Lieske Bester
Lieske Bester (?-2017) was a Cape Town based actress, director, writer and critic,
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Biography
A longtime member of Soroptimist International (SI)
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Journalist and reviewer for the Cape Times.
She ran the Imps Drama Workshop.
Acted and directed at the Masque Theatre for the Imps Drama Workshop.
She directed The Bluebird of Happiness (1977).
She directed The Genesis Roadshow (1985) presented in the MOTH Hall, Bergvliet by Imps Drama Workshop.
She devised and directed Is Anybody There? and Can You Hear Us? (1983), A Little Magic ((with Cecile Cornell, 1985) and Tall Tales (1986), presented in the MOTH Hall, Bergvliet by Imps Drama Workshop.
She devised and directed Hopetown (with Graham Boxall, 1981).
Sources
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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