Madeleine Masson - Revision history

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 She was born [[Madeleine Levy]] in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him. (She took her surname "Masson" from one of her first husband's subsidiary titles.)
-After she left him she livid in Paris and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she obtained a PhD in Philosophy.  and .
+After she left him she livid in Paris and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she obtained a PhD in Philosophy, and mingled with the artistic crowd. With the outbreak of the World War 2 she became involved with the French resistance and ultimately returned to South Africa, where she lived  until 1952, and was a columnist for the ''[[Cape Times]]'' until 1951.
-After living in South Africa for a number of years until 1952, she married Captain John Rayner and had a son. Widowed, she moved to Bosham, West Sussex in the 1990s. As novelist wrote many works on the Old Cape.
+In this period she married Captain John Rayner and had a son. They were married for 32 years, moving back to the UK,  to settle at the family home in Bosham, West Sussex, England, where Masson started an early public relations firm and continued writing  plays, film scripts, novels, memoirs, biographies.
 She wrote the plays ''[[Bitter Aloes]]'' (1945), ''[[Miranda]]'' (1945), ''[[Fantasia in Three]]'' (1944), ''[[The Heir]]'' (1945), ''[[Home is the Hero]]'' (1944), ''[[Passport to Limbo]]'' (1942), ''[[Puppet's Party]]'' (1941), ''[[Servant of God]]'' (1943), ''[[Tropicana]]'' (1939, a play in French), ''[[Fossil's Secret]]'', ''[[In Our Veins]]'' (under the nom de plume 'Starr'), ''[[People of Quality]]'' (under the nom de plume 'Marion Holmes'), ''[[Hearts and Flowers]]'' (with [[Ralph Roney]]), ''[[Mask of Youth]]'', ''[[Seed for Freedom]]'', ''[[No Room for Martyrs]]'', ''[[The Flowering Wilderness]]'', ''[[The Twain]]'', ''[[Audrey]]'', ''[[The Black Swan]]'', ''[[Cry Haro]]'', ''[[Villa Poetica]]'', ''[[The Bronte Enigma]]'', ''[[Chekmate]]'', ''[[Gilded Lilies]]'', ''[[Incident at Aasvoel's Kop]]'', ''[[The Enigma of George Sands]]''.
 Wrote one film ''[[Servant of God]]'' (retitled ''[[Maddalena]]''). Golden Laurel Award as best film at Edinburgh Festival, 19**.
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 == Biography ==
-She was born [[Madeleine Levy]] in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him.
+She was born [[Madeleine Levy]] in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him. (She took her surname "Masson" from one of her first husband's subsidiary titles.)
-She lived abroad since her first marriage.
+After living in South Africa for a number of years until 1952, she married Captain John Rayner and had a son. Widowed, she moved to Bosham, West Sussex in the 1990s. As novelist wrote many works on the Old Cape.

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−	She was born Madeleine Levy in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him.	+	She was born [[Madeleine Levy]] in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him.

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−	[[Madeleine Masson]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Masson] (1912-2007). South African-born playwright, journalist. She also wrote biographies, short stories, radio plays, some as "Starr", "Marion Holmes" or "M. Rayner".	+	[[Madeleine Masson]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Masson] (1912-2007) was a South African-born playwright, novelist and journalist.
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		+	Also known as [[Madeleine Masson Rayner]]
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		+	She also wrote biographies, short stories, radio plays, some as "[[Starr]]", "[[Marion Holmes]]" or "[[M. Rayner]]".

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	She was born Madeleine Levy in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him.		She was born Madeleine Levy in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him.

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 She studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she obtained a PhD in Philosophy. After living in South Africa for a number of years until 1952, she married Captain John Rayner and had a son. Widowed, she moved to Bosham, West Sussex in the 1990s. As novelist wrote many works on the Old Cape.
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 She was a columnist for the ''[[Cape Times]]'' until 1951.
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 == Sources ==
 ''[[The Star]]'', 28 December 2004.

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 == Biography ==
-She was born Madeleine Levy in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. She lived abroad since her first marriage.
+She was born Madeleine Levy in Johannesburg in 1912, and was educated there. Her father was a French banker, Emile Levy, and her mother Lili a Viennese. On a trip to Paris with her parents, 18-year-old Madeleine met 40-year-old Baron Renaud Marie de la Minaudière and married him.
 Madeleine took her surname "Masson" from one of her first husband's subsidiary titles.

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-MASSON, Madeleine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Masson] (1912-2007) (South African-born playwright, journalist). She also wrote biographies, short stories, radio plays.
+[[Madeleine Masson]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Masson] (1912-2007). South African-born playwright, journalist. She also wrote biographies, short stories, radio plays, some as "Starr", "Marion Holmes" or "M. Rayner".
 == Biography ==
-She was born in Johannesburg in 1912. She lived abroad since her first marriage.
+She was born Madeleine Levy in Johannesburg in 1912. She lived abroad since her first marriage.
+Madeleine took her surname "Masson" from one of her first husband's subsidiary titles.
 === Career ===
-She was a columnist for the ''Cape Times'' until 1951.
+She was a columnist for the ''[[Cape Times]]'' until 1951.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-She wrote the plays ''[[Bitter Aloes]]'', ''[[Miranda]]'', ''[[Fantasia in Three]]'', ''[[The Heir]]'', ''[[Home is the Hero]]'', ''[[Passport to Limbo]]'', ''[[Puppet's Party]]'', ''[[Servant of God]]'', ''[[Tropicana]]'', ''[[Fossil's Secret]]'', ''[[In Our Veins]]'' (under the nom de plume 'Starr'), ''[[People of Quality]]'' (under the nom de plume 'Marion Holmes'), ''[[Hearts and Flowers]]'' (with [[Ralph Roney]]), ''[[Mask of Youth]]'', ''[[Seed for Freedom]]'', ''[[No Room for Martyrs]]'', ''[[The Flowering Wilderness]]'', ''[[The Twain]]'', ''[[Audrey]]'', ''[[The Black Swan]]'', ''[[Cry Haro]]'', ''[[Villa Poetica]]'', ''[[The Bronte Enigma]]'', ''[[Chekmate]]'', ''[[Gilded Lilies]]'', ''[[Incident at Aasvoel's Kop]]'',
+She wrote the plays ''[[Bitter Aloes]]'' (1945), ''[[Miranda]]'' (1945), ''[[Fantasia in Three]]'' (1944), ''[[The Heir]]'' (1945), ''[[Home is the Hero]]'' (1944), ''[[Passport to Limbo]]'' (1942), ''[[Puppet's Party]]'' (1941), ''[[Servant of God]]'' (1943), ''[[Tropicana]]'' (1939, a play in French), ''[[Fossil's Secret]]'', ''[[In Our Veins]]'' (under the nom de plume 'Starr'), ''[[People of Quality]]'' (under the nom de plume 'Marion Holmes'), ''[[Hearts and Flowers]]'' (with [[Ralph Roney]]), ''[[Mask of Youth]]'', ''[[Seed for Freedom]]'', ''[[No Room for Martyrs]]'', ''[[The Flowering Wilderness]]'', ''[[The Twain]]'', ''[[Audrey]]'', ''[[The Black Swan]]'', ''[[Cry Haro]]'', ''[[Villa Poetica]]'', ''[[The Bronte Enigma]]'', ''[[Chekmate]]'', ''[[Gilded Lilies]]'', ''[[Incident at Aasvoel's Kop]]'', ''[[The Enigma of George Sands]]''.
-''[[Bitter Aloes]]'' and ''[[Miranda]]'', two one-act plays performed in the [[Carlton Hotel Ballroom]]  by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]] on 26 August 1945.
+Wrote one film ''[[Servant of God]]'' (retitled ''[[Maddalena]]''). Golden Laurel Award as best film at Edinburgh Festival, 19**.
 == Awards, etc ==
 == Sources ==
-''The Star'', 28 December 2004.
+''[[The Star]]'', 28 December 2004.
 [[NELM]] [Collection: MASSON, Madeleine]: 1998. 75. 286.

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−	MASSON, Madeleine (1912-20**) (South African-born playwright, journalist). She also wrote biographies, short stories, radio plays.	+	MASSON, Madeleine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Masson] (1912-2007) (South African-born playwright, journalist). She also wrote biographies, short stories, radio plays.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==