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[[Susan Hilferty]] (19*-). Teacher at the Tisch School of Arts in New York and internationally renowned set and costume designer.  
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[[Susan Hilferty]] (19*-) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hilferty]. Teacher at the Tisch School of Arts in New York and internationally renowned set and costume designer.  
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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Susan Hilferty (19*-) [1]. Teacher at the Tisch School of Arts in New York and internationally renowned set and costume designer.

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

Known in South Africa for her work as designer ans associate director with Athol Fugard from the 1980s. Designed the US premiéres of all his plays from A Lesson from Aloes onwards. Many of her designs were also utilized in South African productions, including those for the award-winning Playland, The Captain’s Tiger, Valley Song and Sorrows and Rejoicings.

Sources

Playland programme notes of first run at the Market Theatre, 1992.


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