Ruth Peffers
Ruth Peffers (about 1897-1981). Actress, director, speech teacher and head of Speech Training at the College of Music, University of Cape Town, 1931-1946.
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Biography
Ruth Jane Peffers was born in Bloemfontein. Married David Alexander (19 January 1935). She died in Cape Town.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actress
As actress she appeared in Chekhov's The Seagull (Little Theatre, 1931), The Old Maid (1939).
As director
As director she did:
1931: Hippolytus (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1932: The Cradle Song (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1932: Marriage à la Mode (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1933: Sister Beatrice (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1935: Henry IV (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1935: The Cloak (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1935: Medea (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1936: The Kingdom of God (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1937: King Lear's Wife & Culbin Sands (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1941: Quality Street ((University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)/University of Cape Town Dramatic Society)
1941: The Trojan Women (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1942: The Tidings Brought to Mary (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1943: Symphony in Illusion (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1944: Family Portrait (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1945: The Pleasure Garden (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
Sources
Inskip, 1972. p.119.
Binge, 1969.
South African Opinion, 2(2):21, 1945.
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