An art lover’s legacy and the ghosts of Joburg

IOL: MASEGO PANYANE

Entering the last few days of its run at the Market Theatre is the production telling the tale of Lady Phillips’s life.

Simply titled Florence, the one-person play directed by Greg Homann and penned by playwright Myer Taub is a production that experiments with time, place, language and form to re-imagine the life of colonial figure lady Florence Phillips, through a contemporary lens.

In the play, a disgruntled actress (Leila Henriques) meets with a playwright to discuss the work he’s penned that places Florence Phillips as a ghost at the Joubert Park fence outside the Johannesburg Art Gallery. …Read More

Pictured: Leila Henriques as Florence | Greg Homann