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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
With [[Poppins Salomon]], she directed ''[[Snow Drop and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (1925).
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===As director===
  
Among her productions were ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' ([[Bantu Dramatic Society]], 1935), [[Lewis Sowden]]’s ''[[Red Rand]]'' ([[Repertory Reading Group]], [[Library Theatre]], 1937). She directed readings of the play ''[[Conflicting Worlds]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, 1935.
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1925: ''[[Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (with [[Poppins Salomon]])
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1935: ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' ([[Bantu Dramatic Society]])
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1935: ''[[Conflicting Worlds]]'' (a reading at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg)
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1937:  [[Lewis Sowden]]’s ''[[Red Rand]]'' ([[Repertory Reading Group]], [[Library Theatre]])
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===As actress===
  
 
She acted in a 1929 production of ''[[The Lady of Belmont]]''.
 
She acted in a 1929 production of ''[[The Lady of Belmont]]''.
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 15 June 1935.
 
''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 15 June 1935.
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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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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]].
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Elsie Salomon (18*-19*) Speech teacher and director, Johannesburg.

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

As director

1925: Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs (with Poppins Salomon)

1935: Lady Windermere's Fan (Bantu Dramatic Society)

1935: Conflicting Worlds (a reading at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg)

1937: Lewis Sowden’s Red Rand (Repertory Reading Group, Library Theatre)

As actress

She acted in a 1929 production of The Lady of Belmont.

Sources

Leveson, 2011. 186.

Footlights, 1(3):14. 1929.

Rand Daily Mail, 15 June 1935.

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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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