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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
The SA play ''[[Dear Mrs Steyn]]'' was inspired by and based upon her letters to Mrs Steyn, the wife of the President of the Ortange Free State,  during and after the [[South African War|Second Boer War]].
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A number of plays have been based on her life. These include:
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''[[Dear Mrs Steyn]]'' by [[Deon Opperman]], [[Garth Holmes]] and [[Wilna Snyman]] (1999).
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''[[An Audience with Miss Hobhouse]]'' by [[Tony Jackman]] (2013)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 10:27, 2 January 2015

(9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) A British welfare campaigner, who is primarily remembered for bringing the deprived conditions inside the British administered concentration camps in South Africa to the attention of the British public, and working to change the conditions. The camps had been built to incarcerate Boer women and children during the Second Boer War and thousands of people died there.

Biography

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Hobhouse

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

A number of plays have been based on her life. These include:

Dear Mrs Steyn by Deon Opperman, Garth Holmes and Wilna Snyman (1999).

An Audience with Miss Hobhouse by Tony Jackman (2013)

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Hobhouse

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