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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
A member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters". He is also credited as the co-creator of the [[Ethiopian skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
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A member of the "original" [[Christy Minstrels]] that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in [[blackface]], "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in [[Ethiopian]] skits. He is also credited as the co-creator of the [[Ethiopian skit]] ''[[Nervous Cures]]''[].
  
 
The company's succefull appearances had a huge impact on popular entertainment in Cape Town and the country during the 19th century.
 
The company's succefull appearances had a huge impact on popular entertainment in Cape Town and the country during the 19th century.

Revision as of 06:34, 8 January 2019

Joe Brown (fl 1860s) was an American singer, dancer and actor.

Biography

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

A member of the "original" Christy Minstrels that visited South Africa in 1862. He was apparently an accomplished actor and one of two members who performed in blackface, "delineating a nigger characters" or performing in Ethiopian skits. He is also credited as the co-creator of the Ethiopian skit Nervous Cures[].

The company's succefull appearances had a huge impact on popular entertainment in Cape Town and the country during the 19th century.

Sources

Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May, 1863[1]

The Australian Circus History Society Website[2]

W.J. Mahar. 1999. Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture. Volume 442 of Music in American life. University of Illinois Press, 1999

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 139-140.

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