A.E Carinus-Holzhausen

CARINUS-HOLZHAUSEN, Mrs A.E. Passionate supporter , literary advisor and translator for the early Afrikaans theatre. Was the first secretary of the Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniging en Toneelskool established by Danie Smal. Notable for her translation of Südermann’s Heimat as Huistoe ([Going] Home) for Paul de Groot’s first real professional and commercial success. She subsequently did numerous translations for De Groot and other producers, including Ibsen’s The Doll House, initially called Geleende Geld (“Borrowed Money”), later Poppehuis, in Afrikaans – a dismal failure for De Groot, who had misjudged his audiences. She had a passion for theatre, and if a show failed, was prepared to eschew her honorarium for the translation. (See: Binge 1969; Fletcher, 1994)

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