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Many plays are written by authors who, for various reasons, prefer to hide their identity. A number of techniques are employed in such cases, e.g. the use of a [[pseudonym]] or [[nom de plume]], the omission of a name altogether, or the use of a phrase to indicate something like local authorship. 
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Similarly of course, performers and other theatre and film practitioners have for centuries employed stage names to hide their identities or to make them sound more acceptable, mysterious, artistic, etc. 
 
 
 
=Pseudonyms=
 
 
 
 
 
=An indication of local authorship=
 
 
Besides omitting to mention an author altogether or using a [[pseudonym]], a number general phrases have been used over time to identify as a local personality. 
 
 
 
In Cape Town for example, one finds examples such as "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]" (1858), "[[A Young Lady of Cape Town]]" (1870),
 
 
 
 
 
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