Leonie Pienaar - Revision history

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−	[[Leonie Pienaar]]([[1904-) was a bilingual actress, director and voice teacher.	+	[[Leonie Pienaar]](1904-) was a bilingual actress, director and voice teacher.

	Her first name sometimes written [[Leoni Pienaar]], she was also known as [[Mev L. le Roux]] ([[Mrs L. le Roux]]).		Her first name sometimes written [[Leoni Pienaar]], she was also known as [[Mev L. le Roux]] ([[Mrs L. le Roux]]).

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-[[Leonie Pienaar]]([[Leoni Pienaar]]?, 1904-) was a bilingual actress, director and voice teacher.
+[[Leonie Pienaar]]([[1904-) was a bilingual actress, director and voice teacher.
-Also known as [[Mrs L. le Roux]].
+Her first name sometimes written [[Leoni Pienaar]], she was also known as [[Mev L. le Roux]] ([[Mrs L. le Roux]]).
 == Biography ==

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 See [[ESAT Bibliography Beu-Blo|Binge]]
-[[P.J. du Toit]], 1988
+[[P.J. du Toit]] 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: [[Academica]]
 Interview with [[Trix Pienaar]], ''[[Beeld]]'', 3 October 1995.

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 == Sources ==
-See [[ESAT Bibliography Beu-Blo|Binge]], 1969; [[ESAT Bibliography Dur-Dz |Du Toit, P.J.]], 1988 [TH; JH]
 Interview with [[Trix Pienaar]], ''[[Beeld]]'', 3 October 1995.
 == Return to ==

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 ===As educator===
-Wrote the guide ''Koorspraak vir Almal. 'n Handleiding'' ("Choral speaking for everyone. A Manual") under the name [[Leonie E. Pienaar]]. Published by [[Haum]], Cape Town, South Africa, 1968.
+She wrote some of the first books in [[Afrikaans]] on speech and drama, including ''Koorspraak vir Almal. 'n Handleiding'' ("Choral speaking for everyone. A Manual"). Published (under the name [[Leonie E. Pienaar]]) by [[Haum]], Cape Town, South Africa, 1968.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	She did productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]] (including ''[[A Bill of Divorcement]]'', ''[[Tons of Money]]'', ''[[I'll Leave it to you]]'' and ''[[The Patsy]]''.) For the local Afrikaans cultural society, the [[Worcesterse Kultuurvereniging]], she did ''[[Die Drie Van Der Walts]]'' in 1934. Productions in Pretoria included ''[[Die Veroweraar]]'' (Simons-Mees), ''[[Sakke Vol Geld]]'' (Evans and Valentine), . Work for [[Ons Teatertjie]] as director and actress include Ibsen's ''[[Boumeester Solness]]'' (1935), [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]]'s ''[[Die Peswolk]]'' and ''[[In die Wagkamer]]'' (1936), [[H.A. Fagan]]'s ''[[Ousus]]'' (1936), *.		She did productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]] (including ''[[A Bill of Divorcement]]'', ''[[Tons of Money]]'', ''[[I'll Leave it to you]]'' and ''[[The Patsy]]''.) For the local Afrikaans cultural society, the [[Worcesterse Kultuurvereniging]], she did ''[[Die Drie Van Der Walts]]'' in 1934. Productions in Pretoria included ''[[Die Veroweraar]]'' (Simons-Mees), ''[[Sakke Vol Geld]]'' (Evans and Valentine), . Work for [[Ons Teatertjie]] as director and actress include Ibsen's ''[[Boumeester Solness]]'' (1935), [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]]'s ''[[Die Peswolk]]'' and ''[[In die Wagkamer]]'' (1936), [[H.A. Fagan]]'s ''[[Ousus]]'' (1936), *.
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−	~~She wrote the first books in [[Afrikaans]] on speech and drama.~~

	===As translator===		===As translator===

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	She acted in some of these productions.		She acted in some of these productions.
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		+	===As educator===
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		+	Wrote the guide ''Koorspraak vir Almal. 'n Handleiding'' ("Choral speaking for everyone. A Manual") under the name [[Leonie E. Pienaar]]. Published by [[Haum]], Cape Town, South Africa, 1968.

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 === Career ===
-She started her career in Cape Town as a student at the South African College of Music. She then went to Worcester where she directed three-monthly English productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]]. In 1933 she moved to Pretoria, where she did a number of productions with her own company ([[Leonie Pienaar Geselskap]]), acting and directing, many rehearsals taking place in a house owned by Nunez Holzhausen (corner of Beatrix and Pretorius streets). In 1935 she became one of the co-founders of [[Ons Teatertjie]] ("Our Little Theatre" - later renamed [[Volksteater]]), doing a great deal of work for them as director and actress.
+She started her career in Cape Town as a student at the [[South African College of Music]]. She then went to Worcester where she directed three-monthly English productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]]. In 1933 she moved to Pretoria, where she did a number of productions with her own company ([[Leonie Pienaar Geselskap]]), acting and directing, many rehearsals taking place in a house owned by Nunez Holzhausen (corner of Beatrix and Pretorius streets). In 1935 she became one of the co-founders of [[Ons Teatertjie]] ("Our Little Theatre" - later renamed [[Volksteater]]), doing a great deal of work for them as director and actress.
 In 1937 she married  and moved back to Cape Town, to later directing students in the [[Little Theatre]] for [[UCT]] and productions for [[K.A.T.]]

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 She started her career in Cape Town as a student at the South African College of Music. She then went to Worcester where she directed three-monthly English productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]]. In 1933 she moved to Pretoria, where she did a number of productions with her own company ([[Leonie Pienaar Geselskap]]), acting and directing, many rehearsals taking place in a house owned by Nunez Holzhausen (corner of Beatrix and Pretorius streets). In 1935 she became one of the co-founders of [[Ons Teatertjie]] ("Our Little Theatre" - later renamed [[Volksteater]]), doing a great deal of work for them as director and actress.
-In 1937 she married (the journalist [[Fred le Roux]]?*) and moved back to Cape Town, to later directing students in the [[Little Theatre]] for [[UCT]] and productions for [[K.A.T.]]
+In 1937 she married  and moved back to Cape Town, to later directing students in the [[Little Theatre]] for [[UCT]] and productions for [[K.A.T.]]
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-(  Leoni?*).
+[[Leonie Pienaar]]([[Leoni Pienaar]]?, 1904-) was a bilingual actress, director and voice teacher.
-(born 1904) (Mrs L. le Roux). Bilingual actress, director and voice teacher.
 == Biography ==
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 === Career ===
-She started her career in Cape Town as a student at the South African College of Music. She then went to Worcester where she directed three-monthly English productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]]. In 1933 she moved to Pretoria, where she did a number of productions with her own company ([[Leonie Pienaar Geselskap]]), acting and directing, many rehearsals taking place in a house owned by Nunez Holzhausen (corner of Beatrix and Pretorius streets). In 1935 she became one of the co-founders of [[Ons Teatertjie]] ("Our Little Theatre" - later renamed [[Volksteater]]), doing a great deal of work for them as director and actress. In 1937 she married ** and moved back to Cape Town, to later directing students in the [[Little Theatre]] for [[UCT]] and productions for [[K.A.T.]]
+She started her career in Cape Town as a student at the South African College of Music. She then went to Worcester where she directed three-monthly English productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]]. In 1933 she moved to Pretoria, where she did a number of productions with her own company ([[Leonie Pienaar Geselskap]]), acting and directing, many rehearsals taking place in a house owned by Nunez Holzhausen (corner of Beatrix and Pretorius streets). In 1935 she became one of the co-founders of [[Ons Teatertjie]] ("Our Little Theatre" - later renamed [[Volksteater]]), doing a great deal of work for them as director and actress.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 She did productions for the [[Worcester Social and Dramatic Club]] (including ''[[A Bill of Divorcement]]'', ''[[Tons of Money]]'', ''[[I'll Leave it to you]]'' and ''[[The Patsy]]''.) For the local Afrikaans cultural society, the  [[Worcesterse Kultuurvereniging]], she did ''[[Die Drie Van Der Walts]]'' in 1934. Productions in Pretoria included ''[[Die Veroweraar]]'' (Simons-Mees), ''[[Sakke Vol Geld]]'' (Evans and Valentine), **. Work for [[Ons Teatertjie]] as director and actress include Ibsen's ''[[Boumeester Solness]]'' (1935),  [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]]'s ''[[Die Peswolk]]'' and ''[[In die Wagkamer]]'' (1936), [[H.A. Fagan]]'s ''[[Ousus]]'' (1936), ***.
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 ===As translator===
 She translated several plays into [[Afrikaans]], including ''[[The Starlight Express]]'' as ''[[Deur 'n Skrefie]]'', ''[[Tons of Money]]'' as ''[[Sakke Vol Geld]]'', ''[[High Backed Chair]]'' as ''[[Die Stoel met die Hoë Rug]]'', ''[[Three Young Ladies in a Temper]]'', ''[[Sixteen]]'', entitled ''[[Sestien]]'', ''[[The Refund]]'' as ''[[Loop Vra Jou Skoolgeld]]'' and ''[[Die Arrestasie]]'', translated from a one-act play by F.M. Howard.