Hazel Tennant
Hazel Tennant (?-?). Amateur theatre director and choreographer.
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Biography
Born Hazel Muller.
Youth
Training
Career
Hazel was Head of the Department of Ballet at the East London Technical College for several years.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Hazel was actively involved in theatre in East London, as producer/director and choreographer. Productions directed by Hazel include: Hit the Deck (1956), No, No, Nanette (1957), Listen to the Wind (1960 and 1968), Peter Pan (1962, 1972 and 1979), The King and I (1964), The Wizard of Oz (1966), Carousel (1971), The Sound of Music (1974), My Fair Lady (1976).
She was choreographer for Something's Afoot (1981), Winnie-the-Pooh (1984).
As performer, she appeared in Will Jamieson's presentation of King Oedipus in Port Elizabeth in 1952.
Awards, etc
Sources
Arts Theatre Club archive held by George Mountjoy.
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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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