Anthony Akerman - Revision history

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	He directed ''[[The Substance of Fire]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1993.		He directed ''[[The Substance of Fire]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1993.
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		+	===As actor===
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		+	Akerman played Reverend Young in ''[[Richard Gush of Salem]]'' while a student at [[Rhodes University]].

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 '''Television:'''
-He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''[[Scandal]]'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado's]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
+He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''[[Scandal!]]'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado's]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
 '''List of works:'''

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 '''Television:'''
-He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''[[Scandal]]'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
+He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''[[Scandal]]'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado's]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
 '''List of works:'''

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 '''Television:'''
-He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''Scandal'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
+He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''[[Scandal]]'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
 '''List of works:'''

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 '''Television:'''
-He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''Scoop Schoombie'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''Scandal'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
+He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''[[Scoop Schoombie]]'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''Scandal'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
 '''List of works:'''

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 He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''Scoop Schoombie'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''Scandal'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
-His works include:
+'''List of works:'''
 * ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' (1983)
 * ''[[A Man out of the Country]]'' (1985)
 * ''[[A Natural History]]'' (1994)
 * ''[[Heresy & Treason]]'' (1999)
 * ''[[Comrades Arms]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[Leading Ladies]]'' (2022).
+* '' [[No Place for You]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[The Africanist]]''
+* ''[[The Africanist]]'' (2006)
-* '' [[No Place for You]]''
+* ''[[Hope Deferred]]'' (2006)
-* ''[[Hope Deferred]]''
+* ''[[Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland]]'' (2007)
-* ''[[Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland]]''
+* ''[[A Far Cry]]'' (2008)
-* ''[[A Far Cry]]''
+* ''[[Leading Ladies]]'' (2022)
 In 2000, Wits University Press published ''[[Dark Outsider: Three Plays]]'', a collection of his plays. His articles have been published widely in magazines and newspapers.

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 ===As writer===
-His first play, ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' (1983), was banned “as a publication” in South Africa. However, it was a countrywide success when it was performed and was nominated for the [[DALRO]] Best Play Award in 1987. The Argus called it “the ultimate anti-war statement in white South African theatre.”
+'''Theatre:'''
-''[[Dark Outsider]]'', his play about the controversial South African poet [[Roy Campbell]], won a string of awards, including the [[Vita Playwright of the Year Award]] for 1995/96. The ''E. P. Herald'' called it “a masterful work that has earned a niche in the sparse collection of great South African theatrical endeavours.” ''[[Old Boys]],'' a play based on his school days at Michaelhouse, also won a [[Vita Best Script Award]] in 1997 and ''Business Day'' wrote of it: “You are unlikely to see anything as good on any other stage in the country.” His other plays include ''[[A Man out of the Country]]'' (1985), ''[[A Natural History]]'' (1994), ''[[Heresy & Treason]]'' (1999), ''[[Comrades Arms]]'' (2000), ''[[Leading Ladies]]'' (2022).
+His first play, ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' (1983), was banned “as a publication” in South Africa. However, it was a countrywide success when it was performed and was nominated for the [[DALRO]] Best Play Award in 1987. The Argus called it “the ultimate anti-war statement in white South African theatre.”  ''[[Dark Outsider]]'', his play about the controversial South African poet [[Roy Campbell]], won a string of awards, including the [[Vita Playwright of the Year Award]] for 1995/96. The ''E. P. Herald'' called it “a masterful work that has earned a niche in the sparse collection of great South African theatrical endeavours.” ''[[Old Boys]],'' a play based on his school days at Michaelhouse, also won a [[Vita Best Script Award]] in 1997 and ''Business Day'' wrote of it: “You are unlikely to see anything as good on any other stage in the country.”
 He adapted most of his stage plays for radio broadcast on ''SAfm''. After a lapse of eight years, radio drama was re-launched on Human Rights Day 2006 with his new play, ''[[The Africanist]]'', about the life of the late anti-apartheid icon Robert Sobukwe.'' [[No Place for You]]'', his dramatisation of Ruth First’s 117 Days, was commissioned for Women’s Day the same year. ''[[Heresy & Treason]]'', two plays about the life of Bishop Colenso, and a play called ''[[Hope Deferred]]'' were broadcast in 2006, his dramatisation of Oliver Schreiner’s ''[[Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland]]'' in 2007 and his adaptation of [[Mary Benson]]’s ''[[A Far Cry]]'' in 2008.
 He was Head Writer on the e-tv sitcom ''Scoop Schoombie'' and also wrote several episodes of the sitcoms ''[[S.O.S.]]'' and ''[[Madam & Eve]]''. He has also written soap and wrote episodes of ''[[Isidingo]]'' for two years and ''Scandal'' for one year. He was one of the writers on the recent SABC3 series ''[[Shado’s]]''. He has been writer and script editor of the e.tv soap ''[[Rhythm City]]'' since it went on air in 2007.
 In 2000, Wits University Press published ''[[Dark Outsider: Three Plays]]'', a collection of his plays. His articles have been published widely in magazines and newspapers.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-===As playwright===
+===As writer===
 His first play, ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' (1983), was banned “as a publication” in South Africa. However, it was a countrywide success when it was performed and was nominated for the [[DALRO]] Best Play Award in 1987. The Argus called it “the ultimate anti-war statement in white South African theatre.”

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

	His first play, ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' (1983), was banned “as a publication” in South Africa. However, it was a countrywide success when it was performed and was nominated for the [[DALRO]] Best Play Award in 1987. The Argus called it “the ultimate anti-war statement in white South African theatre.”		His first play, ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' (1983), was banned “as a publication” in South Africa. However, it was a countrywide success when it was performed and was nominated for the [[DALRO]] Best Play Award in 1987. The Argus called it “the ultimate anti-war statement in white South African theatre.”

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 === Training ===
-Anthony was educated at Rhodes University (Drama and English, 1969-1972) and did the Director's Course at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and postgraduate Theatre Studies at the University of Cardiff.
+Anthony was educated at [[Rhodes University]] (Drama and English, 1969-1972) and did the Director's Course at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and postgraduate Theatre Studies at the University of Cardiff.
 === Career ===