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‘All work and no play makes civilisation unattractive to the masses’

Theatre and mission education at Mariannhill, 1900–1925

Bhekizizwe Peterson Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand,
Pages 32-51 | Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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