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 '''Managing editors:'''
--2023: [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and the late [[Miriam Terblanche]].
+-2023: [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and the late [[Miriam Terblanche]]†.
 -2026: [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
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 - : [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and [[Annel Pieterse]]
-'''Editor - Cumulative Bibliography''': Created by the late [[Miriam Terblanche]] (1946-2023) and since 2023 maintained by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]].
+'''Editor - Cumulative Bibliography''': Created by the late [[Miriam Terblanche]] (1946-2023)† and since 2023 maintained by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]].
 == Planning Committees and Research Support ==

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 == [[Contributors|The Editorial Team]] ==
-'''Founder and project director''': [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
+'''Founding project director and editor''': [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
-'''Editors - South African Theatre and Performance''': [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) and the late [[Miriam Terblanche]] (1946-2023)
+'''Managing editors:'''
-'''Editor - South African Film''': [[Freddy Ogterop]]
+-2023: [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and the late [[Miriam Terblanche]].
-'''Editor - South African Radio''':
+-2026: [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]
-'''Editor - South African Television''':
+- : [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and [[Annel Pieterse]]
-'''Editor - Cumulative Bibliography''': Created by the late [[Miriam Terblanche]] (1946-2023)
+'''Editor - Cumulative Bibliography''': Created by the late [[Miriam Terblanche]] (1946-2023) and since 2023 maintained by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]].
 == Planning Committees and Research Support ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:05, 17 August 2026
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−	'''''[[ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]''''' ~~(''[[ESAT]]'')~~ is an open access, internet based interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa. It uses the [[Wiki]] format and programmes and is published on the web with the assistance of the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama\|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp)	+	'''''[[ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]''''' is an open access, internet based interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa. It uses the [[Wiki]] format and programmes and is published on the web with the assistance of the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama\|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp)

	This work is based on research originally undertaken under the auspices of, and with the support of, the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] ([[HSRC]]), and since 1988 continued at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], with the support of the University's Divsion for Research Development, the former [[Centre for Science Development]] ([[CSD]]) and the [[National Research Foundation]] ([[NRF]]). However, any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the author and none of the sponsors accept any liability in this regard.		This work is based on research originally undertaken under the auspices of, and with the support of, the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] ([[HSRC]]), and since 1988 continued at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], with the support of the University's Divsion for Research Development, the former [[Centre for Science Development]] ([[CSD]]) and the [[National Research Foundation]] ([[NRF]]). However, any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the author and none of the sponsors accept any liability in this regard.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:05, 17 August 2026
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−	''[[ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]'' ([[ESAT]]) is an open access, internet based interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa. It uses the [[Wiki]] format and programmes and is published on the web with the assistance of the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama\|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp)	+	'''''[[ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]''''' (''[[ESAT]]'') is an open access, internet based interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa. It uses the [[Wiki]] format and programmes and is published on the web with the assistance of the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama\|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp)

	This work is based on research originally undertaken under the auspices of, and with the support of, the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] ([[HSRC]]), and since 1988 continued at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], with the support of the University's Divsion for Research Development, the former [[Centre for Science Development]] ([[CSD]]) and the [[National Research Foundation]] ([[NRF]]). However, any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the author and none of the sponsors accept any liability in this regard.		This work is based on research originally undertaken under the auspices of, and with the support of, the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] ([[HSRC]]), and since 1988 continued at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], with the support of the University's Divsion for Research Development, the former [[Centre for Science Development]] ([[CSD]]) and the [[National Research Foundation]] ([[NRF]]). However, any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the author and none of the sponsors accept any liability in this regard.

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 The original version of the project was intended to provide what one could call a published [[mini-encyclopaedia]] and reference work, one that was initially called a ''[[Companion to South African Theatre and Performance]]'' (''[[COMSAT]]'') and was derived from a database collated by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and the [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]] ([[CENTAPS]]) at Stellenbosch (with the help of a large number of associates and assistants) over the course of twenty years (1990-2010) (For more on this see the the lists of Contributors above, the section [[Background, origins and history]] and the Acknowledgements that follow below.
-When the decision was made to re-cast the project as an online [[encyclopaedia]], utilizing the [[Wiki]] programme, the name was changed to the ''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]]'' - hence the ''[[ESAT]]'' acronym. Gradually, as more and more other forms crept into the entries and the compass of the project expanded, the title was once more adapted to become the current ''[[South African Encyclopaedia of Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]'' (though the acronym was retained).
+When the decision was made to re-cast the project as an online [[encyclopaedia]], utilizing the [[Wiki]] programme, the name was changed to the ''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]]'' - hence the ''[[ESAT]]'' acronym. Gradually, as more and more other forms crept into the entries and the compass of the project expanded, the title was once more adapted to become the current ''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]'' (though the acronym was retained).
 The [[encyclopaedia]]'s editors invite the academic and artistic community to help in expanding and improving on this material in order to make which would make the results of academic and other research more readily accessible to the general reader and the theatre enthusiast. (For more on this see '''[[Updating ESAT]]'''.)

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 ==Technical support==
-''Technical advisors to the project'':
+'''''Technical advisors to the project''''':
 On the Access-programme originally used:
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 ''Technical advisors on the Wiki-programme now being used'':
-Original development and support [[Hilton Gibson]]† and Tammy Bekker; 2021-2024: Sarfaraz Mohamed (at sarfaraz@sun.ac.za); since 2025: Wouter Klapwijk (at Wklap@sun.ac.za).
+Original development and support [[Hilton Gibson]]† and Tammy Bekker; 2021-2024: Sarfaraz Mohamed (at sarfaraz@sun.ac.za); since 2025: Wouter Klapwijk (at wklap@sun.ac.za).
-''Web publisher'':
+'''''Web publisher''''':
 [[University of Stellenbosch]], South Africa

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 '''(Their affiliation at the time of writing) and  [abbreviations used in text]'''
-[[Anthony Akerman]]; [[Arnold Blumer]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [AB];  [[Hannah Borthwick]] (University of Stellenbosch) [HB];  [[P.J. Conradie]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [PC];  [[Eben Cruywagen]] (SABC) [EC];  [[J-P de Rosnay]] (University of Stellenbosch) [J-P];  [[Floyed de Vaal]] (University of Stellenbosch) [FdV];  [[Petrus du Preez]] (University of Stellenbosch) [PDP];  [[Julius Eichbaum]]†  ([[Scenaria]] Magazine) [JE]; [[Ian Ferguson]] (University of South Africa) [IF];  [[Jill Fletcher]]† (Cape Town) [JF];  [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]] (University of Stellenbosch) [GH];  [[Karina Hauptfleisch]]  (University of Stellenbosch) [KH]; [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (University of Stellenbosch) [TH];  [[Edwin Hees]] (University of Stellenbosch) [EH];  [[Stephanie Hough]] (Stellenbosch) [SH];  [[Johan Hugo]] (University of Stellenbosch) [JH];  [[Yvette Hutchison]] (Universities of Warwick UK and Stellenbosch) [YH]; [[Enock James]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [EJ];  [[Marie Kruger]] (University of Stellenbosch) [MK];  [[Ivor Markman]] (Port Elizabeth, SA) [IM]; [[Mervyn McMurtry]] (University of Natal, Durban) [McM];  [[Miemie Neethling]] (University of Stellenbosch) [MN]; [[Darryl Nel]] ();  [[NELM]], Grahamstown  [NELM];  [[Steve Ntsane]] (University of Stellenbosch) [SN];  [[Louw Odendaal]]† (University of Pretoria) [LO];  [[Freddy Ogterop]] (Independent researcher)[FO];  [[Dennis Schauffer]] (University of Durban-Westville) [DS];  [[Rebecca Smart]] (University of Stellenbosch) [RS]; [[Christo Snyman]] (New Jersey, USA) [CS]; [[Taryn Tavener-Smith]] (Buckinghamshire New University, UK); [Miriam Terblanche]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [MT]; [[Carel Trichardt]] (actor/lecturer); [[Johann van Heerden]] [JvH];  [[Hilda van Lill]] (University of Stellenbosch) [HvL];  [[Nthombifuthi Vezi]] (University of Zululand) [NV];  [[Anton Welman]]† (University of the Free State) [AW];  [[Elma Young]] (Pretoria) [EY];
+[[Anthony Akerman]] (playwright); [[Arnold Blumer]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [AB];  [[Hannah Borthwick]] (University of Stellenbosch) [HB];  [[P.J. Conradie]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [PC];  [[Eben Cruywagen]] (SABC) [EC];  [[J-P de Rosnay]] (University of Stellenbosch) [J-P];  [[Floyed de Vaal]] (University of Stellenbosch) [FdV];  [[Petrus du Preez]] (University of Stellenbosch) [PDP];  [[Julius Eichbaum]]†  ([[Scenaria]] Magazine) [JE]; [[Ian Ferguson]] (University of South Africa) [IF];  [[Jill Fletcher]]† (Cape Town) [JF];  [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]] (University of Stellenbosch) [GH];  [[Karina Hauptfleisch]]  (University of Stellenbosch) [KH]; [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (University of Stellenbosch) [TH];  [[Edwin Hees]] (University of Stellenbosch) [EH];  [[Stephanie Hough]] (Stellenbosch) [SH];  [[Johan Hugo]] (University of Stellenbosch) [JH];  [[Yvette Hutchison]] (Universities of Warwick UK and Stellenbosch) [YH]; [[Enock James]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [EJ];  [[Marie Kruger]] (University of Stellenbosch) [MK];  [[Ivor Markman]] (Port Elizabeth, SA) [IM]; [[Mervyn McMurtry]] (University of Natal, Durban) [McM];  [[Miemie Neethling]] (University of Stellenbosch) [MN]; [[Darryl Nel]] ();  [[NELM]], Grahamstown  [NELM];  [[Steve Ntsane]] (University of Stellenbosch) [SN];  [[Louw Odendaal]]† (University of Pretoria) [LO];  [[Freddy Ogterop]] (Independent researcher)[FO];  [[Dennis Schauffer]] (University of Durban-Westville) [DS];  [[Rebecca Smart]] (University of Stellenbosch) [RS]; [[Christo Snyman]] (New Jersey, USA) [CS]; [[Taryn Tavener-Smith]] (Buckinghamshire New University, UK); [Miriam Terblanche]]† (University of Stellenbosch) [MT]; [[Carel Trichardt]] (actor/lecturer); [[Johann van Heerden]] [JvH];  [[Hilda van Lill]] (University of Stellenbosch) [HvL];  [[Nthombifuthi Vezi]] (University of Zululand) [NV];  [[Anton Welman]]† (University of the Free State) [AW];  [[Elma Young]] (Pretoria) [EY];
 ==Technical support==