Ruth Peffers
Ruth Peffers (18**-19*). Actress, director, speech teacher and head of Speech Training at the College of Music, University of Cape Town , in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actress
As actress she appeared in Chekhov's The Seagull (Little Theatre, 1931), The Old Maid (1939).
As director
As director she did:
1931: Hippolytus (University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department)
1932: The Cradle Song, directed by Ruth Peffers;
1932: Marriage à la Mode, directed by Ruth Peffers.
1933: Sister Beatrice, directed by Ruth Peffers.
1935: Henry IV, directed by Ruth Peffers.
1941: Quality Street (with the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society) (directed by Ruth Peffers).
1942: The Tidings Brought to Mary, directed by Ruth Peffers.
1944: Family Portrait, directed by Ruth Peffers.
1945: The Pleasure Garden, directed by Ruth Peffers
Sources
Inskip, 1972. p.119.
Binge, 1969.
South African Opinion, 2(2):21, 1945.
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