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An indication of local authorship

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An indication of local authorship

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There have been numerous occasions where a local play was written for performance and the author was unnamed, though the point that they were local was made.

Among the many ways of indicating this have been phrases like ''[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]'',

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−	~~Many plays are written by authors who, for various reasons, prefer to hide their identity. A number of techniques are employed in such cases, e.g. the use of a~~ [[~~pseudonym~~]] ~~or [[nom de plume]], the omission of a name altogether, or the use of a phrase to indicate something like local authorship.~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Anonymity]]
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−	Similarly of course, performers and other theatre and film practitioners have for centuries employed [[stage name]]s to hide their identities or to make them sound more acceptable, mysterious, artistic, etc.
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−	~~Besides omitting to mention an author altogether or using a [[pseudonym]], a number general phrases have been used over time to identify as a local personality.~~
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−	~~In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (1870),~~
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−	~~Return to [[The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries]]~~
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 Besides omitting to mention an author altogether or using a [[pseudonym]], a number general phrases have been used over time to identify as a local personality.
 In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (1870),
 =Stage names=

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−	Similarly of course, performers and other theatre and film practitioners have for centuries employed stage ~~names~~ to hide their identities or to make them sound more acceptable, mysterious, artistic, etc.	+	Similarly of course, performers and other theatre and film practitioners have for centuries employed [[stage name]]s to hide their identities or to make them sound more acceptable, mysterious, artistic, etc.

	=Pseudonyms=		=Pseudonyms=

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 Many plays are written by authors who, for various reasons, prefer to hide their identity. A number of techniques are employed in such cases, e.g. the use of a [[pseudonym]] or [[nom de plume]], the omission of a name altogether, or the use of a phrase to indicate something like local authorship.
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 In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (1870),

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−	Many plays are written by authors who, for various reasons, prefer to hide their identity. A number of techniques are employed in such cases, e.g. the use of a pseudonym or nom de plume, the omission of a name altogether or the use of a phrase to indicate local authorship.	+	Many plays are written by authors who, for various reasons, prefer to hide their identity. A number of techniques are employed in such cases, e.g. the use of a [[pseudonym]] or [[nom de plume]], the omission of a name altogether, or the use of a phrase to indicate something like local authorship.

	=Pseudonyms=		=Pseudonyms=

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	Besides omitting to mention an author altogether or using a [[pseudonym]], a number general phrases have been used over time to identify as a local personality.		Besides omitting to mention an author altogether or using a [[pseudonym]], a number general phrases have been used over time to identify as a local personality.

−	In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (),	+	In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (1870),

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−	~~There have been numerous occasions where a local play was~~ written for ~~performance and~~ the ~~author was unnamed~~, ~~though~~ the ~~point that they were~~ local ~~was made~~.	+	Many plays are written by authors who, for various reasons, prefer to hide their identity. A number of techniques are employed in such cases, e.g. the use of a pseudonym or nom de plume, the omission of a name altogether or the use of a phrase to indicate local authorship.

−	~~Among the many ways~~ of ~~indicating this~~ have been ~~phrases like ''~~[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]'',	+	=Pseudonyms=
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		+	=An indication of local authorship=
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		+	Besides omitting to mention an author altogether or using a [[pseudonym]], a number general phrases have been used over time to identify as a local personality.
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		+	In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (),
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[South African Theatre/Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[South African Film /Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
		+
		+	Return to [[South African Media/Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[Main Page]]
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