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=== Career ===
 
=== Career ===
Became head of [[CAPAB]] Youth Drama in 1976.
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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), ''[[The Fantastic Fairground]]'' (1979). She co-directed ''[[Confetti]]'' (with [[Johan Esterhuizen]], 1980).
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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]]''.
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Death of a Salesman theatre programme (CAPAB), 1979.
 
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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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]]

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Eileen Thorns (19**-) Director, Actress


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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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