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[[Mary W. Waters]] (18**-19**). A missionary in South Africa, playwright. | [[Mary W. Waters]] (18**-19**). A missionary in South Africa, playwright. | ||
| − | ''Also known simply as '''[[Mary Waters]]''''' | + | ''Also known as '''[[M.W. Waters]]''' or simply as '''[[Mary Waters]]''''' |
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Mary W. Waters (18**-19**). A missionary in South Africa, playwright.
Also known as M.W. Waters or simply as Mary Waters
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Biography
Born Mary Waterton Waters
Also found as M.W. Waters.
Biography
Considered a fierce, eccentric and formidable woman, with a strong interest in the history of the region, she was the founding principal of the first junior secondary school in the Albany Road area, a facility created by Rhodes University Education Department as Rhodes Practicing School and intended to provide workplace experience for both lecturers and students. It became a high school in 1963 and was later named Mary Waters High School in her honour.
Besides poetry and drama, she also wrote a number of books for school use, such as the series Stories from History for Bantu Children (used for Standards I & II; III & IV; V & VI), published by Juta in the 1940s.
Contribution to South African theatre
Her plays include Nonqause
Sources
Peter Kallaway. 2018. History in popular literature and textbooks for Xhosa schools, 1850-1950s. In: Yesterday and Today No 20[1]
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote a number of Xhosa plays, notably uNongqause, which was to be the second play put on by the Bantu Dramatic Society in 1933/4(??) (Published by Lovedale Press in 1924), . **
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