Donald Howarth
Donald Howarth [1] (1931-2020) was a British playwright, director and designer.
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Biography
Trained at Esme Church's Northern Theatre School in Bradford, he worked in various repertory theatres around England. His first play Sugar in the Morning, was selected first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959.
Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance
In 1972 he came to Cape Town.
As playwright
He wrote and devised a number of plays for performance in South Africa. These include:
- Enemy – An Anti-War Collage (adapted from a play by Robin Maugham, 1972)
- Scarborough (1972)
- Othello Slegs Blankes (1972)
- School Play (1972)
- Ibchek (1979)
Earlier plays of his also staged in South Africa include:
As director
He directed a number of plays, including many of his own. Some of these include:
1972: Enemy – An Anti-War Collage (Space Theatre)
1972: Scarborough (Space Theatre)
1972: Othello Slegs Blankes (Space Theatre)
1973: Yin-Yang Cinders (PACT)
1979: Ibchek (Market Theatre)
1980?: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (People's Space)
1980/1981: Waiting for Godot (Baxter Theatre)
Sources
Brian Astbury. 2015. "A British playwright, a monkey for President, and a play with a missing leading man…", in: Theatre of Survival. The Story of The Space[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Howarth.
Tucker, 1997.
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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