Helen Rooza

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Helen Rooza (19**-). Costume designer.

Biography

She was the Wardrobe Mistress at the Little Theatre for twenty years. She retired in 1976 after making 6 000 theatre costumes. After her retirement from the Little Theatre she worked on a number of productions at the Baxter Theatre.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Among the productions she worked on are The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1959), J.B. (1964), Waiting for Godot (1965), Black Comedy (1969), The Hole (1969), America Hurrah (1970s), Sincerely Yours, Mark Twain (1972), The Homecoming (1977), The Price (1978), A Delicate Balance (1978).

Sources

Letter from her son, Patrick Wagner [1].

Press clipping regarding her retirement held by NELM: [Collection: VAN DER GUCHT, Rosalie]: 2007. 7. 1. 36. 3.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

Theatre programmes of various productions.

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