Difference between revisions of "Andrew Geddes Bain"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | (1796-1864): Scottish born South African road-builder, geologist, explorer, author, artist and dramatist. He designed a variety of famous passes in the Cape and his drawings of flara and fauna are valuable Africana. He lived in Grahamstown and became involved with amateur theatre there through his "habit of dashing off doggerel rhymes" and his friendship with [[George Rex]] and his fourth son [[Frederick Rex]]. It is generally assumed that he and George wrote a sketch in verse and prose called ''[[Kaatje Kekkelbek or Life Among the Hottentots]]'', the first publically performed piece of dramatic writing in Afrikaans (Grahamstown 25 October 1838). However Binge (1969) argues that is was George's son, [[Frederick Rex]], who was the co-author of the piece. | + | (1796-1864): Scottish born South African road-builder, geologist, explorer, author, artist and dramatist. He designed a variety of famous passes in the Cape and his drawings of flara and fauna are valuable Africana. He lived in Grahamstown and became involved with amateur theatre there through his "habit of dashing off doggerel rhymes" and his friendship with [[George Rex]] and his fourth son [[Frederick Rex]]. It is generally assumed that he and George wrote a sketch in verse and prose called ''[[Kaatje Kekkelbek or Life Among the Hottentots]]'', believed to be the first publically performed piece of dramatic writing in [[Afrikaans]] (Grahamstown 25 October 1838). However [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969) argues that is was in fact George's son, [[Frederick Rex]], who was the co-author of the piece. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 24 October 2013
(1796-1864): Scottish born South African road-builder, geologist, explorer, author, artist and dramatist. He designed a variety of famous passes in the Cape and his drawings of flara and fauna are valuable Africana. He lived in Grahamstown and became involved with amateur theatre there through his "habit of dashing off doggerel rhymes" and his friendship with George Rex and his fourth son Frederick Rex. It is generally assumed that he and George wrote a sketch in verse and prose called Kaatje Kekkelbek or Life Among the Hottentots, believed to be the first publically performed piece of dramatic writing in Afrikaans (Grahamstown 25 October 1838). However Ludwig Binge (1969) argues that is was in fact George's son, Frederick Rex, who was the co-author of the piece.
Sources
See: Binge 1969; Bosman 1928; Bosman, 1981; Fletcher, 1994; De Beer,1995
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities B
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
