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<big>Welcome to the '''''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]] ([[ESAT]])''''', the [[open access]], online and [[Wiki]]-based, '''digital reference work''' on theatre, film, media and performance in South Africa. 
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'''Founder and general editor''': [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
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''This page was last modified on 24 April, 2024''
  
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'''Editorial assistant''': [[Miriam Terblanche]]  
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=Go to the '''[[The ESAT Entries|INDEX TO ENTRIES]]'''=
  
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'''Web publisher''': [[University of Stellenbosch]], South Africa
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To skip the introductory notes and instructions for ''[[ESAT]]'', and go directly to the listing of contents, click on the '''link''' in the title above:
  
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'''Editorial offices''': [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama]]
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='''Introduction to the ''[[ESAT]]'' project'''=
  
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==The project==
  
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The ''[[ESAT]]'' encyclopaedia-project was conceived as an interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa, and it is based on research originally undertaken by the ''[[Centre for South African Theatre Research]]'' under the auspices of, and with the support of, the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] ([[HSRC]]) between 1979 and 1987. In 1988 the research was transferred to, and continued at, the [[University of Stellenbosch]] by the ''[[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]]'', with the support of the University's Division for Research Development, the former [[Centre for Science Development]] ([[CSD]])  and the [[National Research Foundation]] ([[NRF]]). The website was opened for public use in 2011.
  
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'''''Please note that any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the particular author(s) and that none of the sponsors of the project accept any liability in this regard.'''''
  
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== Introduction ==
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The project is currently headed by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (original founder, editor-in-chief and project director of the undertaking), with the assistance of with [[Freddy Ogterop]], [[Ivor Markman]], [[Karina Hauptfleisch]], [[Darryl Nel]]  and [[Christo Snyman]] as assistant editors, while numerous contributors across the globe have helped in collating and writing the information since its first inception. It uses the standard  [[Wiki]] programme and is published on the web with the assistance of  the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the IT staff of the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp).
  
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'''''For more detailed information on the nature of the project, including the history and aims of the encyclopaedia and the names of all the editors, researchers and supporting staff involved - click on the link below:'''''
  
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'''The [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]] ([[ESAT]])''' is an open access, internet based interactive resource for theatre and performance researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of drama, theatre and performance in South Africa. Deriving from the University of Stellenbosch's [[Libopedia]], it uses the Wiki format and programmes and is published on the web with the assistance of  the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and  the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp)
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* <big>'''[[About ESAT]]'''</big>
  
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== Aims of ESAT ==
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== Contacting the ESAT editors ==
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The key aim of the [[ESAT]] encyclopaedia is to create a comprehensive database on the history and nature of [[South African]] [[drama]], [[theatre]] and [[performance]] (including [[dance]], [[oral performance]] and similar forms), and to make it available as a general reference work and resource for the use of researchers, students, artists, journalist and all other interested parties. This first version of the encyclopaedia was originally intended to be a formally published mini-encyclopaedia and reference work called [[COMSAT|A Companion to South African Theatre and Performance]] ([[COMSAT]]) and was  derived from a database collated by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and the [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]] (CENTAPS) at Stellenbosch (with the help of a large number of associates and assistants) over the course of twenty years (1990-2010) (For more on this see '''About ESAT''' below, especially the sections on ''[[Acknowledgements]]'' and ''[[Background, origins and history]]'' ).
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'''You can contact [[ESAT]] at the following addresses:'''  
  
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This new version of [[COMSAT]], now called [[ESAT]], is intended as a means of "publishing" all that material online, and thus make the results of all existing and emerging academic and other research more readily accessible to the general reader and the theatre enthusiast nationally and internationally. In this sense the basic aim is rather to condense and collate ''available'' information on all [[South African]] theatre and performance forms (as far as they have been documented) in one place and in a handy and accessible digital format, rather than to undertake any comprehensive new research. Happily a great deal of little known and/or forgotten information has in fact come to the fore in the process, and much is still being discovered as the project grows. However, that was never - nor is it - the fundamental aim of this first version of [[ESAT]].
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''Postal address'': The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''
  
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To find out more about [[ESAT]], click on any of the following links. To go directly to the database and access the material, go to ''[[The ESAT Entries]]'' below.
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''E-mail address'': satj@sun.ac.za
  
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== About ESAT ==
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''Fax number'': (+ 27) 21 882 9141
  
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# [[What is ESAT?]]
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='''How to use ''ESAT'''''=
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# [[Contributors]]
 
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# [[Acknowledgements]]
 
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# [[Background, origins and history]]
 
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# [[Basic principles in editing and using ESAT]]
 
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# [[A Warning to Readers of ESAT]]
 
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# [[Updating ESAT]]
 
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# [[Guide to using ESAT]]
 
  
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== Two important notes for all readers ==
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While [[ESAT]] uses the [[Wiki]] programme, which makes provision for a very useful '''''search''''' function, the database has avoided contemporary multi-screen web-design, and has been constructed rather more traditionally, like a printed encyclopaedia, with an '''[[The ESAT Entries|Index]]''' to the various entries (also called '''[[The ESAT Entries]]'''). The entries in the [[The ESAT Entries|Index]] have been grouped in '''sixteen''' distinct categories, each one managed and edited by one of the research editors.
  
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=== 1 Time-frame and focus on pre-21st century ===
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== Four important notes for everyone using ''ESAT''==
  
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Because so much information about contemporary theatre is already available on the internet, the first aim of this project is to provide information about the earlier periods in our history, or what one might think of as '''pre-21st century''' theatre, i.e. material from older print publications and manuscripts, not always readily to be found on the Internet yet. For information on more recent, post-2000 events, readers are urged to sue the various search engines avaialble, and consult the many internet resources, including [[LitNet]][http://www.litnet.co.za/], [[Artslink]][http://www.artlink.co.za/], [[Wikipedia]][http://www.wikipedia.org/], as well as [[ESAT]] itself.
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# '''[[The main focus is on pre-21st-century theatre, film, media and performance]]'''
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# '''[[It is work in progress and thus subject to error on occasion]]'''
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# '''[[Policy regarding offensive language and terminology]]'''
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# '''[[ESAT is not an archival facility]]'''
  
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=== 2 It is work in progress ===
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''To find out more about these matters, click on the relevant item(s) listed above.''
  
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== Accessing the database of entries==
  
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This initial, experimental, phase of the project is  very much a '''work in progress''', a phase in which all the raw material in the database is simply being put onto the web; ''largely unedited''. The  main idea has been to make this '''information'''  available to all users as soon as possible, therefore the material has been used much as it was received - incomplete as it may be at this stage, often with many ''lacunae'', uncertainties  and even possible errors. (In many cases '''asterisks''' ''' [*]''' are used  in the text to signal our own awareness of gaps or possible errors .) There will definitely be numerous issues, people and institutions that our readers may know about, but we have not got yto yet or are unaware of,  and therefore have no entries as yet.  Many  entries are currently still only mere collations of information, and still require close editing. (The phrase TO BE EDITED is at times put in at the head of the entry, to indicate this situation.)
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To access '''database material''' on the relevant category, the reader has two options:
  
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We would therefore like to invite all readers to help us in improving, editing and expanding this material. Should you wish to comment, alter or add to a particular entry, or to the encyclopaedia as a whole, please go to the section [[Updating ESAT]].
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== Using the "Search" function ==
  
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= [[The ESAT Entries]] =
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Go to the '''''"Search"''''' block at the top right of this page (or type: Alt+F),  type in the search word/phrase and click on the '''search''' icon there (the magnifying glass) or press the '''''Enter''''' button on your keyboard.
  
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The entries for ESAT have been grouped in 7 categories, managed and edited by one of the research editors. To access database material on the relevant category, and choose the item by clicking on the link.  
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== Using the '''Index'''==
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#[[South African Theatre/Overview]]  
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Simply click on '''[[The ESAT Entries]]''' at the start of this main page (or '''[[The ESAT Entries|HERE]]''') , to go to the list of 16 categories into which the material has been divided. On the list provided, click on the appropriate one, then follow instructions on the landing page.
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#[[South_African_Theatre/Themes|South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
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#[[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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== '''NB''': Copyright and referencing of material used==
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#[[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
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#[[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
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[[ESAT]] is an [[open access]] publication, which means that even though the material contained in the encyclopaedia is [[copyright]]ed to [[ESAT]] and the [[University of Stellenbosch]], it may be freely used for academic and artistic purposes as long as such use is clearly referenced and the material used is attributed to The '''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]''' ('''[[ESAT]]'''), the reference also including the '''URL for the particular entry''' in [[ESAT]].
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#[[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
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#[[South_African_Theatre/Bibliography|A Bibliography of South African South African Theatre and Performance]]
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= '''[[Contributing to ESAT]]'''=
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All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us to expand, improve, update and correct [[ESAT]] since, by its very nature, the database will always be incomplete and prone to error on occasion.
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'''To find how you can contribute, click on the HEADING above.'''

Latest revision as of 17:33, 25 April 2024

Welcome to the Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT), the open access, online and Wiki-based, digital reference work on theatre, film, media and performance in South Africa.

This page was last modified on 24 April, 2024

Go to the INDEX TO ENTRIES

To skip the introductory notes and instructions for ESAT, and go directly to the listing of contents, click on the link in the title above:

Introduction to the ESAT project

The project

The ESAT encyclopaedia-project was conceived as an interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa, and it is based on research originally undertaken by the Centre for South African Theatre Research under the auspices of, and with the support of, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) between 1979 and 1987. In 1988 the research was transferred to, and continued at, the University of Stellenbosch by the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies, with the support of the University's Division for Research Development, the former Centre for Science Development (CSD) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). The website was opened for public use in 2011.

Please note that any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the particular author(s) and that none of the sponsors of the project accept any liability in this regard.

The project is currently headed by Temple Hauptfleisch (original founder, editor-in-chief and project director of the undertaking), with the assistance of with Freddy Ogterop, Ivor Markman, Karina Hauptfleisch, Darryl Nel and Christo Snyman as assistant editors, while numerous contributors across the globe have helped in collating and writing the information since its first inception. It uses the standard Wiki programme and is published on the web with the assistance of the Drama Department (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies, the IT staff of the J.S. Gericke Library and the division for Information Technology at the University of Stellenbosch (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp).

For more detailed information on the nature of the project, including the history and aims of the encyclopaedia and the names of all the editors, researchers and supporting staff involved - click on the link below:

Contacting the ESAT editors

You can contact ESAT at the following addresses:

Postal address: The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.

E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za

Fax number: (+ 27) 21 882 9141

How to use ESAT

While ESAT uses the Wiki programme, which makes provision for a very useful search function, the database has avoided contemporary multi-screen web-design, and has been constructed rather more traditionally, like a printed encyclopaedia, with an Index to the various entries (also called The ESAT Entries). The entries in the Index have been grouped in sixteen distinct categories, each one managed and edited by one of the research editors.

Four important notes for everyone using ESAT

  1. The main focus is on pre-21st-century theatre, film, media and performance
  2. It is work in progress and thus subject to error on occasion
  3. Policy regarding offensive language and terminology
  4. ESAT is not an archival facility

To find out more about these matters, click on the relevant item(s) listed above.

Accessing the database of entries

To access database material on the relevant category, the reader has two options:

Using the "Search" function

Go to the "Search" block at the top right of this page (or type: Alt+F), type in the search word/phrase and click on the search icon there (the magnifying glass) or press the Enter button on your keyboard.

Using the Index

Simply click on The ESAT Entries at the start of this main page (or HERE) , to go to the list of 16 categories into which the material has been divided. On the list provided, click on the appropriate one, then follow instructions on the landing page.

NB: Copyright and referencing of material used

ESAT is an open access publication, which means that even though the material contained in the encyclopaedia is copyrighted to ESAT and the University of Stellenbosch, it may be freely used for academic and artistic purposes as long as such use is clearly referenced and the material used is attributed to The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT), the reference also including the URL for the particular entry in ESAT.

Contributing to ESAT

All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us to expand, improve, update and correct ESAT since, by its very nature, the database will always be incomplete and prone to error on occasion.

To find how you can contribute, click on the HEADING above.

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