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	#REDIRECT [[Yvonne Abrahams]]		#REDIRECT [[Yvonne Abrahams]]
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−	~~[[Yvonne Abrahams]] (1926-1975)~~
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−	~~==Biography==~~
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−	~~Born [[Yvonne Silbert]] in Krugersdorp in 1926.~~
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−	In 1950 she married Rupert Abrahams, an attorney. Two weeks later she contracted poliomyelitis and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Though she could no longer play the piano and compose, she continued to write plays and short stories under her married name, and much of her time was taken up with teaching speech and drama.
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−	~~She died in 1975.~~
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−	~~==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==~~
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−	~~===As a playwright===~~
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−	~~Before she was twenty she wrote a musical play called ''[[Take It or Leave It!]]'', produced in Johannesburg by [[Norah Taylor]] in 3 - 7 August 1948.~~
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−	~~She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works for stage and radio under the name [[Yvonne Abrahams]]. These include:~~
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−	~~''[[Look Before You Leap!]]'' (also known as ''[[The Dress Rehearsal]]''),~~
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−	~~''[[Lunatic at Large]]''~~
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−	~~''[[The Bond Maid]]''~~
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−	~~===As a teacher===~~
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−	~~She travelled around the reef teaching Speech and Drama, and - among other projects - produced a number of Shakespearean plays at [[Afrikaans]] high schools.~~
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−	~~==Sources==~~
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−	"Biography of Yvonne Silbert", contained in ZA HPRA A2054: Papers of Yvonne Abrahams (Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).
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−	~~http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/abrahams-yvonne~~
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−	~~http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/writings-of-yvonne-silbert~~

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-[[Yvonne Silbert]] (1926-1975)
+#REDIRECT [[Yvonne Abrahams]]
 ==Biography==
-Born in Krugersdorp In 1926.
+Born [[Yvonne Silbert]] in Krugersdorp in 1926.
-In 1950 she married Rupert Abrahams, an attorney. Two weeks later she contracted poliomyelitis and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Though she could no longe rplay the piano and compose, she continued to write plays and short stories, and much of her time was taken up with teaching speech and drama.
+In 1950 she married Rupert Abrahams, an attorney. Two weeks later she contracted poliomyelitis and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Though she could no longer play the piano and compose, she continued to write plays and short stories under her married name, and much of her time was taken up with teaching speech and drama.
 She died in 1975.

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 Before she was twenty she wrote a musical play called ''[[Take It or Leave It!]]'',  produced in Johannesburg by [[Norah Taylor]] in 3 - 7 August 1948.
-She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works for stage and radio under the name [[Yvonne Abrahams]].
+She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works for stage and radio under the name [[Yvonne Abrahams]]. These include:
-Her other plays,  include:
+''[[Look Before You Leap!]]'' (also known as ''[[The Dress Rehearsal]]''),
-''[[Look Before You Leap!]]'' (also known as ''[[The Dress Rehearsal]]''), Look before you leap
+''[[Lunatic at Large]]''
 ===As a teacher===

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 ===As a playwright===
-Before she was twenty she wrote a musical play called ''[[Take It or Leave It!]]'',  produced in Johannesburg by [[Norah Taylor]] in August 1948.
+Before she was twenty she wrote a musical play called ''[[Take It or Leave It!]]'',  produced in Johannesburg by [[Norah Taylor]] in 3 - 7 August 1948.
-She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works for stage and radio.
+She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works for stage and radio under the name [[Yvonne Abrahams]].
-Her plays include:
+''[[Look Before You Leap!]]'' (also known as ''[[The Dress Rehearsal]]''), Look before you leap
 ===As a teacher===

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	==Sources==		==Sources==
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		+	"Biography of Yvonne Silbert", contained in ZA HPRA A2054: Papers of Yvonne Abrahams (Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).

	http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/abrahams-yvonne		http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/abrahams-yvonne

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-===As a teacher==
+===As a teacher===
-She travelled around the reef teaching Speech and Drama
+She travelled around the reef teaching Speech and Drama, and - among other projects - produced a number of Shakespearean plays at [[Afrikaans]] high schools.
 ==Sources==
 http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/abrahams-yvonne

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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
 Before she was twenty she wrote a musical play called ''[[Take It or Leave It!]]'',  produced in Johannesburg by [[Norah Taylor]] in August 1948.
-She travelled around the reef teaching Speech and Drama, and acted in amateur theatre productions in South Africa.
+She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works.
-She continued to write plays and short stories after she fell ill. Most of her time was taken up with teaching speech and drama, and she produced a number of Shakespearean plays at Afrikaans high schools.
+Among other projects, she produced a number of Shakespearean plays at [[Afrikaans]] high schools.
 ==Sources==
 http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/abrahams-yvonne