Yvonne Silbert
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Yvonne Silbert (1926-1975)
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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.
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.
