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LODGE, James (1915-*?). Journalist and dramatist. After working full-time as a journalist and editor with first the ''Pretoria News'' and then the ''Cape Argus'', Lodge was once considered a very promising writer on the strength especially of his four full-length plays, ''[[Andromeda]]'', ''[[Earthquake]]'', ''[[Strawberry Love]]'' and ''[[Investigations into the Death of a Greek]]''. However, having written these when already in retirement, he never quite fulfilled his promise. He is also the author of two one-act plays: ''[[Have a Heart, Mrs. Dove!]]'' (1970) and ''[[The Frightened King]]'' (1970). (See [[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]], 1988) [JH
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LODGE, James (1915-*?). Journalist and dramatist. After working full-time as a journalist and editor with first the ''Pretoria News'' and then the ''Cape Argus'', Lodge was once considered a very promising writer on the strength especially of his four full-length plays, ''[[Andromeda]]'', ''[[Earthquake]]'', ''[[Strawberry Love]]'' and ''[[Investigation into the Death of a Greek]]''. However, having written these when already in retirement, he never quite fulfilled his promise. He is also the author of two one-act plays: ''[[Have a Heart, Mrs. Dove!]]'' (1970) and ''[[The Frightened King]]'' (1970). (See [[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]], 1988) [JH
  
 
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LODGE, James (1915-*?). Journalist and dramatist. After working full-time as a journalist and editor with first the Pretoria News and then the Cape Argus, Lodge was once considered a very promising writer on the strength especially of his four full-length plays, Andromeda, Earthquake, Strawberry Love and Investigation into the Death of a Greek. However, having written these when already in retirement, he never quite fulfilled his promise. He is also the author of two one-act plays: Have a Heart, Mrs. Dove! (1970) and The Frightened King (1970). (See Gosher, 1988) [JH

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