Phyllis Konya
Phyllis Konya (19*-) was an arts journalist, reviewer and theatre historian.
Contents
Biography
Born Phyllis Juby (or found as Phyllis Jubyh in some sources),
She met and married the architect Sandor Konya in Cape Town in 1928. Later they moved to Pretoria where she became a long time reviewer and later arts editor for the Pretoria News
Writing under her maiden name of Phyllis Juby, she published some books based on their travels in the East, including Chinese Fairy Tales (Newspaper Enterprise, 1934), Chinese Poetry. With An Essay (J. L. van Schaik, Ltd, 1943
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1980s she was sponsored by DALRO to write the history of FATSSA and amateur theatre. While this was not ever published, there is a manuscript in the National Archives (former CESAT Holdings). NELM also holds a copy of this work (When the Amateurs Stole the Show: the story of FATSSA: the Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of Southern Africa [1938]). She did publish an article on FATSSA for a book in honour of P.P.B. Breytenbach (The Breytie Book, edited by Temple Hauptfleisch, 1985).
Sources
https://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/archframes.php?archid=910&countadd=1
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities K
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to Main Page
