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| − | (1876-1966) (The first name is also written '''Bertha''' sometimes)Hotelier, journalist, playwright and novelist.
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| − | =Biography=
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| − | Born in Barrow-in-Furness in England and came to South Africa from in 1881.She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist, among both English and Afrikaans communities. As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956.
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| − | =Contribution to South African theatre=
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| − | Wrote a number of one-act plays, including the extremely popular ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]'' (first performed 1917) and ''[[The Way the Money Goes]]''. They first appeared (with ''[[The Sergeant-in-Charge]]'' and ''[[Patriots]]'') in the collection ''[[The Way the Money Goes and other plays]]'' (1925) and were both widely published afterwards. ''[[The Aliens]]'' followed, published 1936. Also wrote the libretto for a musical, ''[[Sunshine Land]]''. In the 1970’s the SABC also broadcast a TV version of ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]''.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | See [[Berthe Goudvis|Goudvis]], 2011
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