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HUGHES, Don. (19*-) Producer. * He staged a [[Dinner Theatre]] production, ''[[You’ll Come to Love Your Sperm Test]]'', at the Langham Hotel in 1967. Together with [[Taubie Kushlick]] he presented Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', based on Ingmar Bergman’s film, ''Smiles of a Summer’s Night''. [[Taubie Kushlick|Kushlick]] directed [[Maggie Fitzgibbon]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Erica Rogers]] and herself in this play which opened late October 1975 at His Majesty’s. **** (Tucker, 1997)

DON HUGHES Director of [[Don Hughes Organisation]] and [[Don Hughes Productions]].

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 Dates EmployedFeb Employment Durationbefore moving on to his extensive work in the theatre in South Africa, in the US, and internationally, with some of the biggest name stars from the late 50’s to the present day.
 Retired December 2016 and died August 7, 2017 in Pismo Beach, California.
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	Active in all facets of the entertainment, from legitimate theatre tours, through casino and theme park entertainment to television and feature films.		Active in all facets of the entertainment, from legitimate theatre tours, through casino and theme park entertainment to television and feature films.

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 ==Biography==
-Born in Johannesburg, he became an apprentice printers engineer, studying at the Durban University of Technology for Printers Engineer (1950 – 1957), then working as an Assistant Chief Engineer
+Born in Johannesburg in the 1930s, he became an apprentice printers engineer, studying at the [[Durban Technical College]] (now known as the [[Durban University of Technology]]) for Printers Engineer (1950 – 1957), then working as an Assistant Chief Engineer
 for API Industries (April 1956 – January 1957).
 After a brief stint as a pianist, he founded and became president of President his own company, [[Don Hughes Consolidated Holdings Ltd]] (1960 – April 1977), overseeing a Theatrical Agency, 14 discotheques, 3 theatres, a music publishing company, a record production company and hotel reservation company,  all owned and operated by the [[Don Hughes Consolidated Holdings]].
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 Dates EmployedFeb Employment Durationbefore moving on to his extensive work in the theatre in South Africa, in the US, and internationally, with some of the biggest name stars from the late 50’s to the present day.

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 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 225, 311, 327.

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 Together with [[Taubie Kushlick]] he presented Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', based on Ingmar Bergman’s film, ''Smiles of a Summer’s Night''. [[Taubie Kushlick|Kushlick]] directed [[Maggie Fitzgibbon]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Erica Rogers]] and herself in this play which opened late October 1975 at [[His Majesty's Theatre]].
-Also did Joe Orton's farce ''[[What the Butler Saw]]''
+Also did Joe Orton's farce ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' at the [[President Theatre]], Plein street, Johannesburg, directed by [[Aubrey Berg]] ? (Year unknown).
 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 225, 311, 327.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Director of [[Don Hughes Organisation]] and [[Don Hughes Productions]].
-He staged a [[Dinner Theatre]] production, ''[[You'll Come To Love Your Sperm Test]]'', at the Langham Hotel in 1967.
+He staged a [[Dinner Theatre]] production, ''[[You'll Come To Love Your Sperm Test]]'', at the [[Langham Hotel]] in 1967.
 Together with [[Taubie Kushlick]] he presented Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', based on Ingmar Bergman’s film, ''Smiles of a Summer’s Night''. [[Taubie Kushlick|Kushlick]] directed [[Maggie Fitzgibbon]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Erica Rogers]] and herself in this play which opened late October 1975 at [[His Majesty's Theatre]].
 == Sources ==

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	DON HUGHES Director of [[Don Hughes Organisation]] and [[Don Hughes Productions]].		DON HUGHES Director of [[Don Hughes Organisation]] and [[Don Hughes Productions]].

		+	== Sources ==
		+	[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997. 225, 311, 327.

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−	HUGHES, Don. (19-) Producer. He staged a [[Dinner Theatre]] production, ''[[You’ll Come to Love Your Sperm Test]]'', at the Langham Hotel in 1967. Together with [[Taubie Kushlick]] he presented Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', based on Ingmar Bergman’s film, ''Smiles of a Summer’s Night''. [[Taubie Kushlick\|Kushlick]] directed [[Maggie Fitzgibbon]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Erica Rogers]] and herself in this play which opened late October 1975 at His Majesty’s. **** (Tucker, 1997)	+	HUGHES, Don. (19-) Producer. He staged a [[Dinner Theatre]] production, ''[[You’ll Come to Love Your Sperm Test]]'', at the Langham Hotel in 1967. Together with [[Taubie Kushlick]] he presented Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', based on Ingmar Bergman’s film, ''Smiles of a Summer’s Night''. [[Taubie Kushlick\|Kushlick]] directed [[Maggie Fitzgibbon]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Erica Rogers]] and herself in this play which opened late October 1975 at [[His Majesty’s Theatre\|His Majesty’s]]. **** (Tucker, 1997)

	DON HUGHES Director of [[Don Hughes Organisation]] and [[Don Hughes Productions]].		DON HUGHES Director of [[Don Hughes Organisation]] and [[Don Hughes Productions]].