David Bloomberg - Revision history

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-(1932-)  Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, theatre columnist, theatre [[director]] and author.
+'''David Bloomberg''' (1932-)  Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, theatre columnist, theatre [[director]] and author.
 == Biography ==
 Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], he was the son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina.

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-Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], David Bloomberg . The son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina.
+Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], he was the son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina.
 He entered his father’s law firm, becoming a well known advocate and was a member of the Cape Town City Council for twenty years. He became the youngest mayor of Cape Town in 1973 at the age of 41, with a conspicuous interest in the arts and celebrated for his defence of the less privileged members of the Cape community. In this time he wrote a book called ''Meet The People'' (1975).
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 Here he has developed as a writer, his works including ''My Times'' (an autobiography, 2007), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006),  ''The Chain Gang: Mayors who Served in Cape Town's City Hall'' (2011), and ''The Don ... Story of an Actor'' (2014).
 == His contribution to South African theatre ==

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−	(1932-) Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, ~~and a~~ theatre [[director]].	+	(1932-) Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, theatre columnist, theatre [[director]] and author.

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 ''Business Day Live'',6  August  2012 [http://www.bdlive.co.za/articles/2011/03/29/about-the-author---david-bloomberg;jsessionid=55EC6D1F2BEEFF5598D319313440170C.present2.bdfm]
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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 [[Percy Tucker]], 1997
-[[David Green]] review, [[artSMart]] 3 December, 2007[http://www.artsmart.co.za/literature/archive/1113.html]
+[[David Green]] review, ''[[artSMart]]'' 3 December, 2007[http://www.artsmart.co.za/literature/archive/1113.html]
 http://www.artsmart.co.za/literature/archive/1113.html
-Business Day Live,6  August  2012 [http://www.bdlive.co.za/articles/2011/03/29/about-the-author---david-bloomberg;jsessionid=55EC6D1F2BEEFF5598D319313440170C.present2.bdfm]
+''Business Day Live'',6  August  2012 [http://www.bdlive.co.za/articles/2011/03/29/about-the-author---david-bloomberg;jsessionid=55EC6D1F2BEEFF5598D319313440170C.present2.bdfm]
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 He first came into the public eye however as a theatre [[producer]] and [[director]]. As an [[impresario]] he brought a number of famous performers to Cape Town and produced and directed many acclaimed theatre productions between 1956 and 1967. His father had a big house in Constantia, Cape Town, and in the 1960's David converted an outbuilding into a theatre called [[ Barn Theatre|The Barn]], where he produced and directed a number of significant plays, using top-class South African actors, including [[Helen Bourne]], [[Leonard Schach]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], and many others. Among the plays he directed over the years were ***, ***. (??). He later went into partnership with [[Percy Tucker]] and started presenting tours of international artists and entertainers, calling the business [[South African Theatrical Enterprises]] and  . Together they brought [[Murray Banks]] to South Africa in 1960. A perceptive and creative director, he travelled abroad looking for plays, and argued against the move towards the [[cultural boycott]]. He was for a while also on the [[CAPAB]] board  and closely involved with the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra.
-For a while he was also a [[theatre columnist]] for the [[Cape Times]].
+For a while he was also a theatre columnist for the [[Cape Times]].
 == Sources ==

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 He was married to [[Toby Fine]], also a distinguished ballet dancer and theatre supporter.
-In 1988, he and his wife moved to England where she underwent surgery, and finally settled in Lugano, Switzerland, though he remained a frequent visitor to Cape Town.  Here he has developed as a writer, his works including ''My Times'' (an autobiography, 2007), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006),  ''The Chain Gang'' (2011), and ''The Don ... Story of an Actor'' (2014).
+In 1988, he and his wife moved to England where she underwent surgery, and finally settled in Lugano, Switzerland, though he remained a frequent visitor to Cape Town.
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 For a while he was also a [[theatre columnist]] for the [[Cape Times]].
-His autobiography, ''My Times'' , was published by Fernwood Press, Simon’s Town, in 2007. Other books include ''Meet The People'' (1975), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006) and ''The Chain Gang'' (2011), ''The Don ... Story of an Actor'' (2014).
 == Sources ==

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−	(1932-) Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, and a theatre [[director]]. Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], David Bloomberg . The son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina. He entered his father’s law firm, becoming a well known advocate. he was also a member of the Cape Town City Council for twenty years, became the youngest mayor of Cape Town in 1973 at the age of 41, with a conspicuous interest in the arts and celebrated for his defence of the less privileged members of the Cape community. He married Toby Fine, also a distinguished ballet dancer. In 1988, he moved to England with this wife, and finally settled in Lugano, Switzerland, though he remained a frequent visitor to Cape Town. He first came into the public eye however as a theatre [[producer]] and [[director]]. As an [[impresario]] he brought a number of famous performers to Cape Town and produced and directed many acclaimed theatre productions between 1956 and 1967. His father had a big house in Constantia, Cape Town, and in the 1960's David converted an outbuilding into a theatre called [[ Barn Theatre\|The Barn]], where he produced and directed a number of significant plays, using top-class South African actors, including [[Helen Bourne]], [[Leonard Schach]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], and many others. Among the plays he directed over the years were *, *. (??). He later went into partnership with [[Percy Tucker]] and started presenting tours of international artists and entertainers, calling the business [[South African Theatrical Enterprises]] and . Together they brought [[Murray Banks]] to South Africa in 1960. A perceptive and creative director, he travelled abroad looking for plays, and argued against the move towards the [[cultural boycott]]. He was for a while also on the [[CAPAB]] board and closely involved with the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. For a while also a [[theatre columnist]] for the [[Cape Times]]. His autobiography, ''My ~~Life~~'' , was published by Fernwood Press, Simon’s Town, in 2007. Other books include ''Meet The People'' (1975), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006) and ''The Chain Gang'' (2011), ''The Don ... Story of an Actor'' (2015)	+	(1932-) Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, and a theatre [[director]]. Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], David Bloomberg . The son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina. He entered his father’s law firm, becoming a well known advocate. he was also a member of the Cape Town City Council for twenty years, became the youngest mayor of Cape Town in 1973 at the age of 41, with a conspicuous interest in the arts and celebrated for his defence of the less privileged members of the Cape community. He married Toby Fine, also a distinguished ballet dancer. In 1988, he moved to England with this wife, and finally settled in Lugano, Switzerland, though he remained a frequent visitor to Cape Town. He first came into the public eye however as a theatre [[producer]] and [[director]]. As an [[impresario]] he brought a number of famous performers to Cape Town and produced and directed many acclaimed theatre productions between 1956 and 1967. His father had a big house in Constantia, Cape Town, and in the 1960's David converted an outbuilding into a theatre called [[ Barn Theatre\|The Barn]], where he produced and directed a number of significant plays, using top-class South African actors, including [[Helen Bourne]], [[Leonard Schach]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], and many others. Among the plays he directed over the years were *, *. (??). He later went into partnership with [[Percy Tucker]] and started presenting tours of international artists and entertainers, calling the business [[South African Theatrical Enterprises]] and . Together they brought [[Murray Banks]] to South Africa in 1960. A perceptive and creative director, he travelled abroad looking for plays, and argued against the move towards the [[cultural boycott]]. He was for a while also on the [[CAPAB]] board and closely involved with the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. For a while also a [[theatre columnist]] for the [[Cape Times]]. His autobiography, ''My Times'' , was published by Fernwood Press, Simon’s Town, in 2007. Other books include ''Meet The People'' (1975), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006) and ''The Chain Gang'' (2011), ''The Don ... Story of an Actor'' (2015)
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-(1932-)  Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, and a theatre [[director]]. Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], David Bloomberg . The son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina. He entered his father’s law firm, becoming a well known advocate. he was also a member of the Cape Town City Council for twenty years, became the youngest mayor of Cape Town in 1973 at the age of 41, with a conspicuous interest in the arts and celebrated for his defence of the less privileged members of the Cape community. He married Toby Fine, also a distinguished ballet dancer. In 1988, he moved to England with this wife, and finally settled in Lugano, Switzerland, though he remained a frequent visitor to Cape Town.  He first came into the public eye however as a theatre [[producer]] and [[director]]. As an [[impresario]] he brought a number of famous performers to Cape Town and produced and directed many acclaimed theatre productions between 1956 and 1967. His father had a big house in Constantia, Cape Town, and in the 1960's David converted an outbuilding into a theatre called [[ Barn Theatre|The Barn]], where he produced and directed a number of significant plays, using top-class South African actors, including [[Helen Bourne]], [[Leonard Schach]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], and many others. Among the plays he directed over the years were ***, ***. (??). He later went into partnership with [[Percy Tucker]] and started presenting tours of international artists and entertainers, calling the business [[South African Theatrical Enterprises]] and  . Together they brought [[Murray Banks]] to South Africa in 1960. A perceptive and creative director, he travelled abroad looking for plays, and argued against the move towards the [[cultural boycott]]. He was for a while also on the [[CAPAB]] board  and closely involved with the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. For a while also a [[theatre columnist]] for the [[Cape Times]]. His autobiography, ''My Life'' , was published by Fernwood Press, Simon’s Town, in 2007. Other books include ''Meet The People'' (1975), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006) and ''The Chain Gang'' (2011).
+(1932-)  Cape Town attorney, liberal politician, anti-apartheid campaigner, and a theatre [[director]]. Born in Sea Point, Cape Town and educated at Christian Brothers’ College and the [[University of Cape Town]], David Bloomberg . The son of Abe Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer, socialite and one of Cape Town’s most successful mayors, and Miriam Bloomberg, a former ballerina. He entered his father’s law firm, becoming a well known advocate. he was also a member of the Cape Town City Council for twenty years, became the youngest mayor of Cape Town in 1973 at the age of 41, with a conspicuous interest in the arts and celebrated for his defence of the less privileged members of the Cape community. He married Toby Fine, also a distinguished ballet dancer. In 1988, he moved to England with this wife, and finally settled in Lugano, Switzerland, though he remained a frequent visitor to Cape Town.  He first came into the public eye however as a theatre [[producer]] and [[director]]. As an [[impresario]] he brought a number of famous performers to Cape Town and produced and directed many acclaimed theatre productions between 1956 and 1967. His father had a big house in Constantia, Cape Town, and in the 1960's David converted an outbuilding into a theatre called [[ Barn Theatre|The Barn]], where he produced and directed a number of significant plays, using top-class South African actors, including [[Helen Bourne]], [[Leonard Schach]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], and many others. Among the plays he directed over the years were ***, ***. (??). He later went into partnership with [[Percy Tucker]] and started presenting tours of international artists and entertainers, calling the business [[South African Theatrical Enterprises]] and  . Together they brought [[Murray Banks]] to South Africa in 1960. A perceptive and creative director, he travelled abroad looking for plays, and argued against the move towards the [[cultural boycott]]. He was for a while also on the [[CAPAB]] board  and closely involved with the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. For a while also a [[theatre columnist]] for the [[Cape Times]]. His autobiography, ''My Life'' , was published by Fernwood Press, Simon’s Town, in 2007. Other books include ''Meet The People'' (1975), ''Won’t Forgive… Can’t Forget'' (2006) and ''The Chain Gang'' (2011), ''The Don ... Story of an Actor'' (2015)
 == Sources ==
-Toffoli and Silber, 1989; Tucker, 1997
+Toffoli and Silber, 1989;
 http://www.artsmart.co.za/literature/archive/1113.html