Helen Mann - Revision history

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 : Played "Laura" in ''[[Tea and Sympathy]]''.
-: Portrayed "Linda" in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''.
+August 14 - 18, 1962: Portrayed "Linda" in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', directed by David Barnett and the [[Amateur Theatre Guild]], also sometimes referred to as the [[Port Elizabeth Theatre Guild]], at the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]].
 : Played "Hippolyte" (Antiphone??) in ''[[Rape of the Belt]]''.

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 For more information, see [[Mannville Open-air Theatre]], [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]], [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
 == Sources ==
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 [[M. Butterfly]] theatre programme, 1991.

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-'''Helen Mann''' (19*-) Actress and director.
+'''Helen Mann''' (Born: 19* - Died: May 3, 1993) Actress and director. Full name: Helen Elizabeth Mann. Known affectionately as "Moe".
 At school, she learned to take her Shakespeare calmly and though her tutors regarded him with proper awe and reverence, the bits of Shakespeare's plays they rammed down her throat, at the rate of one per year, stuck in her throat for life.
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 Starting in 1949, she was always at the forefront of theatre in Port Elizabeth as an actress, producer, designer and decor artist, seamstress and costume designer and back stager.
-A member of the [[Port Elizabeth Theatre Guild]],  she helped found and manage the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] on May 10, 1960.
+A member of the [[Port Elizabeth Theatre Guild]], she helped found and manage the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] on May 10, 1960.
 Although her acting parts were widely varied, she preferred the classics, particularly Shakespearean productions. She appeared in [[Will Jamieson]]'s first post-war Shakespearean production of [[Twelfth Night]].
 == Contributions to South African Theatre ==

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 ==As Director==
-: ''[[Home and Beauty]]''.
+: ''[[Home and Beauty]]''
 : ''[[The Snow Goose]]''
-: ''[[Carmen]]'', for the [[Port Elizabeth Male Voice Choir]].
+: ''[[Carmen]]'', for the [[Port Elizabeth Male Voice Choir]]
-: ''[[The Mikado]]''.
+: ''[[The Mikado]]''
-: ''[[Cubarama]]''.
+: ''[[Cubarama]]''
-: ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.
+: ''[[Oklahoma!]]''
-: ''[[The King and I]]''.
+: ''[[The King and I]]''
-: ''[[Brigadoon]]'' for the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]].
+: ''[[Brigadoon]]'' for the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]]
-: ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]''.
+: ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]''
-: ''[[The Student Prince]]''.
+: ''[[The Student Prince]]''
-: ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
+: ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
-: ''[[The Desert Song]]''.
+: ''[[The Desert Song]]''
-: ''[[Oliver]]'' for the Grey Junior School.
+: ''[[Oliver]]'' for the Grey Junior School
 : ''[[Tinker's Curse]]''

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 : ''[[Cubarama]]''.
-: ''[[Oklahoma]]''.
+: ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.
 : ''[[The King and I]]''.

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 : ''[[Tinker's Curse]]''
-: ''[[Children of the Wolf]]''
+: ''[[Children of the Wolf]]'', ''[[No, No, Nanette]]''
 : ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]''
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 : ''[[M. Butterfly]]''
+Other productions (dates unknown) include ''[[A Voyage Round My Father]]'', ''[[As You Like It]]'', ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', ''[[Bosoms and Neglect]]''.
 For more information, see [[Mannville Open-air Theatre]], [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]], [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].

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 : ''[[Children of the Wolf]]''
-: ''[[Othello]]''
+: ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]''
 : ''[[Shrivings]]''
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-She directed  ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1978), ''[[No, No, Nanette]]'' (1975), . Other productions include ''[[A Voyage Round My Father]]'', ''[[As You Like It]]'', , ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', ''[[Bosoms and Neglect]]''
+She directed  , ''[[No, No, Nanette]]'' (1975), . Other productions include ''[[A Voyage Round My Father]]'', ''[[As You Like It]]'', , ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', ''[[Bosoms and Neglect]]''

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 : Played "Helena" in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.
-: Played "Catherine Sloper" in ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1974).
+: Played "Catherine Sloper" in ''[[The Heiress]]''.
 ==As Director==