Estelle van der Merwe - Revision history

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-(3 April 1903-19**) Artist, marionette-constructor and puppeteer.
+[[Estelle van der Merwe]] (1903-19??) was an artist, marionette-constructor and puppeteer.
-Her passion however was the ''marionette'', an interest sparked in the 1920s by an article by Tony Sarg on how to make and operate a marionette theatre. For many of her marionettes she tended to use characters from public sources, creating characters and plays around them, giving performances (mainly for charity) in a studio with a puppet stage which she fitted up in a room in her home in Parys. In later years, as they became famous, she travelled to give performances in other places such as Schweitzer-Reyneke, Malmesbury (1948).
+==Biography==
 == The [[Parys Library Marionette Group]] ==

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 == The [[Parys Library Marionette Group]] ==
-In 1966 [[Rhoda Barry]] became the librarian in Parys, and in 1967 formed a cultural committee, on which she served, with [[Estelle van der Merwe]], [[Rina Human]] and [[Sonia Theron]]. The first production by the group was ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' ([[Estelle van der Merwe]]), ''[[Fantasy]]'' (Sonia Theron), ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' ([[Rina Human]]) and ''[[The Parys Puppet Band]]'' ([[Estelle van der Merwe]]).
+In 1966 [[Rhoda Barry]] became the librarian in Parys, and in 1967 formed a cultural committee, on which she served, with [[Estelle van der Merwe]], [[Rina Human]] and [[Sonia Theron]]. The first production by the group was ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' ([[Estelle van der Merwe]]), ''[[Fantasy]]'' ([[Sonia Theron]]), ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' ([[Rina Human]]) and ''[[The Parys Puppet Band]]'' ([[Estelle van der Merwe]]).
 This group went on to perform till 1978, including tours to various towns between 1970 and 1972.  Among the other plays done were ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'', ''[[Klaas en sy versies]]'', ''[[Moeroentoes]]'' (a story about conservation by [[Sonia Theron]]).

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 == The [[Parys Library Marionette Group]] ==
-In 1966 [[Rhoda Barry]] became the librarian in Parys, and in 1967 formed a cultural committee, on which she served, with [[Estelle van der Merwe]], Rina Human]] and [[Sonia Theron]]. The first production by the group was ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' (Estelle van der Merwe), ''[[Fantasy]]'' (Sonia Theron), ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' (Rina Human) and ''[[Parys Puppet Band]]'' (Estelle van der Merwe).
+In 1966 [[Rhoda Barry]] became the librarian in Parys, and in 1967 formed a cultural committee, on which she served, with [[Estelle van der Merwe]], [[Rina Human]] and [[Sonia Theron]]. The first production by the group was ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' ([[Estelle van der Merwe]]), ''[[Fantasy]]'' (Sonia Theron), ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' ([[Rina Human]]) and ''[[The Parys Puppet Band]]'' ([[Estelle van der Merwe]]).
 This group went on to perform till 1978, including tours to various towns between 1970 and 1972.  Among the other plays done were ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'', ''[[Klaas en sy versies]]'', ''[[Moeroentoes]]'' (a story about conservation by [[Sonia Theron]]).

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 Her passion however was the ''marionette'', an interest sparked in the 1920s by an article by Tony Sarg on how to make and operate a marionette theatre. For many of her marionettes she tended to use characters from public sources, creating characters and plays around them, giving performances (mainly for charity) in a studio with a puppet stage which she fitted up in a room in her home in Parys. In later years, as they became famous, she travelled to give performances in other places such as Schweitzer-Reyneke, Malmesbury (1948).
-== The Parys Library Marionette Group ==
+== The [[Parys Library Marionette Group]] ==
 In 1966 [[Rhoda Barry]] became the librarian in Parys, and in 1967 formed a cultural committee, on which she served, with [[Estelle van der Merwe]], Rina Human]] and [[Sonia Theron]]. The first production by the group was ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' (Estelle van der Merwe), ''[[Fantasy]]'' (Sonia Theron), ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' (Rina Human) and ''[[Parys Puppet Band]]'' (Estelle van der Merwe).

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 Her passion however was the ''marionette'', an interest sparked in the 1920s by an article by Tony Sarg on how to make and operate a marionette theatre. For many of her marionettes she tended to use characters from public sources, creating characters and plays around them, giving performances (mainly for charity) in a studio with a puppet stage which she fitted up in a room in her home in Parys. In later years, as they became famous, she travelled to give performances in other places such as Schweitzer-Reyneke, Malmesbury (1948).
-== The Parys Library marionette-group ==
+== The Parys Library Marionette Group ==
 In 1966 [[Rhoda Barry]] became the librarian in Parys, and in 1967 formed a cultural committee, on which she served, with [[Estelle van der Merwe]], Rina Human]] and [[Sonia Theron]]. The first production by the group was ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' (Estelle van der Merwe), ''[[Fantasy]]'' (Sonia Theron), ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' (Rina Human) and ''[[Parys Puppet Band]]'' (Estelle van der Merwe).

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+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  V]]
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 The first marionettes she constructed and used in performances were characters from ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1920s), followed by characters based on a [[Sunday Times]] cartoon series (''Hairbreadth Harry'' by C.W. Kahles); a series of characters and plays based on the "Oom Kaspaas" cartoons of T.O. Honiball (1905-1990); a series based on the stories of [[Afrikaans]] journalist and author Dirk Mostert; the characters from Little Red Riding Hood; other public figures include actor-comedians [[Al Debbo]] and [[Frederick Burgers]], and renowned comic and storyteller [[Fanus Rautenbach]].
-She also made a number of political figures (Hertzog, Smuts, D.F. Malan, Hitler, Vittorio Carpio (the chairman of the UN special committee on South West Africa), as well as the fictional figures "Hoggenheimer" and "John Bull". However these do not appear to have been used for performance.
+In the earlier phase of her work with marionettes, she also made a number of political figures (Hertzog, Smuts, D.F. Malan, Hitler, Vittorio Carpio (the chairman of the UN special committee on South West Africa), as well as the fictional figures "Hoggenheimer" and "John Bull". However these do not appear to have been used for performance, and with the advent of the library marionette group, she ceased making marionettes of such public figures.
 == Sources ==

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−	The first marionettes she constructed and used in performances were characters from ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1920s), followed by characters based on a [[Sunday Times]] cartoon series (''Hairbreadth Harry'' by C.W. Kahles); a series of characters and plays based on the "Oom Kaspaas" cartoons of T.O. Honiball (1905-1990); a series based on the stories of [[Afrikaans]] journalist and author Dirk Mostert; the characters from Little Red Riding Hood; other public figures include [[Al Debbo]], [[Frederick Burgers]], [[Fanus Rautenbach]]~~; .~~	+	The first marionettes she constructed and used in performances were characters from ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1920s), followed by characters based on a [[Sunday Times]] cartoon series (''Hairbreadth Harry'' by C.W. Kahles); a series of characters and plays based on the "Oom Kaspaas" cartoons of T.O. Honiball (1905-1990); a series based on the stories of [[Afrikaans]] journalist and author Dirk Mostert; the characters from Little Red Riding Hood; other public figures include actor-comedians [[Al Debbo]] and [[Frederick Burgers]], and renowned comic and storyteller [[Fanus Rautenbach]].
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−	She also made a number of political figures (Hertzog, Smuts, D.F. Malan, Hitler, Vittorio Carpio (the chairman of the UN special committee on South West Africa), as well as the fictional figures "Hoggenheimer" and "John Bull". However these do not appear to have been used for performance.
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		+	She also made a number of political figures (Hertzog, Smuts, D.F. Malan, Hitler, Vittorio Carpio (the chairman of the UN special committee on South West Africa), as well as the fictional figures "Hoggenheimer" and "John Bull". However these do not appear to have been used for performance.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==