Thespis
The name is found BOTH as the name of a theatre and debating society in Paarl and as the pseudonym for a Cape Town theatre critic
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Thespis: the theatre and debating society
The first Dutch language "Rederijkerskamer" or theatre and debating society in South Africa, established in the Paarl. Mentioned for the first time in a poem by J. Suasso de Lima entitled "De Paarl en 'Thespis' Rederijkers", dated 6 July 1858.
[TH, JH]
Sources
Fletcher, 199*;
Du Toit, 1988
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: pp.
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Thespis: The theatre critic
"Thespis" was the pseudonym of a theatre critic who wrote for the ** between 18** and 18**
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 402-3;
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