Henriëtta Gryffenberg

Henriëtta Gryffenberg (1964- ) is a South African actress, playwright and television scriptwriter, best known for her role in the Afrikaans drama series Sonkring and for writing the screenplay for the Afrikaans television drama series Erfsondes, which premiered on SABC2 in 2007. She studied Drama at the University of Pretoria.

Plays include Swartskaap (a cabaret, written as one of the four winners of the 2003 Aardklop/SABC2 text competition for cabaret and musical theatre. Performed at Aardklop festival in 2004)**

As a student role in People are living there (1986)

Dalk]] (PACT 1988), Antjie Somers and I (PACT 1989), Taraboemdery (PACT 1989), Plastics (PACT 1993)

Acted in, Die Papegaaivrou (1990), the pantomime Jan en die Boontjierank (1991), Droomsmokkelaar (1993), Keely and Du (1997), Briewe aan ‘n Rooi Dak (Aardklop 2001), Desnieteenstaande (Aardklop 2003), Sophia Mentz Beredder Haar Boedel (Aardklop 2007),

She directed Die Uitnodiging at Innibos in 2019.

She wrote the one-act play Dis nie my Bybie nie en the cabaret Swartskaap.

See: Leads Agency [1]

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