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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | As actress she appeared in Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931), ''[[Old Maid]]'' (1939). | + | As actress she appeared in Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931), ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (1939). |
As director she did ''[[Hippolytus]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931), Maeterlinck's ''[[Sister Beatrice]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1933); ''[[The Pleasure Garden]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1945); ''[[The Tidings Brought to Mary]]''; ''[[Family Portrait]]''; ''[[The Cradle Song]]''; ''[[Marriage à la Mode]]''. | As director she did ''[[Hippolytus]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1931), Maeterlinck's ''[[Sister Beatrice]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1933); ''[[The Pleasure Garden]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 1945); ''[[The Tidings Brought to Mary]]''; ''[[Family Portrait]]''; ''[[The Cradle Song]]''; ''[[Marriage à la Mode]]''. | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 18 May 2026
Ruth Peffers (18**-19*). Actress, director, speech teacher and head of Speech and Drama at the College of Music, University of Cape Town , in the 1930s and 1940s.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actress she appeared in Chekhov's The Seagull (Little Theatre, 1931), The Old Maid (1939).
As director she did Hippolytus (Little Theatre, 1931), Maeterlinck's Sister Beatrice (Little Theatre, 1933); The Pleasure Garden (Little Theatre, 1945); The Tidings Brought to Mary; Family Portrait; The Cradle Song; Marriage à la Mode. [FdV; MT]
Sources
Inskip, 1972. p.119.
Binge, 1969.
South African Opinion, 2(2):21, 1945.
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