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(19*-). Playwright and director. He apparently founded the [[Marais Dramagroep]] ("Marais Drama Group") in the 1950s, and they toured the Western Cape for a couple of decades with only one play, ''[[Anker van die Lewe]]'' ("Anchor of Life"), written by Marais. Hugely popular,  it dramatised a life of evildoing, ending with a deathscene.  
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[[P. Marais]] (19*-). Playwright and director.  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He apparently founded the [[Marais Dramagroep]] ("Marais Drama Group") in the 1950s, and they toured the Western Cape for a couple of decades with only one play, ''[[Anker van die Lewe]]'' ("Anchor of Life"), written by Marais. Hugely popular,  it dramatised a life of evildoing, ending with a deathscene.  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
See Smith, 1990, p37 [TH]
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P. Marais (19*-). Playwright and director.

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

He apparently founded the Marais Dramagroep ("Marais Drama Group") in the 1950s, and they toured the Western Cape for a couple of decades with only one play, Anker van die Lewe ("Anchor of Life"), written by Marais. Hugely popular, it dramatised a life of evildoing, ending with a deathscene.

Sources

See Smith, 1990, p37 [TH]

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