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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
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She visited South Africa in 1948, under the auspices of [[Brian Brooke]], to direct ''[[Night Must Fall]]'', ''[[Clutterbuck]]'', ''[[A Man About the House]]'', ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'', ''[[Home at Seven]]'', ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'', for the [[Brian Brooke Company]].  
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She visited South Africa in 1948-1949, under the auspices of [[Brian Brooke]], to direct ''[[Night Must Fall]]'', ''[[Clutterbuck]]'', ''[[A Man About the House]]'', ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'', ''[[Home at Seven]]'', ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'', for the [[Brian Brooke Company]].  
  
 
She also produced ''[[Laura]]'' for the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society|Cape Reps]] in that year.
 
She also produced ''[[Laura]]'' for the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society|Cape Reps]] in that year.

Revision as of 05:38, 23 December 2021

Mary Byron (19**-1953) was a British actress and director.

Biography

Mary Byron died of cancer, 1953.


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

She visited South Africa in 1948-1949, under the auspices of Brian Brooke, to direct Night Must Fall, Clutterbuck, A Man About the House, Hedda Gabler, Charley's Aunt, Home at Seven, The Happiest Days of Your Life, for the Brian Brooke Company.

She also produced Laura for the Cape Reps in that year.

Sources

Brooke 1978. 171, 178, 181, 197, 201, 218.

Undated clipping from Die Burger found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the University of Stellenbosch, dated 1951.

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