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 ''[[The Third Degree]]'' (one-act play, 1967, published together with [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[The Coat]]'' in 1973)
-''[[In Memoriam Oskar Wolberheim]]'' (libretto of the absurdist “cosmic oratorio,” music by Norbert Nowotny, published by Balkema in 1971, first performed 1968).
+''[[In Memoriam Oskar Wolberheim]]'' (libretto of the absurdist “cosmic oratorio,” music by [[Norbert Nowotny]], published by Balkema in 1971, first performed 1968).
 ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'', directed by [[Francois Swart]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena]] in 1970

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 ''[[The Third Degree]]'' (one-act play, 1967, published together with [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[The Coat]]'' in 1973)
-''[[In Memoriam Oskar Wolberheim]]'' (libretto of the absurdist “cosmic oratorio,” published by Balkema in 1971, first performed 1968).
+''[[In Memoriam Oskar Wolberheim]]'' (libretto of the absurdist “cosmic oratorio,” music by Norbert Nowotny, published by Balkema in 1971, first performed 1968).
 ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'', directed by [[Francois Swart]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena]] in 1970

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 ''[[In the Dawn Wind]]'' (1970)
 ''[[Job Mava]]'' (one-act play, co-written with [[Ikhwezi Players]], perf 1972/3, pub 1980/81)
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 ''[[The Great Wall of China]]''
 == Awards, etc ==

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 Maclennan's plays include:
 ''[[Celebration]]'' (one-act play, co-written with [[Ikhwezi Players]], perf. [[Rhodes University]] 1966)
 ''[[The Third Degree]]'' (one-act play, 1967, published together with [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[The Coat]]'' in 1973)
 ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'', directed by [[Francois Swart]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena]] in 1970
-''[[The Voyage of the Santiago|An Enquiry into the Voyage of the Santiago, performed by the survivors]]''
+''[[In the Dawn Wind]]'' (1970)
-''[[In the Dawn Wind]]'' (1970)
+''[[The Voyage of the Santiago|An Enquiry into the Voyage of the Santiago, performed by the survivors]]'', performed in 1974 ([[PACT]]).
-''[[In Memoriam Oskar Wolberheim]]'' (libretto of the absurdist “cosmic oratorio,” published 1971, first performed 1968).
+''[[My Childhood]]'' (stage adaptation of Maxim Gorky's work, performed in 1975 by the [[Ikhwezi Players]]
 ''[[The Great Wall of China]]''
 ''[[The Wake]]''
 == Awards, etc ==

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	Maclennan pioneered the inclusion of African and South African literature in South African university English syllabuses.		Maclennan pioneered the inclusion of African and South African literature in South African university English syllabuses.
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		+	Maclennan was a prolific writer of poetry, with 20 collections published during this lifetime.

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He has indicated that his close interest in theatre is a direct result of his association with [[Athol Fugard]]. Founder and close associate of the [[Ikhwezi Players]]  and the author of eight plays, all of which have been performed.
 He directed and acted in ''[[The Mind Mirror]]'' staged i.a. at** and [[The Space]], (1975)
 ==Plays==
 Maclennan's plays include:
 ''[[Job Mava]]'' (one-act play, co-written with [[Ikhwezi Players]], perf 1972/3, pub 1980/81)
-''[[Celebration]]'' (one-act play, co-written with [[Ikhwezi Players]], perf. [[Rhodes University]] 1966).
+''[[Celebration]]'' (one-act play, co-written with [[Ikhwezi Players]], perf. [[Rhodes University]] 1966)
-''[[The Third Degree]]'' (one-act play, 1967)
+''[[The Third Degree]]'' (one-act play, 1967, published together with [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[The Coat]]'' in 1973)
 ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'', directed by [[Francois Swart]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena]] in 1970

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 == Career ==
-He lectured in Philosophy and English at [[Wits University]] and [[University of Cape Town]]. He was later Senior Lecturer in English at [[Rhodes University]].
+After travelling in Europe, North America and Africa, he lectured in Philosophy and English at [[Wits University]] and [[University of Cape Town]]. He started lecturing at [[Rhodes University]] in 1966, and was later Senior Lecturer in English there. He retired from Rhodes University in 1994, but continued to tutor first-year students on a voluntary basis until 2008.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 == Training ==
-He was educated at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and read Philosophy at Edinburgh University.
+He was educated at St John's College in Johannesburg, at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and read Philosophy at Edinburgh University.
 == Career ==