Esther van Ryswyk - Revision history

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 :  ''[[Koning Lysterbaard]]'' ([[Libertas Teaterklub]])
-, ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
+: ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' ([[Libertas Theatre Club]])
 : ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]])

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 :  ''[[Koning Lysterbaard]]'' ([[Libertas Teaterklub]])
-  i.a., ''[[Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis]]'', ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
+, ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
 : ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]])
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 : ''[[WAM]]'' (co-directed by [[Susan Broer]], [[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[Om die Stilte te Verbreek]]'' ([[CAPAB]])

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 '''As director:'''
-As a professional stage director over the years she did i.a. ''[[Koning Lysterbaard]]'', ''[[Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis]]'', ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
+As a professional stage director over the years she did:
 : ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]])

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 ===Work in theatre===
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+'''As actress:'''
 As an actress she has appeared in ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' (1959), ''[[Huit Femmes|Agt Vroue]]'', ''[[Maria Stuart]]'' (1965), ''[[La Leçon|Die Les]]''.
-As director:
+'''As director:'''
 As a professional stage director over the years she did i.a. ''[[Koning Lysterbaard]]'', ''[[Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis]]'', ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]''

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 [[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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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.
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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	1976: ''[[The Magic Pouch]]''/''[[Zingu se Toorsak]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])		1976: ''[[The Magic Pouch]]''/''[[Zingu se Toorsak]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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		+	1977: ''[[WAM]]'' (co-directed by [[Susan Broer]], [[UCT Drama Department]])

	1985: ''[[Om die Stilte te Verbreek]]'' ([[CAPAB]])		1985: ''[[Om die Stilte te Verbreek]]'' ([[CAPAB]])

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	[[Esther van Ryswyk]] (19**-2001). Theatre performer, director, lecturer and educationist.		[[Esther van Ryswyk]] (19**-2001). Theatre performer, director, lecturer and educationist.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 == Biography ==
-Having trained at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] under Robert Mohr, she became an actress for [[NTO]] and a most influential and beloved lecturer at the [[University of Cape Town]] Drama Department in the 1970s, teaching [[Afrikaans]] speech and theatre, and educational theatre. She also lectured at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. She was a freelance director from 1982 onwards.
+Having trained at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] under Robert Mohr, she initially became an actress for [[NTO]] and [[CAPAB]], as well as a most influential and beloved lecturer at the [[University of Cape Town]] Drama Department in the 1970s, teaching [[Afrikaans]] speech and theatre, and educational theatre. She also lectured at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. She was a freelance director from 1982 onwards.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==