Difference between revisions of "Peter Kleinschmidt"

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His first production was Ionesco’s ''[[Rhinoceros]]'' with the students of UCT at the [[Little Theatre]] in 196*. ***
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His first production was Ionesco’s ''[[Rhinoceros]]'' with the students of UCT at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1963.  
  
 
For the [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, he did  **, ***, **),   
 
For the [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, he did  **, ***, **),   
  
With [[CAPAB]] he did Kohout's ''[[August, August, August]]'' (1970). ''[[Koning Lear]]'' (1971),  
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With [[CAPAB]] he did ''[[Kom Spook By My]]'', [[Pavel Kohout|Kohout]]'s ''[[August, August, August]]'' (1970). ''[[Koning Lear]]'' (1971),  
  
 
With [[PACT]] he did  (**, **, and **)  
 
With [[PACT]] he did  (**, **, and **)  

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(19**-) Influential and controversial director.

Born in Germany ***, he was brought to South Africa in 1962 by Donald Inskip to work with the Department of Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town. He would go on to do work for a number of other companies, notably the state-funded performing arts councils. He later married to equally controversial South African writer, director and actress Mitzi Booysen.?* In 1981 he received the Fleur du Cap Lifetime Award for his contribution to the industry. (See Inskip, 197*)


Productions in South Africa

His first production was Ionesco’s Rhinoceros with the students of UCT at the Little Theatre in 1963.

For the The Space Theatre, he did **, ***, **),

With CAPAB he did Kom Spook By My, Kohout's August, August, August (1970). Koning Lear (1971),

With PACT he did (**, **, and **)

With SWAPAChe did ( ).

Hr directed Die Paddas for KRUIK in 1977.

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