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(néé Lancaster). (19**-199*) Long time personal assistant to [[P.P.B.Breytenbach]] and secretary of [[NTO]]. * Born and raised in ** ** During the war years she served as a WREN, returning to Krugersdorp. **. In August 1948 she became the first full-time appointee of the [[National Theatre Organisation]], becoming the secretary to the part time director, [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], at an office in Krugersdorp, moving to Pretoria in June 1950. She remained in this pivotal position till the demise of [[NTO]] in 1962. An incredibly efficient and outspoken woman, she had enormous influence through her special relationship with the director and was not always popular with everyone. After the collapse of [[NTO]] she ran a bottle store Breytenbach had acquired with his teaching pension for a number of years, as well as involving herself in numerous community and arts projects for the Rotary organisation. In 1968 she married [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and continued to work for theatre and Rotary alongside him. In 1971 they were appointed as founding curators of the theatre collection of the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] at the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] , based on their personal documents, the [[NTO]] collection and the [[PACT]] material. She was also the secretary for the [[Niemand Commission]] of inquiry into the Performing Arts in 1977. After her husband's death in 1984, she stayed on in Pretoria.

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−	(néé [[Doris Lancaster]]). (1921?-1993) Long time personal assistant to [[P.P.B.Breytenbach]] and secretary of [[NTO]]. Born and raised in England she emigrated to South Africa in the 1930s. During the war years she served as a WREN, returning to Krugersdorp, where she was involved with amateur theatre. In August 1948 she became the first full-time appointee of the [[National Theatre Organisation]], becoming the secretary to the part time director, [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], at an office in Krugersdorp, moving to Pretoria in June 1950. She remained in this pivotal position till the demise of [[NTO]] in 1962. An incredibly efficient and outspoken woman, she had enormous influence through her special relationship with the director and was not always popular with everyone. After the collapse of [[NTO]] she ran a bottle store Breytenbach had acquired with his teaching pension for a number of years, as well as involving herself in numerous community and arts projects for the Rotary organisation. In 1968 she married [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and continued to work for theatre and Rotary alongside him. In 1971 they were appointed as founding curators of the theatre collection of the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] at the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] , based on their personal documents, the [[NTO]] collection and the [[PACT]] material. She was also the secretary for the [[Niemand Commission]] of inquiry into the Performing Arts in 1977. After her husband's death in 1984, she stayed on in Pretoria.	+	(néé [[Doris Lancaster]]). (1921?-1993) Long time personal assistant to [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and secretary of [[NTO]]. Born and raised in England she emigrated to South Africa in the 1930s. During the war years she served as a WREN, returning to Krugersdorp, where she was involved with amateur theatre. In August 1948 she became the first full-time appointee of the [[National Theatre Organisation]], becoming the secretary to the part time director, [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], at an office in Krugersdorp, moving to Pretoria in June 1950. She remained in this pivotal position till the demise of [[NTO]] in 1962. An incredibly efficient and outspoken woman, she had enormous influence through her special relationship with the director and was not always popular with everyone. After the collapse of [[NTO]] she ran a bottle store Breytenbach had acquired with his teaching pension for a number of years, as well as involving herself in numerous community and arts projects for the Rotary organisation. In 1968 she married [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and continued to work for theatre and Rotary alongside him. In 1971 they were appointed as founding curators of the theatre collection of the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] at the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] , based on their personal documents, the [[NTO]] collection and the [[PACT]] material. She was also the secretary for the [[Niemand Commission]] of inquiry into the Performing Arts in 1977. After her husband's death in 1984, she stayed on in Pretoria.

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−	(néé Lancaster). (1921?-1993) Long time personal assistant to [[P.P.B.Breytenbach]] and secretary of [[NTO]]. Born and raised in England she emigrated to South Africa in the 1930s. During the war years she served as a WREN, returning to Krugersdorp, where she was involved with amateur theatre. In August 1948 she became the first full-time appointee of the [[National Theatre Organisation]], becoming the secretary to the part time director, [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], at an office in Krugersdorp, moving to Pretoria in June 1950. She remained in this pivotal position till the demise of [[NTO]] in 1962. An incredibly efficient and outspoken woman, she had enormous influence through her special relationship with the director and was not always popular with everyone. After the collapse of [[NTO]] she ran a bottle store Breytenbach had acquired with his teaching pension for a number of years, as well as involving herself in numerous community and arts projects for the Rotary organisation. In 1968 she married [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and continued to work for theatre and Rotary alongside him. In 1971 they were appointed as founding curators of the theatre collection of the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] at the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] , based on their personal documents, the [[NTO]] collection and the [[PACT]] material. She was also the secretary for the [[Niemand Commission]] of inquiry into the Performing Arts in 1977. After her husband's death in 1984, she stayed on in Pretoria.	+	(néé [[Doris Lancaster]]). (1921?-1993) Long time personal assistant to [[P.P.B.Breytenbach]] and secretary of [[NTO]]. Born and raised in England she emigrated to South Africa in the 1930s. During the war years she served as a WREN, returning to Krugersdorp, where she was involved with amateur theatre. In August 1948 she became the first full-time appointee of the [[National Theatre Organisation]], becoming the secretary to the part time director, [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], at an office in Krugersdorp, moving to Pretoria in June 1950. She remained in this pivotal position till the demise of [[NTO]] in 1962. An incredibly efficient and outspoken woman, she had enormous influence through her special relationship with the director and was not always popular with everyone. After the collapse of [[NTO]] she ran a bottle store Breytenbach had acquired with his teaching pension for a number of years, as well as involving herself in numerous community and arts projects for the Rotary organisation. In 1968 she married [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and continued to work for theatre and Rotary alongside him. In 1971 they were appointed as founding curators of the theatre collection of the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] at the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] , based on their personal documents, the [[NTO]] collection and the [[PACT]] material. She was also the secretary for the [[Niemand Commission]] of inquiry into the Performing Arts in 1977. After her husband's death in 1984, she stayed on in Pretoria.

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		+	Binge, 1969, Hauptfleisch, 1985, Du Toit, 1988

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