Estelle Knott-Craig - Revision history

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 In later years she directed ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1979) and ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' (1983).
-She directed ''[[The Christmas Story]]'' for the [[Pax Players]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Foyer]] (1983).
+She directed ''[[The Christmas Story]]'' (a play pageant by [[Lynette Barling]]) for the [[Pax Players]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Foyer]] (1983).
 She directed ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' for the [[Anchor Players Dramatic Society]] at the [[Simonsberg Theatre]] (1984).

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	Tribute written by [[Fiona Chisholm]], published in ''[[Cape Times]]'', 11 January 2002.		Tribute written by [[Fiona Chisholm]], published in ''[[Cape Times]]'', 11 January 2002.

		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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	In later years she directed ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1979) and ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' (1983).		In later years she directed ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1979) and ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' (1983).
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		+	She directed ''[[The Christmas Story]]'' for the [[Pax Players]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Foyer]] (1983).

	She directed ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' for the [[Anchor Players Dramatic Society]] at the [[Simonsberg Theatre]] (1984).		She directed ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' for the [[Anchor Players Dramatic Society]] at the [[Simonsberg Theatre]] (1984).

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	In later years she directed ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1979) and ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' (1983).		In later years she directed ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1979) and ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' (1983).
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		+	She directed ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' for the [[Anchor Players Dramatic Society]] at the [[Simonsberg Theatre]] (1984).

	The [[Cape Amateur Dramatic Awards]] Estelle Knott-Craig Shield for Technical Excellence was named in her honour.		The [[Cape Amateur Dramatic Awards]] Estelle Knott-Craig Shield for Technical Excellence was named in her honour.

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-[[Estelle Knott-Craig]] (19**-2002). Teacher, director.
+[[Estelle Knott-Craig]] (circa 1919-2002). Teacher, director.
 == Biography ==
-Born Estelle de Villiers. She was a trained drama teacher. She died in Cape Town in early January 2002.
+Born Estelle de Villiers. She was a trained drama teacher. She died in Cape Town in early January 2002 at the age of 82.
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 A graduate of the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, she was deeply involved with amateur theatre in Cape Town, but has also belonged to repertory companies in England and on the Reef. Her speciality was the costume play. She was a great force in encouraging and supporting the [[Masque Theatre]] and the four South Peninsula dramatic societies.
-She directed ''[[The Heiress]]'' in 1979 and ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' in 1983.
+As [[Estelle de Villiers]] she played in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'' and ''[[Ladies in Retirement]]'', directed ''[[Die Arrestasie]]'' and produced ''[[A Privy Council]]'' in the 1940s.
 The [[Cape Amateur Dramatic Awards]] Estelle Knott-Craig Shield for Technical Excellence was named in her honour.

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-Estelle Knott-Craig (19**-**). A graduate of the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, she is deeply involved with amateur theatre in Cape Town, but has also belonged to repertory companies in England and on the Reef. Her speciality is the costume play. She directed ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' in 1983.
+[[Estelle Knott-Craig]] (19**-2002).
 == Sources ==
 National Arts Festival programme, 1983.

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−	Estelle Knott-Craig (-). A graduate of the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, she is deeply involved with amateur theatre in Cape Town, but has also belonged to repertory companies in England and on the Reef. Her speciality is the costume play. She directed ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' in 1983.	+	Estelle Knott-Craig (19-). A graduate of the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, she is deeply involved with amateur theatre in Cape Town, but has also belonged to repertory companies in England and on the Reef. Her speciality is the costume play. She directed ''[[Pray Don't, Sir George!]]'' in 1983.

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