Lerina Erasmus

Lerina Erasmus. (19*-) Writer and actress.

Biography
Lerina was born in Namibia and has lived in Johannesburg for most of her life. She is married to Gunther Schmikal.

Training
She studied drama at the University of Pretoria.

Career
She worked for several of the Performing Arts Councils.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Her stage work includes classic plays such as Elektra, Antigone and Medea.

For CAPAB Kom Spook By My, Moenie Praat Nie (1968).

For PACOFS Afrikaners is Plesierig, In Kamera, The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife (1971), Under Milk Wood, Die Blindes (1973).

For PACT Dubbelspel met die Dood (1974). Mirakel (1992).

Her film and TV work as actress includes roles in the film Dit was aand en dit was môre (Franz Marx, 1978), and such TV series as Willem, Dokter-Dokter and Drama-Drama.

After the birth of her son, she began to focus on her writing, prioducing a range of radio series, such as Die Mannheim Sage, Hartjie my Liefie, Noodlotskoppelmaai, Solitaire and Vriendinne. Because of the success of Die Mannheim Sage, she was asked to rework it for TV for the 1986 Johannesburg centerary celebrations. This was followed by Moordspeletjies and the storylines of Glaskastele. She has also published her scripts in novelised form (2006-2007).

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Wikipedia.

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