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-(1946-2014) Publisher, editor, author, playwright and critic.
+[[Charles Fryer]] (1946-2014). Publisher, editor, author, playwright and critic.
 == Biography ==
-Born on 5 March 1946 in Calvinia in what is today known as the ''Hantamhuis''.  He was one of five children. He later married Lorreine, a free lance editor and translator and two daughters Charleinne and Andrea, and a son, William. He retired from Tafelberg Publishers in 2002 and died in Cape Town on 13 November  2014.
+Born on 5 March 1946 in Calvinia in what is today known as the ''Hantamhuis''.  He was one of five children. He later married Lorreine, a free lance editor and translator and the had two daughters Charleinne and Andrea, and a son, William. He retired from Tafelberg Publishers in 2002 and died in Cape Town on 13 November  2014.
 == Training ==

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 Having finished his studies, he taught high school at the Hoërskool DF Malan in Bellville and in 1975 joined the publishing firm [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]], initially as a book editor and later as Publisher: Literary Fiction for the publishing house. He retired in in 2002.
-While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays called ''[[Kollig]]'' ("Spotlight") in , ), and three collections of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts") (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007).
+While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays called ''[[Kollig: vyf eenbedrywe]]'' ("Spotlight: five one-act plays"), and three collections of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts") (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007).
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 Having finished his studies, he taught high school at the Hoërskool DF Malan in Bellville and in 1975 joined the publishing firm [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]], initially as a book editor and later as Publisher: Literary Fiction for the publishing house. He retired in in 2002.
-While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays (Kollig, ), and three collections of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts") (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007).
+While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays called ''[[Kollig]]'' ("Spotlight") in , ), and three collections of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts") (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007).
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 Having finished his studies, he taught high school at the Hoërskool DF Malan in Bellville and in 1975 joined the publishing firm [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]], initially as a book editor and later as Publisher: Literary Fiction for the publishing house. He retired in in 2002.
-While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays (Kollig, , a collection of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts")– ghost stories by various writers (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007)
+While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays (Kollig, ), and three collections of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts") (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007).
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 == Career ==
-Having finished his studies, he taught high school at the Hoërskool DF Malan in Bellville and in 1975joined the publishing firm [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]], initially as a book editor and later as Publisher: Literary Fiction for the publishing house. He retired in in 2002.
+Having finished his studies, he taught high school at the Hoërskool DF Malan in Bellville and in 1975 joined the publishing firm [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]], initially as a book editor and later as Publisher: Literary Fiction for the publishing house. He retired in in 2002.
 While he was primarily employed in the book publishing trade, he was also an active critic and a  creative writer who, in the course of his career, wrote and published one book of poems (''[[Rooiwielwa]]'', 1978),  short stories and unpublished plays, and collated a number of collections, including a book of one-act plays (Kollig, , a collection of short stories entitled ''Kinders van die Aarde'' ("Children of the earth:", 1998), ''Van spoke gepraat'' ("Speaking of ghosts")– ghost stories by various writers (2006) and  ''Kinders van Afrika'' ("Children of Africa", 2007)

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 His most notable playtext is perhaps the Passion Play ''[[Só Moes die Liefde Ly]]'' ("Thus Love had to suffer"),  the Passion Play he created in 1988 for [[Martina Rauch]] and the parish of the [[NG Kerk]] Parow-Panorama, near Cape Town, to be performed by the gevangelical group  [[Woord in Beeld]] during Easter under the stars in Tygerberg. In 1989, he expanded the short text to full-length and from 1991 onwards it was performed every second year in the [[Van Zyl Hall]] in the Kango Caves, the text constantly evolving and the cast increasing, with audiences drawn from across the globe.
-In October 1990 he wrote and directed ''[[Lig in die Swart Klooster]]'' ("Light in the Black Monastery"), also for the NG Kerk parish of Panorama.
+In October 1990 he wrote and directed ''[[Lig in die Swart Klooster]]'' ("Light in the Black Monastery"), for [[Woord in Beeld]] of the the [[NG Kerk]] parish of Panorama.
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 While none of his plays have been published, some of his student work gained legendary status in Stellenbosch. The most notable perhaps ''[[Die Vampier]]'' ("The Vampire"), performed by the students of his years and thereafter.
-His most notable playtext is perhaps the Passion Play ''[[Só Moes die Liefde Ly]]'' ("Thus Love had to suffer"),  the Passion Play he created in 1988 for Marina Rauch and the parish of the NG Kerk Parow-Panorama, near Cape Town, to be performed by the gevangelical group  [[Woord in Beeld]] during Easter under the stars in Tygerberg. In 1989, he expanded the short text to full-length and from 1991 onwards it was performed every second year in the [[Van Zyl Hall]] in the Kango Caves, the text constantly evolving and the cast increasing, with audiences drawn from across the globe.
+His most notable playtext is perhaps the Passion Play ''[[Só Moes die Liefde Ly]]'' ("Thus Love had to suffer"),  the Passion Play he created in 1988 for [[Martina Rauch]] and the parish of the [[NG Kerk]] Parow-Panorama, near Cape Town, to be performed by the gevangelical group  [[Woord in Beeld]] during Easter under the stars in Tygerberg. In 1989, he expanded the short text to full-length and from 1991 onwards it was performed every second year in the [[Van Zyl Hall]] in the Kango Caves, the text constantly evolving and the cast increasing, with audiences drawn from across the globe.
 In October 1990 he wrote and directed ''[[Lig in die Swart Klooster]]'' ("Light in the Black Monastery"), also for the NG Kerk parish of Panorama.