Olive Schreiner
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Olive Schreiner (1855–1920) [1] was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her highly acclaimed 1883 novel The Story of an African Farm [2].
André Brink adapted her novel into a play under the same title, The Story of an African Farm.
A number of plays and films have been made about Schreiner's own life and works, these include:
Schreiner: A One Woman Play by Stephen Gray (1983) Also billed simply as Schreiner in some cases.
The Heaven Hunter by Gay Morris (1991)
Sources
The production text of The Heaven Hunter by Gay Morris (1991)
Wikipedia [3].
Tucker, 1997.
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