Willem Frederik Mondriaan
Willem Frederik Mondriaan was a journalist and theatre producer.
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Biography
Born Willem Frederick Mondriaan on May 10, 1874 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
He died on August 22, 1944 in Pretoria, South Africa
He was the younger brother of the great modernist painter Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944).
Contributions to South African theatre, film, media and performance
While living in Bloemfontein, he was probably for a while associated with Die Hanekoms se Toneelskool, which had been established in 1932, and performed in some plays for them no doubt.
in 1933 he produced the five act drama Joan Woutersz by the Dutch dramatist Hendrik Jan Schimmel ()[], in the Grand Theatre in Bloemfontein, as part of the Orange Free State's contribution to the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of William of Orange in the Netherlands. The cast included C. de Wet Marais (1903-1972) and Anna Christina Snoek (1903-1941).
Sources
South African Opinion, 3(4):23
Trek, 11(3):18, 1946.
Binge, L.W.B. - Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950) (1969)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5367015/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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