Anna Botha

(19*-19*) Actress, stage manager and costumier. ** A staunch member of Ons Teatertjie-toneelgroep and Volksteater in Pretoria. First appeared as actress in Terwyl daar Basaar gehou word (Marie Linde, 1936), followed inter alia by Rooibruin Blare (H.A. Fagan, 1936), . Became among Volksteater's best designer/stage managers ("toneelmeesters"), starting with the set and costumes for Hantie kom huistoe (P.W.S. Schumann, 1936) for Ons Teatertjie-toneelgroep (and aided by the artist Marjorie Wyatt Stayt), costumes for Theo Wassenaar's translation of Koning Oidipus (9-10 June 1938), **