Michael Pertwee

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Michael Pertwee (1916-1991) was a British playwright and screenwriter [1].

Biography

Born Michael Henry Pertwee Kensington, London, on 24 April 1916, – )[2] was an English playwright and screenwriter.

For the stage he co-wrote the 1938 thriller Death on the Table as well as She's Done it Again, Sextet, .

He also translated and directed the French play La Maison de Zaza as Birds of Paradise .

Among his film and TV credits were episodes of The Saint, Danger Man, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, B-And-B, Ladies Who Do, Hong Kong and many other films and TV series.

He passed away in Camden, London, on 17 April 1991.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Besides his various plays performed in South Africa, Pertwee also worked as a director in the country on occasion.

He directed Birds of Paradise for The Academy starring Rex Garner, George Korelin, Melody O'Brian and Pat Sanders in 1974.

He wrote and directed Sextet which was staged for Toerien-Firth at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1979. (It was staged again at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1990).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pertwee

Tucker, 1997.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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