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[[Alton Kumalo]] (1939-2013). Actor, writer.

== Biography ==
Alton was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and moved with his family to South Africa in the late 1950s.

He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968 and became the first black actor to play Shakespearean roles there regularly before he left to found the groundbreaking [[Temba Theatre Company]] in 1972.

He co-wrote (with [[Peter Rodda]]) and performed in the play ''[[Biko]]''. He acted in ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' in the UK in the 1970s and in ''[[Bitter Milk]]''.

He died in the United Kingdom in 2013 at the age of 73.

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

He appeared in the [[Union Artists]] production of ''[[King Kong: An All-African Jazz Opera]]'' in 1960 as the Journalist, touring South Africa before the production was taken to London.

== Sources ==
Warwick web page [https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=094d43d542940438014298ed0f1375b7].

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 Alton was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and moved with his family to South Africa in the late 1950s.
-He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968 and became the first black actor to play Shakespearean roles there regularly before he left to found the groundbreaking [[Temba Theatre Company]] in 1972.
+He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968 and became the first black actor to play Shakespearean roles there regularly before he left to found the groundbreaking [[Temba Theatre Company]] in 1972. , .
-He co-wrote (with [[Peter Rodda]]) and performed in the play ''[[Biko]]''. He acted in ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' in the UK in the 1970s and in ''[[Bitter Milk]]''. Other works include ''[[Theresa]]'' (),  by Alton Kumalo
+He acted in ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' in the UK in the 1970s, and co-wrote and performed in the plays ''[[Biko]]'' ((with [[Peter Rodda]], 1979) and  performed in ''[[Bitter Milk]]'' (with David Clough, 1983).
 He died in the United Kingdom in 2013 at the age of 73.