ballet master and leading figure in [[Dutch]] and English theatre in Cape Town during the second half of the 19th century. Also referred to as [[J. Combrink]], [[Jno Combrink]] or [[Johan Combrink]] in some sources. ([[P.J. du Toit\|Du Toit]], 1988 even has it as [[C.J. Combrink]])	+	[[J.C. Combrink]] (1838-1920) was a prominent businessman, director amateur actor, ballet master and leading figure in [[Dutch]] and English theatre in Cape Town during the second half of the 19th century. Also referred to as [[J. Combrink]], [[Jno Combrink]] or [[Johan Combrink]] in some sources. ([[P.J. du Toit\|Du Toit]], 1988 even has him as [[C.J. Combrink]])

	A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning , and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.		A remarkable man in many ways, [[J.C. Combrink]] was a successful printer and compositor by trade, but also renowned for his swimming exploits and courage (as life-saver for instance - he apparently prevented a number of people from drowning , and saved at least one person from a burning home). He made his home at Oudekraal on the Atlantic coast in the 1870s, probably setting up as a dairy farmer. He had a road built from Camps Bay to his home, where set up a resting station for individuals ''en route'' to Hout Bay. He would later become known as "the father of Camps Bay" for his various contributions to the community.

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 As manager he took the members of [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] to Stellenbosch for performances in 1868, and on a tour of the Western Cape in 1869 and in 1970 on a "Trip naar de Binnelanden" ("trip to the interior"). In this case he and eight other members travelled by ox-wagon,  with a collapsible stage and a backdrop of the steam ship ''Great Eastern'' anchored in the new Duncan Docks (painted by [[C.J.M. Smith]]) and a repertoire of unnamed plays. Their final destination was the diamond fields at Kimberley.
-His theatrical career and that of [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] apparently ended with another  production of ''[[Het Geheim]]'' and ''[[De St Nicolaas Avond]]'' in the Opera House, Cape Town on Tuesday 7 July 1896, after which he became quiet for the duration of the Boer War. However [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980: pp. 50) does refer to a "few productions", among others citing a rather scathing review by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923:434), of what he saw as a sadly dated production of ''[[Het Geheim]]'' by a [[J. Combrink]] and [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in 1910. This was also apparently the last production to take place in the [[Good Hope Theatre]].
+His theatrical career and that of [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] apparently ended with another  production of ''[[Het Geheim]]'' and ''[[De Sint Nicolaas Avond, of Het Bezoek door den Schoorsteen]]'' (Kup) in the Opera House, Cape Town on Tuesday 7 July 1896, after which he became quiet for the duration of the Boer War. However [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980: pp. 50) does refer to a "few productions", among others citing a rather scathing review by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923:434), of what he saw as a sadly dated production of ''[[Het Geheim]]'' by a [[J. Combrink]] and [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in 1910. This was also apparently the last production to take place in the [[Good Hope Theatre]].
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 He is first mentioned as a performer in 1855, when he must have been about 16-18 years old, when he participated in [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]]'s series of "[[Balaclava Benefit Performances]]" for soldiers participating in the Crimean war. He is later mentioned by [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969, p. 11) as a useful actor for [[Aurora]], playing the lead opposite [[Melt Brink]] in the farce ''[[Niet of Graag]]'' ("Not at all or gladly") 5 September 1867 and repeating the role 3 October 1867 (billed as [[J. Combrink]]). When the Duke of Edinburgh visited Cape Town in this same year, he presented scenes from ''[[King John]]'' (Shakespeare) in honour of the occasion.
-As ballet master and choreographer his name crops up a number of times in performances by [[De Eendracht]], especially with children's performances.  For example on 14 August 1877 a "Kinderballet" ("children's ballet") by [[Jno Combrink]] is listed as alternating with ''[[De Dronkaard, of De Boer Edelman]]'' as afterpiece to ''[[Adelaide van Beijeren]]''; in December of the same year another such performance took place as interlude between ''[[Hariadan Barbarossa|Hariadan Barbarossa, Groot Admiraal Van Soliman II]]'' and ''[[Geveinsde Sotheid door Liefde]]'' (); on 24 July and 7 August another ballet performance accompanied the tragedy ''[[De Wraak eens Vaders]]'' (Van der Stempel) and finally on at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on 5 July 1892 a ballet with 16 children led by [[J. Combrink]].
+As ballet master and choreographer his name crops up a number of times in performances by [[De Eendracht]], especially with children's performances.  For example on 14 August 1877 a "Kinderballet" ("children's ballet") by [[Jno Combrink]] is listed as alternating with ''[[De Dronkaard, of De Boer Edelman]]'' as afterpiece to ''[[Adelaide van Beijeren]]''; in December of the same year another such performance took place as interlude between ''[[Hariadan Barbarossa|Hariadan Barbarossa, Groot Admiraal Van Soliman II]]'' and ''[[Geveinsde Sotheid door Liefde]]'' (); on 24 July and 7 August another ballet performance accompanied the tragedy ''[[De Wraak eens Vaders]]'' (Van der Stempel) and finally at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on 5 July 1892 a ballet was offered with 16 children led by [[J. Combrink]].
 In 1865 he used the concept of benefit performances by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] to raise funds for the Free State burghers who had suffered because of the Free State–Basotho Wars (1858-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State%E2%80%93Basotho_Wars]. Performed for this purpose in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town on 29 August 1865 were ''[[Adelaide van Beyeren]]''  ( Loaisel Tréogate) and ''[[De Dronkaard, of De Boer Edelman]]'' (Von Kotzebue).