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[[Merrel Petersen]] is a playwright, stage manager
 
[[Merrel Petersen]] is a playwright, stage manager
  
 
As a student at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]], she trained as a stage manager, but also took the playwriting course, for which translated ''[[Two Women]]'' by Eileen Russel and Herbert Chown and ''[[Twee Vroue]]'' and and wrote an original one-act play called ''[[Verdwaalde Skadu's]] ("Lost shadows").
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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As a student at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]], she trained as a stage manager, working on various departmental productions. She also took the playwriting course in the department, for which she translated ''[[Two Women]]'' by Eileen Russel and Herbert Chown as ''[[Twee Vroue]]'' and wrote an original one-act play called ''[[Verdwaalde Skadu's]] ("Lost shadows").
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:36, 6 May 2023

Merrel Petersen is a playwright, stage manager


Biography

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

As a student at the Stellenbosch Drama Department, she trained as a stage manager, working on various departmental productions. She also took the playwriting course in the department, for which she translated Two Women by Eileen Russel and Herbert Chown as Twee Vroue and wrote an original one-act play called Verdwaalde Skadu's ("Lost shadows").



Sources

Copies of the playtexts Twee Vroue and Verdwaalde Skadu's, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.

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