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 == The company ==
-Founded as an independent publishing house by the adventurous [[Dutch]] born publisher [[Adriaan Donker]] (generally known as '''[[Ad Donker]]''') in 1974, this venture did much to encourage and develop the writing, publication and discussion of South African writing in the 1970s and 1980s.
+Founded as an independent publishing house by the adventurous [[Dutch]] born publisher '''[[Adriaan Donker]]''' (generally known as '''[[Ad Donker]]''' or '''[[Ad. Donker]]''') in 1974, this venture did much to encourage and develop the writing, publication and discussion of South African writing in the 1970s and 1980s.
 In the 1990s Donker sold the imprint to [[Naspers]], but remained on as a consultant for a while.

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Ad Donker Publishers]]	+	[[Ad. Donker Publishers]] was an independent publishing house, based in Johannesburg.
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		+	(Also written '''[[Ad Donker Publishers]]''')
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		+	== The company ==
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		+	Founded as an independent publishing house by the adventurous [[Dutch]] born publisher [[Adriaan Donker]] (generally known as '''[[Ad Donker]]''') in 1974, this venture did much to encourage and develop the writing, publication and discussion of South African writing in the 1970s and 1980s.
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		+	In the 1990s Donker sold the imprint to [[Naspers]], but remained on as a consultant for a while.
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		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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		+	'''[[Ad Donker Publishers]]'s theatre and cultural publications include:'''
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		+	''They Built a Theatre'' (the story of the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]) by [[Arthur Hoffman]] and [[Anna Romain Hoffman]] (1980)
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		+	''Reef of Time: Johannesburg in Writing'' (a collection of pieces on Johannesburg, edited by [[Digby Ricci]], 1986),
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		+	''Athol Fugard: A Source Book'' (compiled by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], [[Wilma Viljoen]] and [[Celeste van Greunen]], 1982)
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		+	''Athol Fugard: The Notebooks'' (edited [[Mary Benson]])
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		+	''An Introduction to Southern African Literature'' by [[Michael Chapman]]
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		+	Besides a number of plays by various playwrights, the company also published various important of collections of theatre texts, including:
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		+	''[[Stephen Black: Three Plays]]'' (edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 198*),
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		+	''[[Theatre One: New South African Drama]]'' (edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 1978)
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		+	''[[Theatre Two: New South African Drama]]'' (edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 1981)
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		+	''[[The Market Plays]]'' (edited by [[Stephen Gray]])
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		+	''[[More Market Plays]]'' (edited by [[John Kani]])
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Donker
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Films]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities\|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays\|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Television/Plays\|South African Television Plays and Series]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Venues,_Companies,_Societies,_etc]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[Main Page]]

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