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In 1909, inspired by the grand preparations in Cape Town for a national pageant intended to inaugurate the newly-forged Union of South Africa in 1910, she composed an outdoor pageant, the ''[[Masque of the Silver Trees]]''; a neo-classical quasi-Jacobean performance. | In 1909, inspired by the grand preparations in Cape Town for a national pageant intended to inaugurate the newly-forged Union of South Africa in 1910, she composed an outdoor pageant, the ''[[Masque of the Silver Trees]]''; a neo-classical quasi-Jacobean performance. | ||
Revision as of 06:07, 30 April 2017
Rene Juta (18**-) was an author and playwright.
(Her name on occasion found as René Juta)
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Biography
Born in Cape Town, daughter of Sir Henry Juta and sister of South African born artist and authorJan Juta (1895-1990).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1909, inspired by the grand preparations in Cape Town for a national pageant intended to inaugurate the newly-forged Union of South Africa in 1910, she composed an outdoor pageant, the Masque of the Silver Trees; a neo-classical quasi-Jacobean performance.
Sources
Peter Merrington, State of the Union: The "New Pageantry" and the Performance of Identity in North America and South Africa, 1908-1910, Journal of Literary Studies 15, nos. 1-2 (1999): 238-63.
Jan Juta. 1972. Background in Sunshine: Memories of South Africa. New York: Charles Scribner‟s Sons: p.52.
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