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 He was a founding member of the Drama Department at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], and taught there for many years. De Villiers directed many plays and operas over the years, wrote a number of books and articles on the theory and practice of theatre, and other cultural issues, and was a reviewer of performances and texts for a number of publications.
 His two most relevant books on drama are ''Dirigent van die Woord'' ("conductor of the word", a manual on directing, 1976) and ''Die Sawel van jou Stilsit'' (essays on ''[[Germanicus]]'', 1977)
-He and [[Don Lamprecht]] translated the [[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Die Keiser]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] into English as ''[[The Naked Emperor]]'', 1982), and translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including:
+===As translator===
-''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, Arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'', ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as ''[[Alkestis]]'', with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
+He and [[Don Lamprecht]] translated the [[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Die Keiser]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] into English as ''[[The Naked Emperor]]'', 1982).
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 He and [[Don Lamprecht]] translated the [[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Die Keiser]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] into English as ''[[The Naked Emperor]]'', 1982), and translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including:
-''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as ''[[Alkestis]]'', with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
+''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, Arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'', ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as ''[[Alkestis]]'', with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
 == Sources ==

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 He and [[Don Lamprecht]] translated the [[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Die Keiser]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] into English as ''[[The Naked Emperor]]'', 1982), and translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including:
-''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as Alkestis, with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
+''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as ''[[Alkestis]]'', with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
 == Sources ==

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 He and [[Don Lamprecht]] translated the [[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Die Keiser]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] into English as ''[[The Naked Emperor]]'', 1982), and translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including:
-''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as Alkestis, with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
+''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as Alkestis, with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
 == Sources ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was a founding member of the Drama Department at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], and taught there for many years. De Villiers directed many plays and operas over the years, wrote a number of books and articles on the theory and practice of theatre, and was a reviewer of performances and texts for a number of publications.
+He was a founding member of the Drama Department at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], and taught there for many years. De Villiers directed many plays and operas over the years, wrote a number of books and articles on the theory and practice of theatre, and other cultural issues, and was a reviewer of performances and texts for a number of publications.
 His two most relevant books on drama are ''Dirigent van die Woord'' ("conductor of the word", a manual on directing, 1976) and ''Die Sawel van jou Stilsit'' (essays on ''[[Germanicus]]'', 1977)

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−	'''Aart de Villiers''' (1931-1999) was a South African academic, theatre critic, stage director and translator.	+	'''Aart de Villiers''' (1931-1999) was a South African academic, theatre critic, stage director and translator.
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		+	Also published as [[A. de Villiers]].

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 Born on 5 March 1931 and grew up in Bethal in die Eastern Transvaal. He studied drama at Rhodes Univeresity and obtained his  M.A.-degree from them in 1957 with a study of the poetry of N.P. van Wyk Louw. He later obtained a doctorate from the [[University of Pretoria]], with a thesis based a director's script for ''[[Germanicus]]'' by [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]].
-His life partner was the actor [[Don Lampbrecht]]. De Villiers passed away on 26 April 1999.
+His life partner was the actor [[Don Lamprecht]]. De Villiers passed away on 26 April 1999.
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 He translated the [[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Die Keiser]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] into English as ''[[The Naked Emperor]]'', 1982), and translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including:
-''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Pennieknyper]]'', i.e. "Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as Alkestis, with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Vistors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
+''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (as ''[[Ebenezer Pennieknyper ]]'', i.e. "Ebenezer Penny Pincher"), Arthur Kopit's ''[[]]'' as ''[[Ag Pa, arme Pa, Ma het Jou in die Kas Gehang, Dis Daarom wat ek Kla]]'' (Arthur Kopit), ''[[Alcestis]]'' by Euripides (as Alkestis, with [[Don Lamprecht]]), Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''[[Amahl and the Night Vistors]]'' as  ''[[Amahl en die Nagbesoekers]]'' (with [[Bosman de Kock]]) and Mozart's opera ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''  as ''[[Die Huwelik van Figaro]]'' (with [[Anton Hartman]]).
 == Sources ==
 https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aart_de_Villiers