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='''ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance'''=
 
  
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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 project director''': [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
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''This page was last modified on 24 April, 2024''
  
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=Go to the '''[[The ESAT Entries|INDEX TO ENTRIES]]'''=
  
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== The Editorial Board ==
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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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='''Introduction to the ''[[ESAT]]'' project'''=
  
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'''Editor - South African Theatre''': [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
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==The project==
  
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'''Editor - South African Film''': [[Freddy Ogterop]]
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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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'''Editor - South African Radio''':
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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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'''Editor - South African Television''':
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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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'''Editorial assistant and researcher''': [[Miriam Terblanche]]
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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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'''Web publisher''': [[University of Stellenbosch]], South Africa
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* <big>'''[[About ESAT]]'''</big>
  
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'''Editorial offices''': [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama]]
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== Contacting the ESAT editors ==
  
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= Introduction =
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'''You can contact [[ESAT]] at the following addresses:'''
  
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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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'''ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance''' is an open access, internet based interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa. Deriving from the University of Stellenbosch's [[Libopedia]] project, 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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''E-mail address'': satj@sun.ac.za  
  
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This work is based on research supported by the [[National Research Foundation]]. However, any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the authors and the [[NRF]] does not accept any liability in this regard.
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''Fax number'': (+ 27) 21 882 9141
  
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= Aims of ESAT =
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='''How to use ''ESAT'''''=
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The key aim of the [[ESAT]] encyclopaedia[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia] is to create a comprehensive database on the history and nature of [[South African]] [[performance]], including [[theatre]], [[drama]], [[radio drama]] and [[Television drama|TV drama]], [[film]], [[dance]], [[puppetry]], [[circus]], [[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.  
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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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This first version of the encyclopaedia focussed only on live stage performance and 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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== Four important notes for everyone using ''ESAT''==
  
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In 2010 a new version of [[COMSAT]], now called [[ESAT]],  was conceived, intended as a means of "publishing" all that material online, and thus making 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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# '''[[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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In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]]  ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[Television drama|TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project provisionally changed, even though the implications of these ideas are still being investigated.  
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''To find out more about these matters, click on the relevant item(s) listed above.''
  
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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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== Accessing the database of entries==
  
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= About ESAT =
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To access '''database material''' on the relevant category, the reader has two options:
  
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# [[What is ESAT?]]
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== Using the "Search" function ==
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# [[Basic principles in editing and using ESAT]]
 
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= Two important notes for all readers =
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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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== Using the '''Index'''==
  
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Because so much information about contemporary arts is already available on the Internet, the aim of this first phase of the project is primarily to provide information about the ''earlier'' periods in our history, or what one might think of as '''pre-21st century''' theatre, film, media and performance; that is: 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 therefore urged to use the various search engines available, and consult the many South African and international Internet resources, such as [[LitNet]][http://www.litnet.co.za/], [[Artslink]][http://www.artlink.co.za/], [[ESAACH]][http://esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Main_Page] and [[Wikipedia]][http://www.wikipedia.org/], '''as well as''' [[ESAT]] itself.
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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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== 2 It is work in progress ==
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== '''NB''': Copyright and referencing of material used==
  
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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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In addition to the time-frame, this initial, experimental, stage of the project (2011-2014) is  very much  '''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 - and therefore it may contain quite a bit of duplication of information, many ''lacunae'', some 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 to yet or are unaware of,  and therefore have no entries as yet.  Many  entries are currently still only mere (unsorted) 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 such cases.) 
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= '''[[Contributing to ESAT]]'''=
  
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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 next section [[Updating ESAT]] and let us have your input.
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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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= Updating ESAT =
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'''To find how you can contribute, click on the HEADING above.'''
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The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose. 
 
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However, as any reader will no doubt quickly realize, a project such as this can hardly be complete or even fully correct, in all the details about the thousands of performances, people, organizations and places involved in South African theatre and performance over the course of the ages. Besides the sheer bulk of potential material to be fitted into our database , there are also problems with the availability and reliability of our sources and our information. To add to the confusion we have found that authors often contradict themselves and each other, at times taking speculation as fact, or turning to speculation themselves to fill in gaps. We have sought to indicate where such disparities or doubts occur.  (See [[A Warning to Readers of ESAT]])
 
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Thus the [[ESAT]] database can only really provide a sample of the more prominent information available at a given time, nor can it ever really be completed as a project. There are no doubt many gaps and inaccuracies of our own in this first version of ESAT and for this reason we would like to stress that it ''is'' a first version, one to be updated and corrected on an ongoing basis. To help us in this process, we would like to invite readers to supply us with any information we might require to improve the Companion for later editions.  
 
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'''Submitting contributions to ESAT:'''
 
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All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address:
 
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'''''The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''
 
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'''E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za'''
 
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= [[The ESAT Entries]] =
 
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The entries for [[ESAT]] have been grouped in '''fifteen''' categories, managed and edited by one of the research editors. To access database material on the relevant category, click on the appropriate link below.
 
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#[[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre and Performance/Overview]]
 
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#[[The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
 
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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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