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 Opened by [[Hymie Udwin]] in November 1967 in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House. Productions for the theatre were done by Academy Theatre Productions. After a disappointing opening production of  the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]) Udwin changed tack and dedicated the Academy Theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the[[ Academy Theatre of Laughter]], although it remained [[The Academy]] to most people. It would mount its own productions, but was on occasion used by other companies, sometines in partnership with the Academy Theatre Productions.  In 197*  [[Dave Levin]] took over from Hymie Udwin and in 198* [[Roger Leclerq]] and [[Louis Balkind]] in turn took over management of the theatre from Levin. They renamed the theatre The Siegfried Mynhardt in 1984. (See also  Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997) Academy Theatre/Productions: Situated in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House.  It was opened by Hymie Udwin in November 1967. The opening production was the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Rex Garner’s productions of ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' and ''[[The Man Most Likely To]]'' was staged here in 1969. It starred [[Leslie Phillips]]. They leased the [[Brooke Theatre]] to stage Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' with [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] and [[Richard Loring]] in the same year. [[Brian Rix]] starred in ''[[Reluctant Heroes]]'' at the Academy Theatre in the Seventies. Hymie’s Academy obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. Together with Hymie Udwin’s Academy Theatre Productions, and in collaboration with [[PACT]] they presented Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. Together with Langford-Inglis,  Hymie’s Academy Theatre Productions, collaborated with PACT to present Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the Alexander in 1971. ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'', starring [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and [[Basil Lord]], was staged here in 1971. ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'', directed by [[Ray Cooney]] and written by Cooney and John Chapman was also staged in the same year. It became the company’s longest-running farce. [[Rex Garner]] directed [[Ken Smith]], [[Diane Appleby]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in [[Boeing-Boeing]] for the Academy in 1972. He also directed [[John Hayter]], [[Peter Elliott]] and [[Ian Drummond]] in ''[[The Brass Hat]]'' for them at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1972.
-They brought out English actor David Tomlinson to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die?]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.
+They brought out English actor David Tomlinson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tomlinson] to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die?]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.
 [[Rex Garner]] also directed a musical version of  ''[[Not Now Darling]]'' called ''[[Once More, Darling]]'' with [[Erica Rogers]], [[David Morton]], [[Derek Royle]] and [[Patricia Sanders]] for them in 1977. [[Rex Garner]] presented ''[[There Goes the Bride]]'' and ''[[The Loudest Tears in Town]]'' at the Academy in 1978. Academy Productions presented [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]] in ''[[A Hatful of Sykes]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1979. [[Rex Garner]] directed himself, [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[George Korelin]] in ''[[What More Could She Want]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]], before bringing it to the Academy in 1979. They brought back ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' in 1979. Academy Productions presented Ernest Thomson’s ''[[On Golden Pond]]'' starring [[Clifford Mollison]], [[Margo Johns]], [[Clare Marshall]] and [[Robin Dolton]] with direction by [[Rex Garner]] in 1979. They also staged Michael Frayn’s ''[[Clouds]]'', directed by [[Stockton Briggles]] and starring [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] in 1979. They presented ''[[For Love or Money]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] starring [[Jimmy Logan]] in 1979. ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'', directed by [[Rex Garner]], with [[Geoffrey Sumner]] was staged here in 1979.

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−	Founded in 1967 by Hymie Udwin, primarily to produce plays in The Academy Theatre of Laughter, though they often rented other theatres for more elaborate shows, or collaborated with other companies over the years. Their opening production was the American comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1967) Many production were to follow, including One for the Pot (1967), ''[[Uproar in the House]]'' (1968), Not Now, Darling (1968), Chase Me Comrade (1969), The Man Most Likely To (1969), The Boy Friend (at the Brooke Theatre, 1969), Reluctant Heroes (197*), West Side Story (at the Alexander Theatre, 1970), Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw (in collaboration with PACT and the Langford-Inglis Company, at the Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Lionel Touch, (Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Jockey Club Stakes (1971), Move over Mrs Markham (1971), ~~She’s~~ Done it Again (1971), Boeing-Boeing (1972), The Brass Hat (at the Brooke Theatre, 1972), A Friend Indeed (1973), Funzapoppin’ (at the Brooke Theatre, 1973), Birds of Paradise (1974, 1975, 1976, 1979), Lloyd George Knew My Father (1974), Who Saw Him Die (1975. This production was also staged at the Nico Malan as the first performance in front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975), ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' (1976), Cole (in collaboration with Sir Bernard Miles, 1976), Luv (in association with The Company, at Upstairs at the Market, 1977), Don’t Just Lie There (1977), Say Something (1977), Fringe Benefits (1977), a musical version of Not Now Darling called Once More, Darling (1977), There Goes the Bride (1978), The Loudest Tears in Town (1978), A Hatful of Sykes (at the Civic Theatre, 1979), What More Could She Want (at the Alexander Theatre and the Academy, 1979), On Golden Pond (1979), Clouds (1979), For Love or Money (at the Alexander, 1979), Doctor on the Boil (1979), Roy Sargeant’s production of Send for Dolly (1980), Patrick Mynhardt’s More Jerepigo (1980), The Bed (1980), Academy Rewards (1981), the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs (1981), Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s production of It’s a Boy (1983), the Baxter Theatre production of Anyone for Denis? (1983). (see also Academy Theatre, Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997)	+	Founded in 1967 by Hymie Udwin, primarily to produce plays in The Academy Theatre of Laughter, though they often rented other theatres for more elaborate shows, or collaborated with other companies over the years. Their opening production was the American comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1967) Many production were to follow, including One for the Pot (1967), ''[[Uproar in the House]]'' (1968), Not Now, Darling (1968), Chase Me Comrade (1969), The Man Most Likely To (1969), The Boy Friend (at the Brooke Theatre, 1969), Reluctant Heroes (197*), West Side Story (at the Alexander Theatre, 1970), Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw (in collaboration with PACT and the Langford-Inglis Company, at the Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Lionel Touch, (Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Jockey Club Stakes (1971), Move over Mrs Markham (1971), ''[[She's Done it Again]]'' (1971), Boeing-Boeing (1972), The Brass Hat (at the Brooke Theatre, 1972), A Friend Indeed (1973), Funzapoppin’ (at the Brooke Theatre, 1973), Birds of Paradise (1974, 1975, 1976, 1979), Lloyd George Knew My Father (1974), Who Saw Him Die (1975. This production was also staged at the Nico Malan as the first performance in front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975), ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' (1976), Cole (in collaboration with Sir Bernard Miles, 1976), Luv (in association with The Company, at Upstairs at the Market, 1977), Don’t Just Lie There (1977), Say Something (1977), Fringe Benefits (1977), a musical version of Not Now Darling called Once More, Darling (1977), There Goes the Bride (1978), The Loudest Tears in Town (1978), A Hatful of Sykes (at the Civic Theatre, 1979), What More Could She Want (at the Alexander Theatre and the Academy, 1979), On Golden Pond (1979), Clouds (1979), For Love or Money (at the Alexander, 1979), Doctor on the Boil (1979), Roy Sargeant’s production of Send for Dolly (1980), Patrick Mynhardt’s More Jerepigo (1980), The Bed (1980), Academy Rewards (1981), the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs (1981), Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s production of It’s a Boy (1983), the Baxter Theatre production of Anyone for Denis? (1983). (see also Academy Theatre, Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997)

	== THE ACADEMY THEATRE OF LAUGHTER ==		== THE ACADEMY THEATRE OF LAUGHTER ==

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 Opened by [[Hymie Udwin]] in November 1967 in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House. Productions for the theatre were done by Academy Theatre Productions. After a disappointing opening production of  the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]) Udwin changed tack and dedicated the Academy Theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the[[ Academy Theatre of Laughter]], although it remained [[The Academy]] to most people. It would mount its own productions, but was on occasion used by other companies, sometines in partnership with the Academy Theatre Productions.  In 197*  [[Dave Levin]] took over from Hymie Udwin and in 198* [[Roger Leclerq]] and [[Louis Balkind]] in turn took over management of the theatre from Levin. They renamed the theatre The Siegfried Mynhardt in 1984. (See also  Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997) Academy Theatre/Productions: Situated in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House.  It was opened by Hymie Udwin in November 1967. The opening production was the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Rex Garner’s productions of ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' and ''[[The Man Most Likely To]]'' was staged here in 1969. It starred [[Leslie Phillips]]. They leased the [[Brooke Theatre]] to stage Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' with [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] and [[Richard Loring]] in the same year. [[Brian Rix]] starred in ''[[Reluctant Heroes]]'' at the Academy Theatre in the Seventies. Hymie’s Academy obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. Together with Hymie Udwin’s Academy Theatre Productions, and in collaboration with [[PACT]] they presented Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. Together with Langford-Inglis,  Hymie’s Academy Theatre Productions, collaborated with PACT to present Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the Alexander in 1971. ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'', starring [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and [[Basil Lord]], was staged here in 1971. ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'', directed by [[Ray Cooney]] and written by Cooney and John Chapman was also staged in the same year. It became the company’s longest-running farce. [[Rex Garner]] directed [[Ken Smith]], [[Diane Appleby]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in [[Boeing-Boeing]] for the Academy in 1972. He also directed [[John Hayter]], [[Peter Elliott]] and [[Ian Drummond]] in ''[[The Brass Hat]]'' for them at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1972.
-They brought out English actor David Tomlinson to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.
+They brought out English actor David Tomlinson to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die?]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.
 [[Rex Garner]] also directed a musical version of  ''[[Not Now Darling]]'' called ''[[Once More, Darling]]'' with [[Erica Rogers]], [[David Morton]], [[Derek Royle]] and [[Patricia Sanders]] for them in 1977. [[Rex Garner]] presented ''[[There Goes the Bride]]'' and ''[[The Loudest Tears in Town]]'' at the Academy in 1978. Academy Productions presented [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]] in ''[[A Hatful of Sykes]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1979. [[Rex Garner]] directed himself, [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[George Korelin]] in ''[[What More Could She Want]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]], before bringing it to the Academy in 1979. They brought back ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' in 1979. Academy Productions presented Ernest Thomson’s ''[[On Golden Pond]]'' starring [[Clifford Mollison]], [[Margo Johns]], [[Clare Marshall]] and [[Robin Dolton]] with direction by [[Rex Garner]] in 1979. They also staged Michael Frayn’s ''[[Clouds]]'', directed by [[Stockton Briggles]] and starring [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] in 1979. They presented ''[[For Love or Money]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] starring [[Jimmy Logan]] in 1979. ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'', directed by [[Rex Garner]], with [[Geoffrey Sumner]] was staged here in 1979.

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 Opened by [[Hymie Udwin]] in November 1967 in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House. Productions for the theatre were done by Academy Theatre Productions. After a disappointing opening production of  the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]) Udwin changed tack and dedicated the Academy Theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the[[ Academy Theatre of Laughter]], although it remained [[The Academy]] to most people. It would mount its own productions, but was on occasion used by other companies, sometines in partnership with the Academy Theatre Productions.  In 197*  [[Dave Levin]] took over from Hymie Udwin and in 198* [[Roger Leclerq]] and [[Louis Balkind]] in turn took over management of the theatre from Levin. They renamed the theatre The Siegfried Mynhardt in 1984. (See also  Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997) Academy Theatre/Productions: Situated in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House.  It was opened by Hymie Udwin in November 1967. The opening production was the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Rex Garner’s productions of ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' and ''[[The Man Most Likely To]]'' was staged here in 1969. It starred [[Leslie Phillips]]. They leased the [[Brooke Theatre]] to stage Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' with [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] and [[Richard Loring]] in the same year. [[Brian Rix]] starred in ''[[Reluctant Heroes]]'' at the Academy Theatre in the Seventies. Hymie’s Academy obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. Together with Hymie Udwin’s Academy Theatre Productions, and in collaboration with [[PACT]] they presented Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. Together with Langford-Inglis,  Hymie’s Academy Theatre Productions, collaborated with PACT to present Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the Alexander in 1971. ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'', starring [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and [[Basil Lord]], was staged here in 1971. ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'', directed by [[Ray Cooney]] and written by Cooney and John Chapman was also staged in the same year. It became the company’s longest-running farce. [[Rex Garner]] directed [[Ken Smith]], [[Diane Appleby]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in [[Boeing-Boeing]] for the Academy in 1972. He also directed [[John Hayter]], [[Peter Elliott]] and [[Ian Drummond]] in ''[[The Brass Hat]]'' for them at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1972.
-They brought out English actor David Tomlinson to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There]]'' in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.
+They brought out English actor David Tomlinson to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.
 [[Rex Garner]] also directed a musical version of  ''[[Not Now Darling]]'' called ''[[Once More, Darling]]'' with [[Erica Rogers]], [[David Morton]], [[Derek Royle]] and [[Patricia Sanders]] for them in 1977. [[Rex Garner]] presented ''[[There Goes the Bride]]'' and ''[[The Loudest Tears in Town]]'' at the Academy in 1978. Academy Productions presented [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]] in ''[[A Hatful of Sykes]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1979. [[Rex Garner]] directed himself, [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[George Korelin]] in ''[[What More Could She Want]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]], before bringing it to the Academy in 1979. They brought back ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' in 1979. Academy Productions presented Ernest Thomson’s ''[[On Golden Pond]]'' starring [[Clifford Mollison]], [[Margo Johns]], [[Clare Marshall]] and [[Robin Dolton]] with direction by [[Rex Garner]] in 1979. They also staged Michael Frayn’s ''[[Clouds]]'', directed by [[Stockton Briggles]] and starring [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] in 1979. They presented ''[[For Love or Money]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] starring [[Jimmy Logan]] in 1979. ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'', directed by [[Rex Garner]], with [[Geoffrey Sumner]] was staged here in 1979.

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 == THE ACADEMY THEATRE ==
-Opened by [[Hymie Udwin]] in November 1967 in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House. Productions for the theatre were done by Academy Theatre Productions. After a disappointing opening production of  the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]) Udwin changed tack and dedicated the Academy Theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the[[ Academy Theatre of Laughter]], although it remained [[The Academy]] to most people. It would mount its own productions, but was on occasion used by other companies, sometines in partnership with the Academy Theatre Productions.  In 197*  [[Dave Levin]] took over from Hymie Udwin and in 198* [[Roger Leclerq]] and [[Louis Balkind]] in turn took over management of the theatre from Levin. They renamed the theatre The Siegfried Mynhardt in 1984. (See also  Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997) Academy Theatre/Productions: Situated in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House.  It was opened by Hymie Udwin in November 1967. The opening production was the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Rex Garner’s productions of ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' and ''[[The Man Most Likely To]]'' was staged here in 1969. It starred [[Leslie Phillips]]. They leased the [[Brooke Theatre]] to stage Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' with [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] and [[Richard Loring]] in the same year. [[Brian Rix]] starred in ''[[Reluctant Heroes]]'' at the Academy Theatre in the Seventies. Hymie’s Academy obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. Together with Hymie Udwin’s Academy Theatre Productions, and in collaboration with [[PACT]] they presented Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. Together with Langford-Inglis,  Hymie’s Academy Theatre Productions, collaborated with PACT to present Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the Alexander in 1971. ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'', starring [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and [[Basil Lord]], was staged here in 1971. ''[[Move over Mrs. Markham]]'', directed by [[Ray Cooney]] and written by Cooney and John Chapman was also staged in the same year. It became the company’s longest-running farce. [[Rex Garner]] directed [[Ken Smith]], [[Diane Appleby]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in [[Boeing-Boeing]] for the Academy in 1972. He also directed [[John Hayter]], [[Peter Elliott]] and [[Ian Drummond]] in ''[[The Brass Hat]]'' for them at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1972.
+Opened by [[Hymie Udwin]] in November 1967 in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House. Productions for the theatre were done by Academy Theatre Productions. After a disappointing opening production of  the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]) Udwin changed tack and dedicated the Academy Theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the[[ Academy Theatre of Laughter]], although it remained [[The Academy]] to most people. It would mount its own productions, but was on occasion used by other companies, sometines in partnership with the Academy Theatre Productions.  In 197*  [[Dave Levin]] took over from Hymie Udwin and in 198* [[Roger Leclerq]] and [[Louis Balkind]] in turn took over management of the theatre from Levin. They renamed the theatre The Siegfried Mynhardt in 1984. (See also  Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997) Academy Theatre/Productions: Situated in a building at the corner of Wolmarans and Rissik Street, in Johannesburg – originally called Happiness House.  It was opened by Hymie Udwin in November 1967. The opening production was the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Rex Garner’s productions of ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' and ''[[The Man Most Likely To]]'' was staged here in 1969. It starred [[Leslie Phillips]]. They leased the [[Brooke Theatre]] to stage Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' with [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] and [[Richard Loring]] in the same year. [[Brian Rix]] starred in ''[[Reluctant Heroes]]'' at the Academy Theatre in the Seventies. Hymie’s Academy obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. Together with Hymie Udwin’s Academy Theatre Productions, and in collaboration with [[PACT]] they presented Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. Together with Langford-Inglis,  Hymie’s Academy Theatre Productions, collaborated with PACT to present Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw at the Alexander in 1971. ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'', starring [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and [[Basil Lord]], was staged here in 1971. ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'', directed by [[Ray Cooney]] and written by Cooney and John Chapman was also staged in the same year. It became the company’s longest-running farce. [[Rex Garner]] directed [[Ken Smith]], [[Diane Appleby]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in [[Boeing-Boeing]] for the Academy in 1972. He also directed [[John Hayter]], [[Peter Elliott]] and [[Ian Drummond]] in ''[[The Brass Hat]]'' for them at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1972.
 They brought out English actor David Tomlinson to direct ''[[A Friend Indeed]]'' and staged ''[[Funzapoppin']]'' at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1973. They presented ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' directed by [[Michael Pertwee]] and starring [[Rex Garner]], [[George Korelin]], [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Pat Sanders]] in 1974 and 1975. ''[[Lloyd George Knew My Father]]'' starring [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Andrew Cruickshank]] was staged here in 1974. Their production of ''[[Who Saw Him Die]]'' was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] as the first performance in  front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975. Rex Garner and Penny Croft starred in the comedy ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' at the Academy in1976. Birds of Paradise played a return season here in 1976. The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie Udwin and Sir Bernard Miles and presented by the Academy at the Brooke Theatre in November 1976. In association with The Company they staged Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy ''[[Luv]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Janice Honeyman]] and [[James White]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There]]'' in 1977. They presented ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]], [[John Hayter]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Melody O'Brian]]  and ''[[Fringe Benefits]]'' starring [[Rex Garner]] and [[Erica Rogers]] in 1977.

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−	Founded in 1967 by Hymie Udwin, primarily to produce plays in The Academy Theatre of Laughter, though they often rented other theatres for more elaborate shows, or collaborated with other companies over the years. Their opening production was the American comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1967) Many production were to follow, including One for the Pot (1967), [[''Uproar in the House'']] (1968), Not Now, Darling (1968), Chase Me Comrade (1969), The Man Most Likely To (1969), The Boy Friend (at the Brooke Theatre, 1969), Reluctant Heroes (197*), West Side Story (at the Alexander Theatre, 1970), Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw (in collaboration with PACT and the Langford-Inglis Company, at the Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Lionel Touch, (Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Jockey Club Stakes (1971), Move over Mrs Markham (1971), She’s Done it Again (1971), Boeing-Boeing (1972), The Brass Hat (at the Brooke Theatre, 1972), A Friend Indeed (1973), Funzapoppin’ (at the Brooke Theatre, 1973), Birds of Paradise (1974, 1975, 1976, 1979), Lloyd George Knew My Father (1974), Who Saw Him Die (1975. This production was also staged at the Nico Malan as the first performance in front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975), ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' (1976), Cole (in collaboration with Sir Bernard Miles, 1976), Luv (in association with The Company, at Upstairs at the Market, 1977), Don’t Just Lie There (1977), Say Something (1977), Fringe Benefits (1977), a musical version of Not Now Darling called Once More, Darling (1977), There Goes the Bride (1978), The Loudest Tears in Town (1978), A Hatful of Sykes (at the Civic Theatre, 1979), What More Could She Want (at the Alexander Theatre and the Academy, 1979), On Golden Pond (1979), Clouds (1979), For Love or Money (at the Alexander, 1979), Doctor on the Boil (1979), Roy Sargeant’s production of Send for Dolly (1980), Patrick Mynhardt’s More Jerepigo (1980), The Bed (1980), Academy Rewards (1981), the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs (1981), Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s production of It’s a Boy (1983), the Baxter Theatre production of Anyone for Denis? (1983). (see also Academy Theatre, Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997)	+	Founded in 1967 by Hymie Udwin, primarily to produce plays in The Academy Theatre of Laughter, though they often rented other theatres for more elaborate shows, or collaborated with other companies over the years. Their opening production was the American comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1967) Many production were to follow, including One for the Pot (1967), ''[[Uproar in the House]]'' (1968), Not Now, Darling (1968), Chase Me Comrade (1969), The Man Most Likely To (1969), The Boy Friend (at the Brooke Theatre, 1969), Reluctant Heroes (197*), West Side Story (at the Alexander Theatre, 1970), Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw (in collaboration with PACT and the Langford-Inglis Company, at the Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Lionel Touch, (Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Jockey Club Stakes (1971), Move over Mrs Markham (1971), She’s Done it Again (1971), Boeing-Boeing (1972), The Brass Hat (at the Brooke Theatre, 1972), A Friend Indeed (1973), Funzapoppin’ (at the Brooke Theatre, 1973), Birds of Paradise (1974, 1975, 1976, 1979), Lloyd George Knew My Father (1974), Who Saw Him Die (1975. This production was also staged at the Nico Malan as the first performance in front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975), ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' (1976), Cole (in collaboration with Sir Bernard Miles, 1976), Luv (in association with The Company, at Upstairs at the Market, 1977), Don’t Just Lie There (1977), Say Something (1977), Fringe Benefits (1977), a musical version of Not Now Darling called Once More, Darling (1977), There Goes the Bride (1978), The Loudest Tears in Town (1978), A Hatful of Sykes (at the Civic Theatre, 1979), What More Could She Want (at the Alexander Theatre and the Academy, 1979), On Golden Pond (1979), Clouds (1979), For Love or Money (at the Alexander, 1979), Doctor on the Boil (1979), Roy Sargeant’s production of Send for Dolly (1980), Patrick Mynhardt’s More Jerepigo (1980), The Bed (1980), Academy Rewards (1981), the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs (1981), Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s production of It’s a Boy (1983), the Baxter Theatre production of Anyone for Denis? (1983). (see also Academy Theatre, Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997)

	== THE ACADEMY THEATRE OF LAUGHTER ==		== THE ACADEMY THEATRE OF LAUGHTER ==

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−	Founded in 1967 by Hymie Udwin, primarily to produce plays in The Academy Theatre of Laughter, though they often rented other theatres for more elaborate shows, or collaborated with other companies over the years. Their opening production was the American comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1967) Many production were to follow, including One for the Pot (1967), [[Uproar in the House]] (1968), Not Now, Darling (1968), Chase Me Comrade (1969), The Man Most Likely To (1969), The Boy Friend (at the Brooke Theatre, 1969), Reluctant Heroes (197*), West Side Story (at the Alexander Theatre, 1970), Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw (in collaboration with PACT and the Langford-Inglis Company, at the Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Lionel Touch, (Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Jockey Club Stakes (1971), Move over Mrs Markham (1971), She’s Done it Again (1971), Boeing-Boeing (1972), The Brass Hat (at the Brooke Theatre, 1972), A Friend Indeed (1973), Funzapoppin’ (at the Brooke Theatre, 1973), Birds of Paradise (1974, 1975, 1976, 1979), Lloyd George Knew My Father (1974), Who Saw Him Die (1975. This production was also staged at the Nico Malan as the first performance in front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975), ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' (1976), Cole (in collaboration with Sir Bernard Miles, 1976), Luv (in association with The Company, at Upstairs at the Market, 1977), Don’t Just Lie There (1977), Say Something (1977), Fringe Benefits (1977), a musical version of Not Now Darling called Once More, Darling (1977), There Goes the Bride (1978), The Loudest Tears in Town (1978), A Hatful of Sykes (at the Civic Theatre, 1979), What More Could She Want (at the Alexander Theatre and the Academy, 1979), On Golden Pond (1979), Clouds (1979), For Love or Money (at the Alexander, 1979), Doctor on the Boil (1979), Roy Sargeant’s production of Send for Dolly (1980), Patrick Mynhardt’s More Jerepigo (1980), The Bed (1980), Academy Rewards (1981), the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs (1981), Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s production of It’s a Boy (1983), the Baxter Theatre production of Anyone for Denis? (1983). (see also Academy Theatre, Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997)	+	Founded in 1967 by Hymie Udwin, primarily to produce plays in The Academy Theatre of Laughter, though they often rented other theatres for more elaborate shows, or collaborated with other companies over the years. Their opening production was the American comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1967) Many production were to follow, including One for the Pot (1967), [[''Uproar in the House'']] (1968), Not Now, Darling (1968), Chase Me Comrade (1969), The Man Most Likely To (1969), The Boy Friend (at the Brooke Theatre, 1969), Reluctant Heroes (197*), West Side Story (at the Alexander Theatre, 1970), Max Adrian’s one-man show of readings from George Bernard Shaw (in collaboration with PACT and the Langford-Inglis Company, at the Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Lionel Touch, (Alexander Theatre, 1971), The Jockey Club Stakes (1971), Move over Mrs Markham (1971), She’s Done it Again (1971), Boeing-Boeing (1972), The Brass Hat (at the Brooke Theatre, 1972), A Friend Indeed (1973), Funzapoppin’ (at the Brooke Theatre, 1973), Birds of Paradise (1974, 1975, 1976, 1979), Lloyd George Knew My Father (1974), Who Saw Him Die (1975. This production was also staged at the Nico Malan as the first performance in front of an integrated audience, on 21 February 1975), ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' (1976), Cole (in collaboration with Sir Bernard Miles, 1976), Luv (in association with The Company, at Upstairs at the Market, 1977), Don’t Just Lie There (1977), Say Something (1977), Fringe Benefits (1977), a musical version of Not Now Darling called Once More, Darling (1977), There Goes the Bride (1978), The Loudest Tears in Town (1978), A Hatful of Sykes (at the Civic Theatre, 1979), What More Could She Want (at the Alexander Theatre and the Academy, 1979), On Golden Pond (1979), Clouds (1979), For Love or Money (at the Alexander, 1979), Doctor on the Boil (1979), Roy Sargeant’s production of Send for Dolly (1980), Patrick Mynhardt’s More Jerepigo (1980), The Bed (1980), Academy Rewards (1981), the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs (1981), Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s production of It’s a Boy (1983), the Baxter Theatre production of Anyone for Denis? (1983). (see also Academy Theatre, Academy Theatre of Laughter and The Siegfried Mynhardt) (Tucker, 1997)

	== THE ACADEMY THEATRE OF LAUGHTER ==		== THE ACADEMY THEATRE OF LAUGHTER ==

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 [[Rex Garner]] also directed a musical version of  ''[[Not Now Darling]]'' called ''[[Once More, Darling]]'' with [[Erica Rogers]], [[David Morton]], [[Derek Royle]] and [[Patricia Sanders]] for them in 1977. [[Rex Garner]] presented ''[[There Goes the Bride]]'' and ''[[The Loudest Tears in Town]]'' at the Academy in 1978. Academy Productions presented [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]] in ''[[A Hatful of Sykes]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1979. [[Rex Garner]] directed himself, [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[George Korelin]] in ''[[What More Could She Want]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]], before bringing it to the Academy in 1979. They brought back ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' in 1979. Academy Productions presented Ernest Thomson’s ''[[On Golden Pond]]'' starring [[Clifford Mollison]], [[Margo Johns]], [[Clare Marshall]] and [[Robin Dolton]] with direction by [[Rex Garner]] in 1979. They also staged Michael Frayn’s ''[[Clouds]]'', directed by [[Stockton Briggles]] and starring [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] in 1979. They presented ''[[For Love or Money]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] starring [[Jimmy Logan]] in 1979. ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'', directed by [[Rex Garner]], with [[Geoffrey Sumner]] was staged here in 1979.
-[[Roy Sargeant]]’s production of ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' with [[Norman Coombes]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Michele Maxwell]] and [[Jacques Loots]] was staged here in 1980.  [[Patrick Mynhardt]] starred in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' in 1980. [[Jimmy Logan]] directed and adapted the play ''[[The Bed]]'' starring [[Bruce Millar]], [[Melody O'Brian]], [[John Lesley]] and [[Diane Appleby]] here in 1980. [[Robert Kirby]] and [[Terry Lester]] staged Academy Rewards here in 1981. They hosted the Baxter Theatre production of ''[[Seer in the Suburbs]]'', the English translation of [[P.G. du Plessis]]’s ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' starring [[Dale Cutts]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Bo Petersen]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]] in 1981. [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Shirley Firth]] staged [[Robert Kirby]]’s ''[[It's a Boy]]'' starring [[Charles Comyn]], [[Anne Power]] and [[John Hayter]] with direction by [[Keith Grenville]] which moved here on the 2 February 1983 from the [[Intimate Theatre]]. Baxter productions presented ''[[Anyone for Denis?]]'' starring [[John Lesley]] and [[Erica Rogers]] and directed by [[Keith Grenville]] here in 1983.
+[[Roy Sargeant]]’s production of ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' with [[Norman Coombes]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Michele Maxwell]] and [[Jacques Loots]] was staged here in 1980.  [[Patrick Mynhardt]] starred in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' in 1980. [[Jimmy Logan]] directed and adapted the play ''[[The Bed]]'' starring [[Bruce Millar]], [[Melody O'Brian]], [[John Lesley]] and [[Diane Appleby]] here in 1980. [[Robert Kirby]] and [[Terry Lester]] staged Academy Rewards here in 1981. They hosted the Baxter Theatre production of ''[[Seer in the Suburbs]]'', the English translation of [[P.G. du Plessis]]’s ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' starring [[Dale Cutts]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Bo Petersen]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]] in 1981. [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Shirley Firth]] staged [[Robert Kirby]]’s ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' starring [[Charles Comyn]], [[Anne Power]] and [[John Hayter]] with direction by [[Keith Grenville]] which moved here on the 2 February 1983 from the [[Intimate Theatre]]. Baxter productions presented ''[[Anyone for Denis?]]'' starring [[John Lesley]] and [[Erica Rogers]] and directed by [[Keith Grenville]] here in 1983.
 Roger Leclerq and Louis Balkind took over management of the Academy from Dave Levin who had taken over from Hymie Udwin previously. They renamed the Academy The Siegfried Mynhardt in 1984. (see The Siegfried Mynhardt) *** (Tucker, 1997) ACADEMY THEATRE (****-****) Johannesburg.  Owned and operated by A.T. Stage Productions (pty.)LTD.  Hymie Udwin was the Executive director (from 19** to 19**), Paul Janssen the Stage director (from 19** to ****) and Tim Heale the production manager (from 19** to ****).