Ben de Koker

Ben de Koker. (19*-2003) Actor, director and academic.

Biography
Died 8 June 2003.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He wrote English Playwriting in South Africa 1900-1950: A Survey (Unpublished D.Ed. Thesis: University of Pretoria, 1969) and was head of the Department of Drama at the University of the Orange Free State from 1969 to 198*.

He translated the play Ladies in Retirement into Afrikaans, entitled ''Moord in Mooihawe.

He had roles in Die Hekse van Salem (1982), Die Stryd.

He directed Die Vroue van Troje (1972), a production in Afrikaans of Hamlet (1983), Aku Vang 'n Ster (1986) and Die Waterwyser (1991).

He wrote theatre reviews for Die Volksblad.

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