Sarah Sylvia - Revision history

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

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 Later, in the same year she starred in the lead role in Goldfaden’s [[Shulamis]].
-Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged ''[[Madame X]]'', a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
+Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged ''[[Madame X]]'', a four-act play by A. Beson.
 She acted in [[Leon Kobrin]]'s [[Minkie and the Cook]], a comedy with musical numbers and dancing, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. Starring [[Sarah Sylvia]] (Minkie) and her [[Jewish Players]].

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-[[Sarah Sylvia]] (real name Serke Goldstein) (1890–1976). Actress and producer, she was born in London and came to South Africa as a young child.
+[[Sarah Sylvia]] (real name [[Serke Goldstein]]) (1890–1976). Actress and producer, she was born in London and came to South Africa as a young child.
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 Later, in the same year she starred in the lead role in Goldfaden’s [[Shulamis]].
-Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged [[Madame X]], a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
+Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged ''[[Madame X]]'', a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
-She acted in [[Leon Kobrin]]'s [[Minkie and the Cook]], a comedy with musical numbers and dancing, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. Starring [[Sarah Sylvia]] (Minkie) and her Jewish Players.
+She acted in [[Leon Kobrin]]'s [[Minkie and the Cook]], a comedy with musical numbers and dancing, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. Starring [[Sarah Sylvia]] (Minkie) and her [[Jewish Players]].
 She also acted in [[Joseph Schwartzberg]]'s [[Home Sweet Home]], a comedy with musical numbers and dancing, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. Starring [[Sarah Sylvia]] (Stella) and her Jewish Players, [[Z Libin]]'s [[Blind Love]], an emotional drama, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. Starring [[Sarah Sylvia]] and her Jewish Players, [[Jacob Cloreea]]'s (spelling?) [[The Orphan]], a standard drama, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. [[Money, Love & Shame]], a drama of modern times at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921.

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-[[Sarah Sylvia]] (real name Serke Goldstein) (1890–1976). Actress.
+[[Sarah Sylvia]] (real name Serke Goldstein) (1890–1976). Actress and producer, she was born in London and came to South Africa as a young child.
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 In 1912, in London, she played opposite Maurice Moscovitch in his Yiddish production of [[The Merchant of Venice]].
 Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged [[Madame X]], a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
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 She was a star of the Jewish theatre, who brought a company to South Africa to produce a season of theatre at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg in the 1940s, followed by seasons at the [[Colosseum]] and [[His Majesty's Theatre]] over the years. Her company also did the first production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951). (See also the [[Sarah Sylvia Company]] in Section 3.)
-She went on to make various appearances as actress in South Africa over the years, including ''[[The Same Sky]]'' (1952, with [[Leon Gluckman]]), ''[[The World of Shalom Aleichem]]'' (in 1957 with [[David Kossof]] and [[Joyce Grant]], directed by [[Cecil Williams]]), ''[[Romanoff and Juliet]]'' (1958), ''[[A Majority of One]]'' (in 1960 with [[Frank Wise]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]]) and  ''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' (in 1962, with [[Fyvel Zygelbaum]] and local performers [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[Clive Parnell]] and [[Jane Fenn]].), ''[[Barmy Days]]'' (1966).
+She went on to make various appearances as actress in South Africa over the years, including ''[[The Same Sky]]'' (1952, with [[Leon Gluckman]]), [[Death of a Salesman]] (in English) with Ben-Ami, ''[[The World of Shalom Aleichem]]'' (in 1957 [in 1960?] with [[David Kossof]] and [[Joyce Grant]], directed by [[Cecil Williams]]), ''[[Romanoff and Juliet]]'' (1958), ''[[A Majority of One]]'' (in 1960 with [[Frank Wise]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]]) and  ''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' (in 1962, with [[Fyvel Zygelbaum]] and local performers [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[Clive Parnell]] and [[Jane Fenn]].), ''[[Barmy Days]]'' (1966).
-Her son was the promotor and musical impressario [[Alfred  Herbert]] (Alf).
+Her son was the promoter and musical impresario [[Alfred  Herbert]] (Alf).
 Film roles include ''[[The Professor and the Beauty Queen]]'' (1967), ''[[Stadig oor die Klippe]]'' (1969) and ''[[Hans en die Rooinek]]'' (1961).
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-[[Sarah Sylvia]] was the acknowledged leading Jewish actress in South Africa. Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged [[Madame X]], a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
+[[Sarah Sylvia]] was the acknowledged leading Jewish actress and producer in South Africa.
 She acted in [[Leon Kobrin]]'s [[Minkie and the Cook]], a comedy with musical numbers and dancing, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921. Starring [[Sarah Sylvia]] (Minkie) and her Jewish Players.

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-[[Sarah Sylvia]] (real name Serke Goldstein?) (18**-19**). Actress.
+[[Sarah Sylvia]] (real name Serke Goldstein) (18**-19**). Actress.
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	[[Sarah Sylvia]] was the acknowledged leading Jewish actress in South Africa. Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged [[Madame X]], a four-act play by [[A Beson]].		[[Sarah Sylvia]] was the acknowledged leading Jewish actress in South Africa. Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged [[Madame X]], a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
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		+	She acted in [[Minkie and the Cook]], a comedy with musical numbers and dancing, at the [[Opera House]] in March 1921.

	She was a star of the Jewish theatre, who brought a company to South Africa to produce a season of theatre at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg in the 1940s, followed by seasons at the [[Colosseum]] and [[His Majesty's Theatre]] over the years. Her company also did the first production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951). (See also the [[Sarah Sylvia Company]] in Section 3.)		She was a star of the Jewish theatre, who brought a company to South Africa to produce a season of theatre at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg in the 1940s, followed by seasons at the [[Colosseum]] and [[His Majesty's Theatre]] over the years. Her company also did the first production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951). (See also the [[Sarah Sylvia Company]] in Section 3.)

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	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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		+	[[Sarah Sylvia]] was the acknowledged leading Jewish actress in South Africa. Under the auspices of [[African Theatres Ltd]], she presented a week of different plays in the Yiddish language each night at the [[Opera House]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] during the first week in March 1921. These included comedies, operas, and tragedies. She staged [[Madame X]], a four-act play by [[A Beson]].
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	She was a star of the Jewish theatre, who brought a company to South Africa to produce a season of theatre at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg in the 1940s, followed by seasons at the [[Colosseum]] and [[His Majesty's Theatre]] over the years. Her company also did the first production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951). (See also the [[Sarah Sylvia Company]] in Section 3.)		She was a star of the Jewish theatre, who brought a company to South Africa to produce a season of theatre at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg in the 1940s, followed by seasons at the [[Colosseum]] and [[His Majesty's Theatre]] over the years. Her company also did the first production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951). (See also the [[Sarah Sylvia Company]] in Section 3.)