L.D.M. Stopforth

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(19**-19**) Literary critic, novelist and theatre researcher.

Biography

Born Lourens Daniel Marthinus Stopforth.


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

He was the author of a very useful doctoral dissertation entitled Drama in South Africa, 1925-1955 :a critical survey at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, (1955, Unpublished)

Other works of criticism included Herman Charles Bosman: An Evaluation (Volume 1 of the Annals of the University College Western Cape, 1964) and a book on the South African short story in English (1954). He also wrote two novels in Afrikaans.

Sources

http://www.esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Stopforth,_L.D.M.

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