Cobie Court
Cobie Court. (19*-) Actress, director and producer.
Stage name of Jacoba Punt.
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Biography
Jacoba (or Cobie as she was known) was born in Pretoria, daughter of Jacob Punt and Cecile Henriette Ruwers.
Training
She was a former pupil of American-born dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As an actress, she worked with Stephen Black, playing Helena in Helena's Hope, Ltd.
Inspired Pretoria Theatre for Children, 1958 in the Baker Memorial Hall. She produced the first production, Beauty is Fled by Paul Vincent Carroll on 16/17 October 1959 by pupils of the Hatfield Primary School.
Sources
Stephen Gray (ed.). 1984. Stephen Black Three Plays. AD. Donker.
Willem J. Punt. 'My vader: Willem Henry Jacobus Punt' in Pretoriana, No. 111, 1998.
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