Helen Robinson

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Dr Helen Robinson is a Cape Town historian and author.

Her books include about the area around the east side of Table Mountain include: Beyond the City Limits – People and Property at Wynberg (her PhD thesis); Wynberg – a Special Place; The Villages of the Liesbeeck and Shakespeare at Maynardville (2005).

Also wrote The Trovato Link, a novel.


Contribution to SA theatre

Her book Shakespeare at Maynardville (2005) provides a history of the famous Maynardville Open-air Theatre in Cape Town. She also wrote an article on the contribution to theatre in Cape Town by René Ahrenson and Cecilia Sonnenberg, published in 2006.

Sources

http://wynbergid.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Helen-Robinson.pdf

Robinson, Helen, 2005.

Robinson, H., 2006.

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