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(Sanni ?)  (18**-19**) Author and playwright. A great-granddaughter of [[George Rex]]. Her great-uncle was thus [[Frank Rex]] who the family claim wrote [[Kaatje Kekkelbek]], and her uncle was [[Frank Muller Rex]], editor of the Oudshoorn Courant, who was also involved with the first performance of [[C.J. Langenhoven]]'s ''[[Die Hoop van Suid-Afrika]]''.  
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(Sometimes wrongly written [[Sannie Metelerkamp]])  (1867-1945) Author and playwright.  
  
She wrote a biography of the pretender, and a play ''[[In die Dae van Van Riebeeck]]'' ("In the days of Van Riebeeck" - 1932), with which she was Joint winner (with [[J.W.S. Schumann]]) of the inaugural [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] ([[KMDOS]]) Playwrighting competition in 1932. Apparently she had written it originally in English, then translated it.  
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Born in Knysna, a great-granddaughter of [[George Rex]]. Her great-uncle was thus [[Frank Rex]] whom the family claim wrote ''[[Kaatje Kekkelbek]]'', and her uncle was [[Frank Muller Rex]], editor of the ''[[Oudshoorn Courant]]'', who was also involved with the first performance of [[C.J. Langenhoven]]'s ''[[Die Hoop van Suid-Afrika]]''.  
  
  
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== Contribution to South African theatre and performance ==
  
  
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She wrote a play ''[[In die Dae van Van Riebeeck]]'' ("In the days of Van Riebeeck" - 1932), with which she was Joint winner (with [[J.W.S. Schumann]]) of the inaugural [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] ([[KMDOS]]) Playwrighting competition in 1932. Apparently she had written it originally in English, then translated it, which caused some controversy.
  
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== Her other writing ==
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She wrote mostly in English, and her two most quoted books are ''George Rex of Knysna: The Authentic Story'' (Howard Timmins, 1970s)  and ''Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales''.
  
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[TH, JH]
  
George Rex of Knysna: The Authentic Story by Sanni Metelerkamp, written by one of his descendants is the story of Knysa's founder.
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== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
  
Book Title:
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Du Toit,  1988,
  
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Binge, 1969
  
George Rex of Knysna. The Authentic Story
 
 
Author:
 
 
 
Metelerkamp, Sanni
 
 
Introduction by:
 
 
 
J. Rex Metelerkamp
 
 
Publisher:
 
 
 
Howard Timmins
 
== Sources ==
 
(See Du Toit,  1988, Binge, 1969) [TH, JH]
 
  
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Revision as of 05:29, 4 July 2014

(Sometimes wrongly written Sannie Metelerkamp) (1867-1945) Author and playwright.

Born in Knysna, a great-granddaughter of George Rex. Her great-uncle was thus Frank Rex whom the family claim wrote Kaatje Kekkelbek, and her uncle was Frank Muller Rex, editor of the Oudshoorn Courant, who was also involved with the first performance of C.J. Langenhoven's Die Hoop van Suid-Afrika.


Contribution to South African theatre and performance

She wrote a play In die Dae van Van Riebeeck ("In the days of Van Riebeeck" - 1932), with which she was Joint winner (with J.W.S. Schumann) of the inaugural Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society (KMDOS) Playwrighting competition in 1932. Apparently she had written it originally in English, then translated it, which caused some controversy.

Her other writing

She wrote mostly in English, and her two most quoted books are George Rex of Knysna: The Authentic Story (Howard Timmins, 1970s) and Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales.

[TH, JH]

Sources

Du Toit, 1988,

Binge, 1969


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