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 Theatre programme for the Rene Aherenson and Cecilia Sonnenberg production of ''[[The Tempest]]'', directed by Helen Houghton, staged at the Maynardville Theatre, year unknown. ([[NELM]]: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 36. 46.)
-[[Beverley Brommert]] in ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 27 February 2004.
+[[Beverley Brommert]] in ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 27 February 2004.[https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/cape-town/director-houghton-takes-on-g-and-s-opera-919135]
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.137.

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 == Biography ==
-Like her friend and colleague, the late [[Donald Inskip]], she has a great love of French theatre.
+Born in Cape Town,  born and bred. She studied drama at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] under  [[Rosalie van der Gucht]]. Like her friend and colleague, the late [[Donald Inskip]], she developed a great love of French theatre.
-=== Youth ===
+When she left university to live with her widowed mother in Port Elizabeth, she discovered and became involved in a vibrant theatre scene there. She later returned to Cape Town, and became involved in theatre there
 She has variably been an academic teacher, actress, director and producer of plays, and author of books dealing with the history of South African towns and villages.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Her first big production was under the banner of the [[Theatre Workshop]] which she started in Port Elizabeth; it was Jean Anouilh's ''[[Point of Departure]]''.
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 == Awards, etc ==
 She won the [[Cape Times Theatre Award]] as best director of a play for ''[[See How They Run]]'', award year 2005.
 == Sources ==
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 Theatre programme for the Rene Aherenson and Cecilia Sonnenberg production of ''[[The Tempest]]'', directed by Helen Houghton, staged at the Maynardville Theatre, year unknown. ([[NELM]]: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 36. 46.)
-''[[Cape Argus]]'', 27 February 2004.
+[[Beverley Brommert]] in ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 27 February 2004.
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.137.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Her f1rst big production was under the banner of the [[Theatre Workshop]] which she started in Port Elizabeth; it was Jean Anouilh's ''[[Point of Departure]]''.
+Her first big production was under the banner of the [[Theatre Workshop]] which she started in Port Elizabeth; it was Jean Anouilh's ''[[Point of Departure]]''.
 She was in the cast of ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' in the [[Little Theatre]] in 1951.

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 When she left university to live with her widowed mother in Port Elizabeth, she discovered a vibrant theatre scene there.
-Like gher friend and colleague, the late [[Donald Inskip]], she has a great love of French theatre.
+Like her friend and colleague, the late [[Donald Inskip]], she has a great love of French theatre.
 === Youth ===
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 === Career ===
 She has variably been an academic teacher, actress, director and producer of plays, and author of books dealing with the history of South African towns and villages.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 She directed a number of productions for the [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]], including ''[[Ruddigore]]'' (1975), ''[[Iolanthe]]'' (1976 & 2004), ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' (1976 & 1983), ''[[The Mikado]]'' (1977), ''[[The Sorcerer]]'' (1978 & 1990), ''[[Patience]]'' (1979), ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' (1980), ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' (1981), ''[[Princess Ida]]'' (1982), ''[[Utopia, Limited]]'' (1984), is an honorary life member of the Society and was appointed Honorary Vice President in 2013.
-She directed ''[[1066, and All That]]'' (1949), ''[[The Tempest]]'' at [[Maynardville]] and ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', a [[Compass Productions]] ([[Space Theatre|The Space]], 1978).
+She directed ''[[1066, and All That]]'' (1949), ''[[The Tempest]]'' at [[Maynardville]] (probably collaborating with [[Leslie French]] in 1973) and ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', a [[Compass Productions]] ([[Space Theatre|The Space]], 1978).
 One of her most successful students, whom she trained while lecturing at UCT in the education department, was [[Geoffrey Hyland|Geoff Hyland]], and [[Leslie French]] collaborated with her in early Shakespeare productions at [[Maynardville]].