Miemie Neethling

Miemie Neethling (19**-) is a former theatre researcher and director of Higher Education at Plumpton College.

Also known by her married name, Miemie Neethling-Taylor

Biography

She studied drama at the University of Stellenbosch, completing a master's degree in 2002. She then moved into education, later relocating to the United Kingdom, where she went into educational administration, becoming the director of Higher Education at Plumpton College. .

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

In 2002 she completed a invaluable master's thesis on turn-of-the-century theatre buildings in Cape Town, entitled Cape curtains: a study of selected Cape Town theatres, 1843-1916. While a student at Stellenbosch University, she was also a research assistant in the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies at Stellenbosch, a technical editor and occasional issue co-editor for SATJ and a researcher for COMSAT (the forerunner of ESAT).

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