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| − | (1801-1872?) Songwriter, amateur dancer and actor, administrator and businessman (in 1846 listed in the Almanac as a "general agent and sworn translator" - Bosman, 1928: p. 495).
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | Born in Cape Town, he became a local businessman (in 1846 listed in the Almanac as a "general agent and sworn translator" - Bosman, 1928: p. 495).
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| − | He is one of a number of persons named '''De Kock''' active in theatre between 1825 and 1837. However, besides the individuals listed as [[A. de Kock]] and [[K. de Kock]], it is unclear whether the individuals referred to variously as [[Johannes Jakobus de Kock]], [[J.J. de Kock]], [[J. de Kock]] or [[J. de Kock C. zoon]] by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 231) are all the same person, as [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] suggests, or are possibly only relations.
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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| − | '''As a manager'''
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| − | He was a strong supporter of [[C.E. Boniface]] in the 1830s, was most probably a member of the amateur society [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] in Cape Town, and definitely named as the secretary of the amateur company [[Vlyt en Kunst]] in the period 1834 till 1838 (sometimes credited as [[J.J. de Kock]], sometimes as [[J. de Kock]] or as "J.J. de Kock Cz"). By 1837/8 he seemed to be in control of the company, or a segment of it. On occasion he also sold the tickets at his offices at 20 Wale Street for performances, e.g. for a presentation of ''[[A Fantasmagorie]]'' ([[M. Decanis]]).
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| − | On 10 September 1836 [[Vlyt en Kunst]] did a production of ''[[Montoni, of Het kasteel van Udolpho]]'' (Duval/Radcliffe, tr Bruggemans) followed by ''[[Nog Net Zoo|Nognetzoo]]'' ([[Charles Etienne Boniface|Boniface]]), as a benefit performance for De Kock, to cover the costs incurred in a court case he had lost against [[J. Suasso de Lima]] - the sworn enemy of his mentor and colleague Boniface. A few years later, in he himself became the butt of Boniface's ire and satire in the play ''[[Kockincoz, or The Pettifogging Lawyer's Plot]]''.
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| − | '''As an performer'''
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| − | He played many roles under the various names, including:
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| − | As [[J. de Kock]]: Performed for the [[Dutch]] amateur company [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]], listed as one of the "snydersjongens" and a "Dansende Turk" in ''[[De Burger Edelman]]'' (1825), [[Charles Etienne Boniface|C.E. Boniface]]'s translation of ''[[Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]]'' (Molière).
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| − | As [[J. de Kock, C. zoon]]: Played "Leonora" in ''[[Clasius, of Het Proces om een Komedielootjie]]'' , performed by [[Vlyt en Kunst]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 19 July 1834;
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| − | As [[J.J. de Kock]]: Performed "certain amusements" undertaken as part of an evening's entertainment, following on a presentation of a ''[[Fantasmagorie]]'' by [[M. Decanis]] billed as being "from the Theatre Royal, Paris", on 7 March, 1837 in Cape Town.
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| − | '''As director:'''
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| − | He also directed the occasional play for [[Vlyt en Kunst]], including ''[[Montoni, of Het kasteel van Udolpho]]'' (Duval/Radcliffe, tr Bruggemans) in the [[Liefhebbery Toneel]] on 9 September, 1838.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 231, 282, 322. 328, 330, 335-342, 372-3, 383-7, 495.
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