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(1919-2000) Author, dramatist and anti-apartheid campaigner.Born in Pretoria on 8 December 1919, she originally went to Hollywood to become a film star, then joined up with the Union Defence Force for service in the north. After a time with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation fund, she worked for film director David Lean. In 1948, on reading [[Alan Paton]]’s ''[[Cry the Beloved Country]]'', she became politically of age and between 1952 and 1956 helped Rev. Michael Scott found the Africa Bureau in London, became the Treason Trials Defence Fund secretary in 1956, in 1963 testified before the UN Committee on Apartheid. Placed under house arrest when she returned to the RSA in 1965, and then went into exile till 1990. She died in 2000 at the age of 80. Wrote a number of radio plays and documentaries, including ''[[Robben Island]]'', ''[[Red Clay]]'', ''[[Journey to the Interior of the Eastern Cape]]''. A close friend of [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Barney Simon]], she has written two books based on those friendships: She has edited Fugard’s journals for Ad Donker and in 1997 wrote ''Athol Fugard and Barney Simon: Bare Stage, a few props, great theatre'', a personal account of her relationship with them. Her autobiography is entitled ''A Far Cry'' (1990)

== Sources ==
See:Benson, 1997. De Beer, 1995

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 == Sources ==
-[[ESAT Bibliography Bat-Bet| Mary Benson]], 1997.
+[[Mary Benson]], 1997. ''Athol Fugard and Barney Simon: Bare Stage, a few props, great theatre'', Johannesburg: [[Ravan Press]]
 [[ESAT Bibliography Dea-Deu|Mona De Beer]], 1995.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Wrote a number of radio plays and documentaries, including ''[[Robben Island]]'', ''[[Red Clay]]'', ''[[Journey to the Interior of the Eastern Cape]]''.   A close friend of [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Barney Simon]],  she has written two books based on those friendships: She has edited Fugard’s journals for Ad Donker and in 1997 wrote ''Athol Fugard and Barney Simon: Bare Stage, a few props, great theatre'', a personal account of her relationship with them. Her autobiography is entitled ''A Far Cry'' (1990)
 == Awards, etc ==

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 == Sources ==
-Benson, 1997.
+[[ESAT Bibliography Bat-Bet| Mary Benson]], 1997.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Dea-Deu|Mona De Beer]], 1995.

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 == Sources ==
-Benson, 1997. De Beer, 1995.
+Benson, 1997.
 Obituary written by Barry Streek published in ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 23-29 June 2000.

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 Benson, 1997. De Beer, 1995.
-Obituary written by Barry Streek published in ''Mail and Guardian'', 23-29 June 2000.
+Obituary written by Barry Streek published in ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 23-29 June 2000.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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-(1919-2000) Author, dramatist and anti-apartheid campaigner.Born in Pretoria on 8 December 1919, she originally went to Hollywood to become a film star, then joined up with the Union Defence Force for service in the north. After a time with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation fund, she worked for film director David Lean. In 1948, on reading [[Alan Paton]]’s ''[[Cry the Beloved Country]]'', she became politically of age and between 1952 and 1956 helped Rev. Michael Scott found the Africa Bureau in London, became the Treason Trials Defence Fund secretary in 1956, in 1963 testified before the UN Committee on Apartheid. Placed under house arrest when she returned to the RSA in 1965, and then went into exile till 1990. She died in 2000 at the age of 80. Wrote a number of radio plays and documentaries, including ''[[Robben Island]]'', ''[[Red Clay]]'', ''[[Journey to the Interior of the Eastern Cape]]''.   A close friend of [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Barney Simon]],  she has written two books based on those friendships: She has edited Fugard’s journals for Ad Donker and in 1997 wrote ''Athol Fugard and Barney Simon: Bare Stage, a few props, great theatre'', a personal account of her relationship with them. Her autobiography is entitled ''A Far Cry'' (1990)
+'''Mary Benson''' (1919-2000) Author, dramatist and anti-apartheid campaigner.
 == Sources ==
-Benson, 1997. De Beer, 1995
+Benson, 1997. De Beer, 1995.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities B]]
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  B]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]