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 Alan is one of South Africa's most highly regarded theatre directors. Moving with equal facility from small one-man shows to dramas and large-scale musical extravaganzas. Among his many successes are shows as different as ''[[Neville's Island]]'', the smash hit ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'', ''[[Amadeus]]'' for the [[State Theatre]] and ''[[The King and I]]'' for [[PACT]] Opera. He directed Yasmina Reza's ''[[Life X3]]'' for Daphne Kuhn's Theatre on the Square and Troupe Theatre Company, and the 25th Anniversary revival of ''[[The Other Side of the Swamp]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. Other productions that Alan has directed for Pieter Toerien include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' (1993), ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'' (1995), ''[[What a Carry On!]]'', ''[[HRH]]'', ''[[The Book Club]]'', the acclaimed ''[[Amy's View]]'', ''[[The Mystery of Irma Vep]]'', and ''[[Maybe Baby, It's You]]''.
-He assisted the director for a [[NAPAC]] production of ''[[Musical Trilogy]]''.director ([[NAPAC]]).
+He assisted the director for a [[NAPAC]] production of ''[[Musical Trilogy]]''.director ([[NAPAC]]).  He directed [[Yasmina Reza]]'s ''[[Life X 3]]'' in 2001.
 He directed ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Being Alive]]'', ''[[Open a New Window]]'', ''[[Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004) and two gala extravaganzas for Artists Against Aids.

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 He won a [[Naledi Award]] in 2004 for the sound design of an unnamed production.
-Nominated [[Naledi Award]] 2003 Best director of play or musical: Alan Swerdlow for Honour; 2006 Best director of play or musical: Alan Swerdlow (The 39 steps); 2011 Best director of play or musical: Alan Swerdlow (The history boys); [[Fleur du Cap]] Swerdlow, Alan in `Travels with My Aunt' (best supporting actor, 1995); director:; Alan Swerdlow: Good evening (2008); Best director: Swerdlow, Alan: God of carnage (2010); Best director: Alan Swerdlow (Constellations) 2015
+Nominated [[Naledi Award]] 2003 Best director of play or musical: Alan Swerdlow for Honour; 2006 Best director of play or musical: Alan Swerdlow (The 39 steps); 2011 Best director of play or musical: Alan Swerdlow (The history boys); [[Fleur du Cap]] Swerdlow, Alan in `Travels with My Aunt' (best supporting actor, 1995); director:; Alan Swerdlow: Good evening (2008); Best director: Swerdlow, Alan: God of carnage (2010); Best director: Alan Swerdlow (''[[Constellations]]'') 2015
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-[[Alan Swerdlow]] (19**-). Stage, television and film actor, director, radio presenter.
+[[Alan Swerdlow]] (19**-). Stage, television and film actor, director, radio presenter, theatre reviewer.
 === Training ===
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 == Awards, etc ==
 In his final year at [[UCT]] he was nominated for the Three Leaf Award as the most promising student.
 == Sources ==

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 === As Actor ===
-He has appeared on stage in productions of  ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1981), ''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (with [[Market Teatre|Young Market]]), ''[[Hail Wedded Love]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]).
+He has appeared on stage in productions of  ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1981), ''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (with [[Market Theatre|Young Market]]), ''[[Hail Wedded Love]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]).
 He starred in [[Giles Havergal]]’s ''[[Travels with my Aunt]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in August 1994.
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 He assisted the director for a [[NAPAC]] production of ''[[Musical Trilogy]]''.director ([[NAPAC]]).
-He directed ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Being Alive]]'', ''[[Open a New Window]]'' ''[[Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004) and two gala extravaganzas for Artists Against Aids.
+He directed ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Being Alive]]'', ''[[Open a New Window]]'', ''[[Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004) and two gala extravaganzas for Artists Against Aids.
 === As Writer and translator ===

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-== As Actor ==
+=== As Actor ===
-He has appeared on stage in productions of  ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1981), ''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (with [[Young Market]]), ''[[Hail Wedded Love]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]).
+He has appeared on stage in productions of  ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1981), ''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (with [[Market Teatre|Young Market]]), ''[[Hail Wedded Love]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]).
 He starred in [[Giles Havergal]]’s ''[[Travels with my Aunt]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in August 1994.
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 Other productions include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]]); ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ([[CAPAB]] and [[NAPAC]]).
+=== As Director ===
 Alan is one of South Africa's most highly regarded theatre directors. Moving with equal facility from small one-man shows to dramas and large-scale musical extravaganzas. Among his many successes are shows as different as ''[[Neville's Island]]'', the smash hit ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'', ''[[Amadeus]]'' for the [[State Theatre]] and ''[[The King and I]]'' for [[PACT]] Opera. He directed Yasmina Reza's ''[[Life X3]]'' for Daphne Kuhn's Theatre on the Square and Troupe Theatre Company, and the 25th Anniversary revival of ''[[The Other Side of the Swamp]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. Other productions that Alan has directed for Pieter Toerien include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' (1993), ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'' (1995), ''[[What a Carry On!]]'', ''[[HRH]]'', ''[[The Book Club]]'', the acclaimed ''[[Amy's View]]'', ''[[The Mystery of Irma Vep]]'', and ''[[Maybe Baby, It's You]]''.
 He assisted the director for a [[NAPAC]] production of ''[[Musical Trilogy]]''.director ([[NAPAC]]).
-He directed ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Being Alive]]'', ''[[Open a New Window]]'' ''[[Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004) and two gala extravaganzas for Artists Against Aids.
+He directed ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Being Alive]]'', ''[[Open a New Window]]'' ''[[Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004) and two gala extravaganzas for Artists Against Aids.
-==As Writer and translator ==
+=== As Writer and translator ===
-Alan wrote the play [[Four Stops on the Northern Line]] and wrote the script of the musical ''[[Streets of Gold]]''.
+Alan wrote the play ''[[Four Stops on the Northern Line]]'' and wrote the script of the musical ''[[Streets of Gold]]''.
 He translated [[Joshua Sobol]]’s ''[[Ghetto]]'' which was staged by [[PACT]] and [[Moira Blumenthal]] in 1991.

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	Theatre Lives [https://theatrelives.co.za/people/alan-swerdlow/].		Theatre Lives [https://theatrelives.co.za/people/alan-swerdlow/].

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 == As Director ==
-Alan is one of South Africa's most highly regarded theatre directors. Moving with equal facility from small one-man shows to dramas and large-scale musical extravaganzas. Among his many successes are shows as different as the smash hit ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'' (ten years on and still packing houses wherever it plays), ''[[Amadeus]]'' for the [[State Theatre]] and ''[[The King and I]]'' for [[PACT]] Opera. Alan directed Yasmina Reza's ''[[Life X3]]'' for Daphne Kuhn's Theatre on the Square and Troupe Theatre Company, and the 25th Anniversary revival of ''[[The Other Side of the Swamp]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. Other productions that Alan has directed for Pieter Toerien include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'', ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'' (1995), ''[[What a Carry On!]]'', ''[[HRH]]'', ''[[The Book Club]]'', the acclaimed ''[[Amy's View]]'', ''[[The Mystery of Irma Vep]]'', and ''[[Maybe Baby, It's You]]''.
+Alan is one of South Africa's most highly regarded theatre directors. Moving with equal facility from small one-man shows to dramas and large-scale musical extravaganzas. Among his many successes are shows as different as ''[[Neville's Island]]'', the smash hit ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'' (ten years on and still packing houses wherever it plays), ''[[Amadeus]]'' for the [[State Theatre]] and ''[[The King and I]]'' for [[PACT]] Opera. Alan directed Yasmina Reza's ''[[Life X3]]'' for Daphne Kuhn's Theatre on the Square and Troupe Theatre Company, and the 25th Anniversary revival of ''[[The Other Side of the Swamp]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. Other productions that Alan has directed for Pieter Toerien include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'', ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'' (1995), ''[[What a Carry On!]]'', ''[[HRH]]'', ''[[The Book Club]]'', the acclaimed ''[[Amy's View]]'', ''[[The Mystery of Irma Vep]]'', and ''[[Maybe Baby, It's You]]''.
 ''[[Musical Trilogy]]'' - assistant director ([[NAPAC]]).

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-SWERDLOW, Alan (19**-) Stage, television and film actor, director, presenter.
+[[Alan Swerdlow]] (19**-). Stage, television and film actor, director, presenter.
 === Training ===
-He studied at the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Cape Town.
+He studied at the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Cape Town (under [[Robert Mohr]]}.
 === Career ===
-Since completing his post-graduate studies at UCT's [[Little Theatre]], he has acted, written or directed for most of the theatrical managements in the country
+Since completing his post-graduate studies at UCT's [[Little Theatre]], he has acted, written or directed for most of the theatrical managements in the country, among them [[PACT]] (pre-1981), [[Market Theatre]] and [[Pieter Toerien]]'s company. Worked for the [[People's Theatre Trust]].
-He was a founder member of the Youn Market Company and as a freelance actor has performed in a variety of roles.
+He was a founder member of the Young Market Company and as a freelance actor has performed in a variety of roles.
-In 2004 he was the Arts and Entertainment Specialist for the national radio station Safm 104-107 and crossed the floor to hard news as deputy on AM Live.
+In 2004 he was the Arts and Entertainment Specialist for the national radio station [[SABC|Safm 104-107]] and crossed the floor to hard news as deputy on AM Live.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Performed in
+He has appeared on stage in productions of  ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1981), ''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (with [[Young Market]]), ''[[Hail Wedded Love]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]).
 Swerdlow translated [[Joshua Sobol]]’s ''[[Ghetto]]'' which was staged by [[PACT]] and [[Moira Blumenthal]] in 1991.
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 He starred in [[Giles Havergal]]’s ''[[Travels with my Aunt]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in August 1994.
-''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]]);
+Other productions include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]]); ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ([[CAPAB]] and [[NAPAC]]).
-''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (CAPAB amd NAPAC).
+He wrote the script of the musical ''[[Streets of Gold]]''.
 == As Director ==
-Alan is one of South Africa's most highly regarded theatre directors. Moving with equal facility from small one-man shows to dramas and large-scale musical extravaganzas. Among his many successes are shows as different as the smash hit ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'' (ten years on and still packing houses wherever it plays), ''[[Amadeus]]'' for the [[State Theatre]] and ''[[The King and I]]'' for [[PACT]] Opera. Recently, Alan directed Yasmina Reza's ''[[Life X3]]'' for Daphne Kuhn's Theatre on the Square and Troupe Theatre Company, and the 25th Anniversary revival of ''[[The Other Side of the Swamp]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. Other productions that Alan has directed for Pieter Toerien include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'', ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'' (1995), ''[[What a Carry On!]]'', ''[[HRH]]'', ''[[The Book Club]]'', the acclaimed ''[[Amy's View]]'', ''[[The Mystery of Irma Vep]]'', and most recently ''[[Maybe Baby, It's You]]''.
+Alan is one of South Africa's most highly regarded theatre directors. Moving with equal facility from small one-man shows to dramas and large-scale musical extravaganzas. Among his many successes are shows as different as the smash hit ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'' (ten years on and still packing houses wherever it plays), ''[[Amadeus]]'' for the [[State Theatre]] and ''[[The King and I]]'' for [[PACT]] Opera. Alan directed Yasmina Reza's ''[[Life X3]]'' for Daphne Kuhn's Theatre on the Square and Troupe Theatre Company, and the 25th Anniversary revival of ''[[The Other Side of the Swamp]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. Other productions that Alan has directed for Pieter Toerien include ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'', ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'' (1995), ''[[What a Carry On!]]'', ''[[HRH]]'', ''[[The Book Club]]'', the acclaimed ''[[Amy's View]]'', ''[[The Mystery of Irma Vep]]'', and ''[[Maybe Baby, It's You]]''.
-''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (directed);
+''[[Musical Trilogy]]'' - assistant director ([[NAPAC]]).
-He directed [[Edward Duke]]’s ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' at the [[Richard Haines]] in 1993. He directed [[John Chapman]]’s ''[[Key for Two]]'' in 1994. He directed [[Bryan Schimmel]] and [[Ian von Memerty]]’s ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]]'s [[Youth Theatre]] in 1994.
+''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (directed); ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' (directed) ([[People's Theatre]]); directed ''[[Being Alive]]'' and ''[[Open a New Window]]'', two gala extravaganzas for Artists Against Aids.
-Directed ''[[Key for Two]]'' ([[PACT]]) and ''[[Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004).
+He also directed Edward Duke’s ''[[Jeeves Takes Charge]]'' at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in 1993, John Chapman’s ''[[Key for Two]]'' in 1994, [[Bryan Schimmel]] and [[Ian von Memerty]]’s ''[[A Handful of Keys]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]]'s [[Youth Theatre]] in 1994, ''[[Buddy Holly Story]]'', ''[[Honour]]'' (2004).
 == Awards, etc ==
-In his final year at UCT he was nominated for the Three Leaf Award as the most promising student.
+In his final year at [[UCT]] he was nominated for the Three Leaf Award as the most promising student.
 == Sources ==
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
-SACD 1980/81.
+[[SACD]] 1980/81.
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