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'''Ruth Peffers''' (18**-19*) Actress, director, speech teacher and head of Speech and Drama at the College of Music, [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|University of Cape Town]] , in the 1930s and 1940s.  
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[[Ruth Peffers]] (18**-19*). Actress, director, speech teacher and head of Speech and Drama at the College of Music, [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|University of Cape Town]] , in the 1930s and 1940s.  
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
As actress she appeared in Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931), ''[[Old Maid]]'' (1939).  **  
 
As actress she appeared in Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931), ''[[Old Maid]]'' (1939).  **  
  
As director she did ''[[Hippolytus]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931),  Maeterlinck's ''[[Sister Beatrice]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1933); ''[[The Pleasure Garden]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1945);
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As director she did ''[[Hippolytus]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931),  Maeterlinck's ''[[Sister Beatrice]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1933); ''[[The Pleasure Garden]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1945); ''[[The Tidings Brought to Mary]]''; ''[[Family Portrait]]''; ''[[The Cradle Song]]''; ''[[Marriage à la Mode]]''.
 
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.119.  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.119.  
  
[[Ludwig Binge|Binge]], 1969.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Beu-Blo|Binge]], 1969.
  
 
''[[South African Opinion]]'', 2(2):21, 1945.  
 
''[[South African Opinion]]'', 2(2):21, 1945.  

Latest revision as of 11:07, 11 August 2019

Ruth Peffers (18**-19*). Actress, director, speech teacher and head of Speech and Drama at the College of Music, University of Cape Town , in the 1930s and 1940s.

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

As actress she appeared in Chekhov's The Seagull (Little Theatre, 1931), Old Maid (1939). **

As director she did Hippolytus (Little Theatre, 1931), Maeterlinck's Sister Beatrice (Little Theatre, 1933); The Pleasure Garden (Little Theatre, 1945); The Tidings Brought to Mary; Family Portrait; The Cradle Song; Marriage à la Mode. [FdV; MT]

Sources

Inskip, 1972. p.119.

Binge, 1969.

South African Opinion, 2(2):21, 1945.


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