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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
As a manager he was a 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 became the secretary of the amateur company [[Vlyt en Kunst]] in about 1833/34. He sold the tickets at his offices for performances, e.g. for a presentation of ''[[A Fatasmagorie]]'' ([[M. Decanis]]).  
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As a manager 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"). On occasion he also sold the tickets at his offices for performances, e.g. for a presentation of ''[[A Fatasmagorie]]'' ([[M. Decanis]]).  
  
 
As an performer his roles under the various names include:  
 
As an performer his roles under the various names include:  
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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;  
 
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;  
  
As [[J.J. de Kock]]: Performed "certain amusements" undertaken as part of an evening's entertainment, following on a presentation of ''[[A Fatasmagorie]]'' by [[M. Decanis]] of the "theatre Royal, Paris", on 7 March, 1837 in Cape Town.  
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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 Fatasmagorie]]'' by [[M. Decanis]] of the "theatre Royal, Paris", on 7 March, 1837 in Cape Town.
 
 
  
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He also directed the occasional play for [[Vlyt en Kunst]], including ''[[Montoni]]'' (Duval) on 9 September, 1838.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 09:14, 2 April 2015

(18**-18**) Songwriter, amateur dancer and actor, administrator and businessman.

Biography

Born in Cape Town, 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 Bosman suggests, or are possibly only relations.

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

As a manager 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"). On occasion he also sold the tickets at his offices for performances, e.g. for a presentation of A Fatasmagorie (M. Decanis).

As an performer his roles under the various names include:

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), C.E. Boniface's translation of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Molière).

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;

As J.J. de Kock: Performed "certain amusements" undertaken as part of an evening's entertainment, following on a presentation of A Fatasmagorie by M. Decanis of the "theatre Royal, Paris", on 7 March, 1837 in Cape Town.

He also directed the occasional play for Vlyt en Kunst, including Montoni (Duval) on 9 September, 1838.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 231, 282, 322. 328, 330, 335-342, 372-3, 383-7, 495.

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