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		<title>Satj at 13:48, 1 May 2012</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 13:48, 1 May 2012&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A tribute to [[Michael Atkinson]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. On &lt;/del&gt;Sunday, 25 March 2007 a once-off gala event, aptly entitled ''[[Atkinson at 80: The Importance of Being Michael]]'', &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was offered &lt;/del&gt;at the [[Baxter Theatre]] Centre to celebrate [[Michael Atkinson]]'s 80th birthday as well as  60 glorious years in theatre and show business and 40 years on South African stages.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[Atkinson at 80 – The Importance of Being Michael]]. Directed by [[Ralph Lawson]]. Musical direction by [[Aviva Pelham]]. Accompanist [[Victor Tichart]].&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A tribute to [[Michael Atkinson]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, this revue was offered on  &lt;/ins&gt;Sunday, 25 March 2007 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;as &lt;/ins&gt;a once-off gala event, aptly entitled ''[[Atkinson at 80: The Importance of Being Michael]]'', at the [[Baxter Theatre]] Centre to celebrate [[Michael Atkinson]]'s 80th birthday as well as  60 glorious years in theatre and show business and 40 years on South African stages.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Director [[Ralph Lawson]] assembled a stellar line-up, with musical direction by [[Aviva Pelham]] to pay tribute to one of South Africa’s most respected artists who has delighted local audiences with acclaimed performances for four decades. The programme for the gala evening was made up of a wonderful mix of high comedy, drama, music and song, with excerpts from some of the plays which made him the darling of the South African audiences. These included works by Noël Coward, Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare. Sharing the stage with Michael were colleagues and friends [[Moira Lister]], [[Paddy Canavan]], [[Fiona Coyne]], musical director [[Aviva Pelham]], [[Liz Szymczak]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Caviggia]], [[David Crichton]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and director [[Ralph Lawson]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Director [[Ralph Lawson]] assembled a stellar line-up, with musical direction by [[Aviva Pelham]] to pay tribute to one of South Africa’s most respected artists who has delighted local audiences with acclaimed performances for four decades. The programme for the gala evening was made up of a wonderful mix of high comedy, drama, music and song, with excerpts from some of the plays which made him the darling of the South African audiences. These included works by Noël Coward, Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare. Sharing the stage with Michael were colleagues and friends [[Moira Lister]], [[Paddy Canavan]], [[Fiona Coyne]], musical director [[Aviva Pelham]], [[Liz Szymczak]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Caviggia]], [[David Crichton]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and director [[Ralph Lawson]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Satj at 13:42, 1 May 2012</title>
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		<title>Satj: Created page with &quot;Michael Atkinson&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2012-05-01T13:35:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/index.php/Michael_Atkinson&quot; title=&quot;Michael Atkinson&quot;&gt;Michael Atkinson&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Michael Atkinson]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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