Mr Beck

Mr Beck (18**-18**) was a Cape Town resident and possibly a music teacher.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He was a musical director for the company Tot Nut en Vermaak in Cape Town in the 1830s. Praised for the quality of his work by a correspondent in the De Zuid-Afrikaan of 23 August, 1833 (who referred to him as "De Heer Beck" , i.e. "the gentleman Beck").

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.246.

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