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=== Career === | === Career === | ||
| − | Became head of [[CAPAB]] | + | Became head of [[CAPAB Youth Drama]] in 1976. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Directed ''[[Three Cheers for President Charlie]]'' (1975), ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (for [[CAPAB]] English Schools Programme, 1975), ''[[Husse met Lang Ore]]'' (1977). | + | Directed ''[[Three Cheers for President Charlie]]'' (1974), ''[[Story Theatre]]'' (1975), ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (for [[CAPAB]] English Schools Programme, 1975), ''[[Husse met Lang Ore]]'' (1977), ''[[Time-Sneeze]]'' (1978), ''[[The Fantastic Fairground]]'' (1979). She co-directed ''[[Confetti]]'' (with [[Johan Esterhuizen]], 1980). |
| − | Acted in ''[[The Cavern]]'', ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', ''[[Richard III]]''. | + | Acted in ''[[The Cavern]]'', ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', ''[[Richard III]]''. |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
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| + | Death of a Salesman theatre programme (CAPAB), 1979. | ||
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| + | [[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:07, 5 June 2026
Eileen Thorns (19**-) Director, Actress
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Career
Became head of CAPAB Youth Drama in 1976.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Directed Three Cheers for President Charlie (1974), Story Theatre (1975), The Glass Menagerie (for CAPAB English Schools Programme, 1975), Husse met Lang Ore (1977), Time-Sneeze (1978), The Fantastic Fairground (1979). She co-directed Confetti (with Johan Esterhuizen, 1980).
Acted in The Cavern, Death of a Salesman, Richard III.
Awards, etc
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Death of a Salesman theatre programme (CAPAB), 1979.
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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