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Born in Krugersdorp In 1926.  
 
Born in Krugersdorp In 1926.  
  
In 1950 she married Rupert Abrahams, an attorney. Two weeks later she contracted poliomyelitis and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
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In 1950 she married Rupert Abrahams, an attorney. Two weeks later she contracted poliomyelitis and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Though she could no longe rplay the piano and compose, she continued to write plays and short stories, and much of her time was taken up with teaching speech and drama.  
  
 
She died in 1975.
 
She died in 1975.

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Yvonne Silbert (1926-1975)

Biography

Born in Krugersdorp In 1926.

In 1950 she married Rupert Abrahams, an attorney. Two weeks later she contracted poliomyelitis and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Though she could no longe rplay the piano and compose, she continued to write plays and short stories, and much of her time was taken up with teaching speech and drama.

She died in 1975.

Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance

As a playwright

Before she was twenty she wrote a musical play called Take It or Leave It!, produced in Johannesburg by Norah Taylor in August 1948.

She went on to write numerous plays, musicals and other performance works.


Her plays include:



=As a teacher

She travelled around the reef teaching Speech and Drama


Among other projects, she produced a number of Shakespearean plays at Afrikaans high schools.

Sources

http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/abrahams-yvonne