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Born [[Mary Waterton Waters]] | Born [[Mary Waterton Waters]] | ||
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| + | Also found as '''[[M.W. Waters]]'''. | ||
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| + | Considered a fierce, eccentric and formidable woman, with a strong interest in the history of the region, she was the founding principal of the first junior secondary school in the Albany Road area, a facility created by [[Rhodes University]] Education Department as Rhodes Practicing School and intended to provide workplace experience for both lecturers and students. It became a high school in 1963 and was later named Mary Waters High School in her honour. | ||
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| + | Besides poetry and drama, she also wrote a number of books for school use, such as the series ''Stories from History for Bantu Children'' (used for Standards I & II; III & IV; V & VI), published by [[Juta]] in the 1940s. | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to South African theatre== | ||
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| + | Her plays include ''[[Nonqause]]'' | ||
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | Peter Kallaway. 2018. History in popular literature and textbooks for Xhosa schools, 1850-1950s. In: ''[[Yesterday and Today]]'' No 20[http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2223-03862018000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en] | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 18 June 2022
Mary W. Waters (18**-19**). A missionary in South Africa, playwright.
Also known simply as Mary Waters
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Biography
Born Mary Waterton Waters
Also found as M.W. Waters.
Biography
Considered a fierce, eccentric and formidable woman, with a strong interest in the history of the region, she was the founding principal of the first junior secondary school in the Albany Road area, a facility created by Rhodes University Education Department as Rhodes Practicing School and intended to provide workplace experience for both lecturers and students. It became a high school in 1963 and was later named Mary Waters High School in her honour.
Besides poetry and drama, she also wrote a number of books for school use, such as the series Stories from History for Bantu Children (used for Standards I & II; III & IV; V & VI), published by Juta in the 1940s.
Contribution to South African theatre
Her plays include Nonqause
Sources
Peter Kallaway. 2018. History in popular literature and textbooks for Xhosa schools, 1850-1950s. In: Yesterday and Today No 20[1]
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote a number of Xhosa plays, notably uNongqause, which was to be the second play put on by the Bantu Dramatic Society in 1933/4(??) (Published by Lovedale Press in 1924), . **
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