Marie van Heerden - Revision history

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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 [[Marie van Heerden]] (1924-1989) was a South African actress , highly respected stage director and founder member of the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] in Stellenbosch.
-Formerly known as [[Marie Viljoen]], but usually referred to by her married name for much of her career. Both her sons, [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]], also became well-known professional performers and theatre practitioners.
+Also referred to as [[Marie Viljoen]] in some early sources, but usually referred to by her married name for much of her career.
 == Biography ==
 Born [[Maria Magdalena Viljoen]], she matriculated at Jan Van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town in 1939, then did a three-year course in Elocution and Drama under Sr [[Hyacinth Skene]], [[Leonie Pienaar]] and [[Aletta Gericke]] in Cape Town and, after completing the final practical examinations, received her A.T.C.L. (Associate Trinity College London) in 1942.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 : ''[[Vlugsout]]'' (director), ''[[Pavane]]'' Director).
-: ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' (director), ''Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman'' (director), ''[[Skoppensboer]]'' (director), ''Items'', (director). Also five plays for the an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by Brian Friel (March); ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' (May); ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of [[The Ruffian on the Stair]] by Joe Orton (July); ''[[Items]]'' (November).
+: ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' (director), ''Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman'' (director), ''[[Skoppensboer]]'' (director), ''Items'', (director). Also five plays for the ''[[Kortteater/Short Theatre]]'' theatre series (an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by Brian Friel in March; ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' in May; ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'' by Joe Orton in July and ''[[Items]]'' in November).
 : ''[[In Camera]]'' (director), ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' (director).

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 : ''[[Vlugsout]]'' (director), ''[[Pavane]]'' Director).
-: ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' (director), ''Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman'' (director), ''[[Skoppensboer]]'' (director), ''Items'', (director).
+: ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' (director), ''Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman'' (director), ''[[Skoppensboer]]'' (director), ''Items'', (director). Also five plays for the an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by Brian Friel (March); ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' (May); ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of [[The Ruffian on the Stair]] by Joe Orton (July); ''[[Items]]'' (November).
 : ''[[In Camera]]'' (director), ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' (director).

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-'''VAN HEERDEN, Maria (Marie) Magdalena''' (1924-1989) (earlier known as '''[[Marie Viljoen]]''') was a South African actress , highly respected stage director and founder member of the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] in Stellenbosch.
+[[Marie van Heerden]] (1924-1989) was a South African actress , highly respected stage director and founder member of the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] in Stellenbosch.
-Both her sons, [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]], also became well-known professional performers and theatre practitioners.
+Formerly known as [[Marie Viljoen]], but usually referred to by her married name for much of her career. Both her sons, [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]], also became well-known professional performers and theatre practitioners.
 == Biography ==
-Born [[Marie Viljoen]], she matriculated at Jan Van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town in 1939, then did a three-year course in Elocution and Drama under Sr [[Hyacinth Skene]], [[Leonie Pienaar]] and [[Aletta Gericke]] in Cape Town and, after completing the final practical examinations, received her A.T.C.L. (Associate Trinity College London) in 1942.
+Born [[Maria Magdalena Viljoen]], she matriculated at Jan Van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town in 1939, then did a three-year course in Elocution and Drama under Sr [[Hyacinth Skene]], [[Leonie Pienaar]] and [[Aletta Gericke]] in Cape Town and, after completing the final practical examinations, received her A.T.C.L. (Associate Trinity College London) in 1942.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-'''VAN HEERDEN, Maria (Marie) Magdalena''' (1924-1989) (earlier known as '''Marie Viljoen''') was a South African actress , highly respected stage director and founder member of the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] in Stellenbosch.  Both her sons, [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]], also became well-known professional performers and theatre practitioners.
+'''VAN HEERDEN, Maria (Marie) Magdalena''' (1924-1989) (earlier known as '''[[Marie Viljoen]]''') was a South African actress , highly respected stage director and founder member of the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] in Stellenbosch.
 Born [[Marie Viljoen]], she matriculated at Jan Van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town in 1939, then did a three-year course in Elocution and Drama under Sr [[Hyacinth Skene]], [[Leonie Pienaar]] and [[Aletta Gericke]] in Cape Town and, after completing the final practical examinations, received her A.T.C.L. (Associate Trinity College London) in 1942.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-After her marriage in 1947 she moved back to Cape Town and in 1952 to Stellenbosch, after the birth of her two sons. In 1960 she joined the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] as an actress and director and she starred in ''[[Onderdrukte Begeertes]]'', one of the one-act plays in the amateur society's first production. Plays she directed for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] included [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Die Tas]]'' (1965), Emlyn Williams's ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' (1965), William Saroyan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan] ''[[The Hungerers]]'' (1966), Terence Rattigan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan] ''[[Die Ander Vuur]]'' (1968), Agatha Christie's ''[[Ten Little Niggers]]'' (1969), ''[[Hennie Aucamp: Kortverhale en Eenakters]]'' (1970), [[Leslie Sands]]'s ''[[Something to Hide]]'' (1970).
+Between 1940 and 1948 she appeared in fourteen professional productions (taking ten leading roles) in the theatre companies of [[André Huguenet]], [[Wena Naudé]] and [[André Rousseau]]. While still studying, as an eighteen-year old in 1942, she started acting in amateur productions of the [[KAT]] in Cape Town, appearing in plays like ''[[Die Hoogste Reg]]'' and ''[[Die Spaanse Vlieg]]'', while also acting in radio-dramas for the [[SABC]].
 In 1964 she performed opposite [[Louis Eksteen]] in [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Die Koffer]]'' staged by the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] at the [[ATKV Amateur Toneelkompetisie]] in Bloemfontein.
-While acting in, or directing, many [[Libertas Teaterklub]] productions, first in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street and later in the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Bird Street, she also acted in a number of productions for the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]], like ''[[Die Lewe wat ek jou Gegee het]]'' (1964), ''[[Antigone]]'' (1965) and ''[[Die Erfgename]]'' (1967).
+While acting in, or directing, many [[Libertas Teaterklub]] productions, first in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street and later in the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Bird Street, she also acted in a number of productions for the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] (i.e. the Drama Department's company), including pieces such as ''[[Die Lewe wat ek jou Gegee het]]'' (1964), ''[[Antigone]]'' (1965) and ''[[Die Erfgename]]'' (1967).
 For two years (1972/3) she joined [[CAPAB]] as professional actress, taking parts in productions like ''[[Bart Nel]]'' by [[Jan van Melle]]. As a representative of [[CAPAB]] she also directed some amateur productions like ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' by [[Robert Thomas]] for the [[Kimberley Amateur Dramatic Society]] ([[KADRA]]) and ''[[Something to Hide]]'' by [[Leslie Sands]] for the [[Dramatic Society of East London]].
-In 1974 she moved back to Stellenbosch and started directing productions for the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] again; [[Hennie Aucamp]]'s ''[[Wolf, Wolf hoe laat is dit?]]'' in ''[[Vlugsout]]'', an evening of Aucamp's work (1974). In August 1974 she directed [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Pavane]]'' for Stellenbosch University's [[USAT]] in the [[Libertas Theatre]].
+In 1974 she moved back to Stellenbosch and started directing productions for the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] again. Among them were [[Hennie Aucamp]]'s ''[[Wolf, Wolf hoe laat is dit?]]'' in ''[[Vlugsout]]'', an evening of Aucamp's work (1974). In August 1974 she directed [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Pavane]]'' for Stellenbosch University's [[USAT]] in the [[Libertas Theatre]].
 In 1975 she designed and implemented the idea of ''Kortteater/Short Theatre'' for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]]. In this series of five one-hour primetime productions she staged: an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by Brian Friel (March); ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' (May); ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'' by Joe Orton (July); ''[[Items]]'' (November).
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 == Productions (1964-1978) ==
 : ''[[Die Koffer]]'' (Die Vrou), ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' (Martha), ''[[Waltz Time]]'' (Charlotte), ''[[Die Lewe wat ek jou Gegee het]]'' (Fiorina).
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 == Awards, etc. ==
 In 1964 she won the award as Best Actress, opposite [[Louis Eksteen]], winner of the award as Best Actor, at the [[ATKV Amateur Toneelkompetisie]] in Bloemfontein at the annual [[ATKV Amateur Toneelkompetisie]], for their performances in [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Die Koffer]]'' staged by the [[Libertas Teaterklub]].
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 Correspondence with [[Johann van Heerden]] (2012)
-Marie van Heerden's personal collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and theatre programmes.
+[[Marie van Heerden]]'s personal collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and theatre programmes.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 : ''[[Ten Little Niggers]]'' (director).
-: ''[[Hennie Aucamp: Kortverhale en Eenakters]]'' (director),
+: ''[[Hennie Aucamp: Kortverhale en Eenakters]]'' (director), ''[[The Maids]]'' (actress, "Madame") and ''[[Something to Hide]]'' (director)
 : ''[[Hello from Bertha]]'' (director), ''[[The Apollo de Bellac]]'' (director), ''[[Winners]]'' (director).

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 In 1975 she designed and implemented the idea of ''Kortteater/Short Theatre'' for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]]. In this series of five one-hour primetime productions she staged: an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by Brian Friel (March); ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' (May); ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'' by Joe Orton (July); ''[[Items]]'' (November).
-She directed Jean-Paul Sartre’s  ''[[In Camera]]'' and Robert Thomas's ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' in 1976, Hugo Claus’s ''[['n Bruid in die Môre]]'' in 1977 and ''[[4 Vertrekke en 'n Tuin]]'' by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy in 1978 for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]].
+She directed Jean-Paul Sartre’s  ''[[In Camera]]'' and Robert Thomas's ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' in 1976, [[Hugo Claus]]’s ''[['n Bruid in die Môre]]'' in 1977 and ''[[4 Vertrekke en 'n Tuin]]'' by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy in 1978 for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]].
 == Productions (1964-1978) ==

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 '''VAN HEERDEN, Maria (Marie) Magdalena''' (1924-1989) (earlier known as '''Marie Viljoen''') was a South African actress , highly respected stage director and founder member of the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] in Stellenbosch.  Both her sons, [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]], also became well-known professional performers and theatre practitioners.
-Born [[Marie Viljoen]], she matriculated at Jan Van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town in 1939, then did a three-year course in Elocution and Drama under Sr [[Hyacinth Skene]], [[Leonie Pienaar]] and [[Aletta Gericke]] in Cape Town and, after completing the final practical examinations, received her A.T.C.L. (Associate Trinity College London) in 1942. Between 1940 and 1948 she appeared in fourteen professional productions (taking ten leading roles) in the theatre companies of [[André Huguenet]], [[Wena Naudé]] and [[André Rousseau]]. While still studying, as an eighteen-year old in 1942, she started acting in amateur productions of the [[KAT]] in Cape Town, like [[Die Hoogste Reg]] and [[Die Spaanse Vlieg]], while also acting in radio-dramas for the [[SABC]]. In 1947 she joined the [[André Rousseau Theatre Company]] as a full-time professional actress in the touring production of ''[[Liefde in Satyn]]'', followed by ''[[Eerloos]]''.
+== Training ==
-After her marriage in 1947 she moved back to Cape Town and in 1952 to Stellenbosch, after the birth of her two sons. In 1960 she joined the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] as an actress and director and she starred in ''[[Onderdrukte Begeertes]]'', one of the one-act plays in the amateur society's first production. Plays she directed for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] included [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Die Tas]]'' (1965), [[Emlyn Williams]]'s ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' (1965), William Saroyan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan] ''[[The Hungerers]]'' (1966), Terence Rattigan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan] ''[[Die Ander Vuur]]'' (1968), [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[Ten Little Niggers]]'' (1969), ''[[Hennie Aucamp: Kortverhale en Eenakters]]'' (1970), [[Leslie Sands]]'s ''[[Something to Hide]]'' (1970). In 1964 she won the award as Best Actress, opposite [[Louis Eksteen]], winner of the award as Best Actor, at the [[ATKV Amateur Toneelkompetisie]] in Bloemfontein at the annual [[ATKV Amateur Toneelkompetisie]], for their performances in [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Die Koffer]]'' staged by the [[Libertas Teaterklub]].
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 While acting in, or directing, many [[Libertas Teaterklub]] productions, first in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street and later in the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Bird Street, she also acted in a number of productions for the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]], like ''[[Die Lewe wat ek jou Gegee het]]'' (1964), ''[[Antigone]]'' (1965) and ''[[Die Erfgename]]'' (1967).
-For two year (1972/3) she joined [[CAPAB]] as professional actress, taking parts in productions like ''[[Bart Nel]]'' by [[Jan van Melle]]. As a representative of [[CAPAB]] she also directed some amateur productions like ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' by [[Robert Thomas]] for the [[Kimberley Amateur Dramatic Society]] ([[KADRA]]) and ''[[Something to Hide]]'' by [[Leslie Sands]] for the [[Dramatic Society of East London]].
+For two years (1972/3) she joined [[CAPAB]] as professional actress, taking parts in productions like ''[[Bart Nel]]'' by [[Jan van Melle]]. As a representative of [[CAPAB]] she also directed some amateur productions like ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' by [[Robert Thomas]] for the [[Kimberley Amateur Dramatic Society]] ([[KADRA]]) and ''[[Something to Hide]]'' by [[Leslie Sands]] for the [[Dramatic Society of East London]].
-In 1974 she moved back to Stellenbosch and started directing productions for the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] again; [[Hennie Aucamp]]'s ''[[Wolf, Wolf hoe laat is dit?]]'' in ''[[Vlugsout]]'', an evening of Aucamp's work (1974). In August 1974 she directed [[ André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Pavane]]'' for Stellenbosch University's [[USAT]] in the [[Libertas Theatre]].
+In 1974 she moved back to Stellenbosch and started directing productions for the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] again; [[Hennie Aucamp]]'s ''[[Wolf, Wolf hoe laat is dit?]]'' in ''[[Vlugsout]]'', an evening of Aucamp's work (1974). In August 1974 she directed [[André P. Brink]]'s ''[[Pavane]]'' for Stellenbosch University's [[USAT]] in the [[Libertas Theatre]].
-In 1975 she designed and implemented the idea of ''Kortteater/Short Theatre'' for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]]. In this series of five one-hour primetime productions she staged: an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by [[Brian Friel]] (March); ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' (May); ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'' by [[Joe Orton]] (July); ''[[Items]]'' (November).
+In 1975 she designed and implemented the idea of ''Kortteater/Short Theatre'' for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]]. In this series of five one-hour primetime productions she staged: an adapted version of ''[[The Freedom of the City]]'' by Brian Friel (March); ''[[Vrou Vrou/Woman Woman]]'' (May); ''[[Skoppensboer]]'', an adaptation of ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'' by Joe Orton (July); ''[[Items]]'' (November).
-She directed [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]’s  ''[[In Camera]]'' and [[Robert Thomas]]'s ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' in 1976, [[Hugo Claus]]’s ''[['n Bruid in die Môre]]'' in 1977 and ''[[4 Vertrekke en 'n Tuin]]'' by [[Pierre Barillet]] and [[Jean-Pierre Grédy ]] in 1978 for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]].
+She directed Jean-Paul Sartre’s  ''[[In Camera]]'' and Robert Thomas's ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' in 1976, Hugo Claus’s ''[['n Bruid in die Môre]]'' in 1977 and ''[[4 Vertrekke en 'n Tuin]]'' by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy in 1978 for the [[Libertas Teaterklub]].
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 : ''[[The Hungerers]]'' (director), ''[[Die Sterkere]]'' (director), ''[[Speelgoed van Glas]]'' (Amanda).
-: Gas Light (Bella), ''[[Portret van 'n Madonna]]'' (director), ''[[Kwartet]]'' (director), ''[[Die Erfgename]]'' (Lavinia).
+: ''[[Gas Light]]'' (Bella), ''[[Portret van 'n Madonna]]'' (director), ''[[Kwartet]]'' (director), ''[[Die Erfgename]]'' (Lavinia).
 : ''[[Die Ander Vuur]]'' (director).
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 : ''[[4 Vertrekke en 'n Tuin]]'' (director).
 == Sources ==