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[[Winifred Katzin]] (19**-). Translator.
 
[[Winifred Katzin]] (19**-). Translator.
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==Biography==
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
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Perhaps her best known publication was ''Short Plays from Twelve Countries'', a collection of English one act plays selected, some translated and adapted, and edited by [[Winifred Katzin]] (London: George G Harrap and Co., 1937). 
  
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In South Africa the Eastern European one-act plays ''[[The Jews of Hodos]]'' by Sandor Martinescu and ''[[Diamond Cuts Diamond]]'' by Nikolai Gogol were both performed locally and published as performance texts by [[DALRO]] in 1969).
  
Chiefly known for her translations and adaptations of the Eastern European one-act plays such as  ''[[The Jews of Hodos]]'' by Sandor Martinescu and ''[[Diamond Cuts Diamond - A Comedy in One Act|Diamond Cuts Diamond]]'' by Nikolai Gogol (both published by [[DALRO]] in 1969).
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== Sources ==
  
== Sources ==
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988.
  

Revision as of 04:34, 21 May 2020

Winifred Katzin (19**-). Translator.

Biography

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

Perhaps her best known publication was Short Plays from Twelve Countries, a collection of English one act plays selected, some translated and adapted, and edited by Winifred Katzin (London: George G Harrap and Co., 1937).

In South Africa the Eastern European one-act plays The Jews of Hodos by Sandor Martinescu and Diamond Cuts Diamond by Nikolai Gogol were both performed locally and published as performance texts by DALRO in 1969).

Sources

Gosher, 1988.

NELM catalogue.


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