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| − | [[Kaatje Kekkelbek]] (or [[Caatje Kekelbek]]) ("Kaatje or Little Katherine Chatterbox") is an iconic and stereotypical South African so-called "coloured" stage character, first appearing in the [[George Rex]] and [[Andrew Geddes Bain]] sketch ''[[Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots]]''(Grahamstown, 1838-44?). | + | [[Kaatje Kekkelbek]] (or [[Caatje Kekelbek]]) ("Kaatje or 'Little Katherine' Chatterbox") is an iconic and stereotypical South African so-called "coloured" stage character, first appearing in the [[George Rex]] and [[Andrew Geddes Bain]] sketch ''[[Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots]]''(Grahamstown, 1838-44?). |
The name has become synonymous with the loquacious and forward "(Cape) coloured" house-hold maid. Under different guises this character was to appear in a variety of plays in English, [[Dutch]] and [[Afrikaans]] over the years, including plays by [[Stephen Black]], [[Guy Butler]] and [[André P. Brink]]. | The name has become synonymous with the loquacious and forward "(Cape) coloured" house-hold maid. Under different guises this character was to appear in a variety of plays in English, [[Dutch]] and [[Afrikaans]] over the years, including plays by [[Stephen Black]], [[Guy Butler]] and [[André P. Brink]]. | ||
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Kaatje Kekkelbek (or Caatje Kekelbek) ("Kaatje or 'Little Katherine' Chatterbox") is an iconic and stereotypical South African so-called "coloured" stage character, first appearing in the George Rex and Andrew Geddes Bain sketch Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots(Grahamstown, 1838-44?).
The name has become synonymous with the loquacious and forward "(Cape) coloured" house-hold maid. Under different guises this character was to appear in a variety of plays in English, Dutch and Afrikaans over the years, including plays by Stephen Black, Guy Butler and André P. Brink.
See Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots
Sources
http://www.thegreatkaroo.com/page/andrew_geddes_bain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Geddes_Bain
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 389, 413, 389, 496, 506-7, 541-543
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica
Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce: pp. 41-44
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