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(19**-) Actor. * Started his career as a schoolboy at St Andrews Boys School in Bloemfontein, playing the leads in school plays, including ''[[Becket]]''. First professional performance in ''[[The Tempest]]'' directed by [[Leslie French]] for [[PACOFS]] in 197*, then went to study Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]]?*. Worked for [[The Space]] in the 1970s. Among his roles there were ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Faces in the Wall]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1973), ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Post Mortem]]'', ''[[Statements after an arrest under the Immorality Act]]'' (1972), ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' and ''[[Where are you Going Hollis Jay?]]''. He was also one of the designers on the production of ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]''. * PROPHET, Christopher. He starred in the opening production at [[The Space Theatre]] on 28 May 1972 of [[Fugard]]’s ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'' together with [[Fugard]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]].

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 His first professional performance was in ''[[The Tempest]]'', directed by [[Leslie French]] for [[PACOFS]] before he went to [[UCT]].
-As a student he performed in productions of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1969), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (as Young Martin, 1969/70), ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1970), ''[[Henry V]] (1971).
+As a student he performed in productions of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1969), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (as Young Martin, 1969/70), ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1970), ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]'' (1970), ''[[Henry V]] (1971).
-He worked for [[The Space]] in the 1970s. He starred in the opening production on 28 May 1972 of [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'' together with [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]]. Among his other roles there were ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Faces in the Wall]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1973), ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Post Mortem]]'', ''[[Statements after an arrest under the Immorality Act]]'' (1972), ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' and ''[[Where are you Going Hollis Jay?]]''.
+He worked for [[The Space]] in the 1970s. He starred in the opening production on 28 May 1972 of [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'' together with [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]]. Among his other roles there were ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Faces in the Wall]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1973), ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Post Mortem]]'', ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' and ''[[Where are you Going Hollis Jay?]]''.
 He was also one of the designers on the production of ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]''.
-Other productions include ''[[When Thou Art King]]'', ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]'', ''[[The Tragedy of Tragedies, or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great|Tom Thumb, or The Tragedy of Tragedies]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1972), ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1972), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1978).
+Other productions include ''[[When Thou Art King]]'', ''[[The Tragedy of Tragedies, or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great|Tom Thumb, or The Tragedy of Tragedies]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1972), ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1972), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1978).
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-Christopher Prophet (19**-) Actor.
+[[Christopher Prophet]] (19**-). Actor.
 == Training ==
-then went to study Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]]?*
+He studied Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]] in the late 1960s, early 1970s.
 == Biography ==
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-His first professional performance in ''[[The Tempest]]'' directed by [[Leslie French]] for [[PACOFS]] in 197*, then went to study Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]]?*. Worked for [[The Space]] in the 1970s. Among his roles there were ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Faces in the Wall]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1973), ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Post Mortem]]'', ''[[Statements after an arrest under the Immorality Act]]'' (1972), ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' and ''[[Where are you Going Hollis Jay?]]''.
+His first professional performance was in ''[[The Tempest]]'', directed by [[Leslie French]] for [[PACOFS]] before he went to [[UCT]].
- He was also one of the designers on the production of ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]''. * PROPHET, Christopher. He starred in the opening production at [[The Space Theatre]] on 28 May 1972 of [[Fugard]]’s ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'' together with [[Fugard]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]].
+As a student he performed in productions of ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1969), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (as Young Martin, 1969/70), ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1970), ''[[Henry V]] (1971).
-•	Kitsch
+He worked for [[The Space]] in the 1970s. He starred in the opening production on 28 May 1972 of [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'' together with [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]]. Among his other roles there were ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Faces in the Wall]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1973), ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Post Mortem]]'', ''[[Statements after an arrest under the Immorality Act]]'' (1972), ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' and ''[[Where are you Going Hollis Jay?]]''.
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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-(19**-) Actor. * Started his career as a schoolboy at St Andrews Boys School in Bloemfontein, playing the leads in school plays, including ''[[Becket]]''. First professional performance in ''[[The Tempest]]'' directed by [[Leslie French]] for [[PACOFS]] in 197*, then went to study Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]]?*. Worked for [[The Space]] in the 1970s. Among his roles there were ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Faces in the Wall]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1973), ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Post Mortem]]'', ''[[Statements after an arrest under the Immorality Act]]'' (1972), ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' and ''[[Where are you Going Hollis Jay?]]''. He was also one of the designers on the production of ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]''. * PROPHET, Christopher. He starred in the opening production at [[The Space Theatre]] on 28 May 1972 of [[Fugard]]’s ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'' together with [[Fugard]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]].
+Christopher Prophet (19**-) Actor.
 == Sources ==
-Tucker, 1997
+[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
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