Bertha Egnos - Revision history

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 Plays/scripts she compiled, wrote and produced include:
-''[[Swing]]'' 1941 (at the [[Empire Theatre]] Johannesburg in 1941),
+''[[Swing 1941]]'' (at the [[Empire Theatre]] Johannesburg in 1941),
 ''[[Bo Jungle]]'' (with music by [[George Hayden]]), produced in association with [[African Theatres]] at the [[Empire Theatre]], 1959),

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 ''[[Dingaka]]'' was filmed by [[Jamie Uys]] in 1964, starring [[Ken Gampu]]. The stage version of ''[[Ipi Ntombi]]'' went on to become an international legend – praised by many, performed all over the world in one way or the other by multiple companies, and vilified by others for its blatant exploitation of its cast and the cultural heritage it represented.
-She composed the score for [[Percy Baneshik]]’s ''[[Eureka]]'', which opened at the [[Civic Theatre]] in March 1967. [[Anthony Farmer]] directed this musical which starred [[Lawrence Folley]] and [[Pat Lancaster]]. She composed the music for, wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi]]'' which opened at the [[Brooke Theatre]] on 25 March 1974 after a run in Perth. Her daughter [[Gail Lakier]] wrote the lyrics. Together with Gail Lakier she created ''[[Lulu Wena]]'' which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977. She wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi II - the ''NOW Generation]]'' was launched at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1989.
+She composed the score for [[Percy Baneshik]]’s ''[[Eureka]]'', which opened at the [[Civic Theatre]] in March 1967. [[Anthony Farmer]] directed this musical which starred [[Lawrence Folley]] and [[Pat Lancaster]]. She composed the music for, wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi]]'' which opened at the [[Brooke Theatre]] on 25 March 1974 after a run in Perth. Her daughter [[Gail Lakier]] wrote the lyrics. Together with Gail Lakier she created ''[[Lulu Wena]]'' which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977. She wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi II - the NOW Generation]]'' was launched at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1989.
 (For details on the individual plays, see the respective entries by clicking on the title.)

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 ''[[Dingaka]]'' was filmed by [[Jamie Uys]] in 1964, starring [[Ken Gampu]]. The stage version of ''[[Ipi Ntombi]]'' went on to become an international legend – praised by many, performed all over the world in one way or the other by multiple companies, and vilified by others for its blatant exploitation of its cast and the cultural heritage it represented.
-She composed the score for [[Percy Baneshik]]’s ''[[Eureka]]'', which opened at the [[Civic Theatre]] in March 1967. [[Anthony Farmer]] directed this musical which starred [[Lawrence Folley]] and [[Pat Lancaster]]. She composed the music for, wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi]]'' which opened at the [[Brooke Theatre]] on 25 March 1974 after a run in Perth. Her daughter [[Gail Lakier]] wrote the lyrics. Together with Gail Lakier she created ''[[Lulu Wena]]'' which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977. She wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi II]]'', the ''[[NOW Generation]]'' was launched at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1989.
+She composed the score for [[Percy Baneshik]]’s ''[[Eureka]]'', which opened at the [[Civic Theatre]] in March 1967. [[Anthony Farmer]] directed this musical which starred [[Lawrence Folley]] and [[Pat Lancaster]]. She composed the music for, wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi]]'' which opened at the [[Brooke Theatre]] on 25 March 1974 after a run in Perth. Her daughter [[Gail Lakier]] wrote the lyrics. Together with Gail Lakier she created ''[[Lulu Wena]]'' which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977. She wrote and directed ''[[Ipi-Tombi II - the ''NOW Generation]]'' was launched at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1989.
 (For details on the individual plays, see the respective entries by clicking on the title.)

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 ''[[Ipi Ntombi]]''(also spelled  ''[[Ipi Thombi]]'' or ''[[Ipi Nthombi]]'' - and created with her daughter the lyricist [[Gail Lakier]], 1974).
-''[[Lulu Wena]]'' (with [[with Gail Lakier]], the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977).
+''[[Lulu Wena]]'' (with [[Gail Lakier]], the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977).
 ''[[Ipi Tombi II - The Now Generation]]''  (1989).

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 ''[[Lulu Wena]]'' (with [[with Gail Lakier]], the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977).
-''[[Ipi Tombi II - The Now Generation]]''  (1984).
+''[[Ipi Tombi II - The Now Generation]]''  (1989).
 ''[[Dingaka]]'' was filmed by [[Jamie Uys]] in 1964, starring [[Ken Gampu]]. The stage version of ''[[Ipi Ntombi]]'' went on to become an international legend – praised by many, performed all over the world in one way or the other by multiple companies, and vilified by others for its blatant exploitation of its cast and the cultural heritage it represented.

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 ''[[Eureka]]'' (with a text by [[Percy Baneshik]], performed 1967-8),
-''[[Ipi Ntombi]]''(also spelled  ''[[Ipi Thombi]]'' or ''[Ipi Nthombi]]'' - and created with her daughter the lyricist [[Gail Lakier]], 1974).
+''[[Ipi Ntombi]]''(also spelled  ''[[Ipi Thombi]]'' or ''[[Ipi Nthombi]]'' - and created with her daughter the lyricist [[Gail Lakier]], 1974).
 ''[[Lulu Wena]]'' (with [[with Gail Lakier]], the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1977).

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 In the 1950s and 1960s she was a regular performer at the [[Dorkay House]] venue in downtown Johannesburg
-She married [[Frank Lakier]], the owner of the [[Odin Cinema]] in [[Sophiatown]],  in 1938. They had two daughters, the lyricist [[Gail Lakier]] and Lucille Lakier. She subsequently married [[Phil Godfrey]] and they were married until her passing in 2003.
+She married [[Frank Lakier]], the owner of the [[Odin Cinema]] in [[Sophiatown]],  in 1938. They had two daughters, the lyricist [[Gail Lakier]] and [[Lucille Lakier]]. She subsequently married [[Phil Godfrey]] and they were married until her passing in 2003.
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 ''[[Dingaka (the musical)]]'' (written with [[Eddie Domingo]], the [[Brooke Theatre]], 1961),
-''[[Dingaka (the film)]]'' (script written with filmed by [[Jamie Uys]], 1964)
+''[[Dingaka (the film)]]'' (script written with [[Eddie Domingo]] and [[Basil Gray]], filmed by [[Jamie Uys]], 1964)
 ''[[Eureka]]'' (with a text by [[Percy Baneshik]], performed 1967-8),