Brown and the Brahmins
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Brown and the Brahmins is a burlesque by Reece
An Ashantee Dance and Chorus presented by "a band of coloured boys picked from the the streets of Cape Town" under the leadership of Mr Elton, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck in July 1875. The novelty of seeing coloured folk on the stage for the first time combined with their "extrvagant contortions of body and limb and grotesque action" apparently set audiences in a furore, though the idea was well received by The Argus on July 27.
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