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−	[[Don Rubin]] (1942-) is a Canadian journalist, critic and academic.	+	[[Don Rubin]] (1942-) is a Canadian journalist, theatre critic and academic.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where he trained as an actor. He later moved to Canada where he became a founding member of the Department of Theatre and of York’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Chair of the Department for three years, and later Founding Director of the Graduate Program in Theatre Studies (MA and PhD), his areas of specialization today include Canadian Theatre, African Theatre, Criticism, Theatre Theory, and Modern Drama.
-A key achievement in theatre studies has been Routledge’s prestigious and encompassing ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' (1994) which Rubin intiated and edited. He was also the founding editor of the national theatre journal ''Canadian Theatre Review''. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IATC and Reviews Editor for their journal ''Critical Stages'' and he was also on the editorial board of the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''.
+A key achievement in theatre studies has been Routledge’s prestigious and encompassing ''World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre'' (1994) which Rubin intiated and edited. He was also the founding editor of the national theatre journal ''Canadian Theatre Review''. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IATC and Reviews Editor for their journal ''Critical Stages'' and he was also on the editorial board of the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''.
 Don is married to [[Patricia Keeney]], a poet, novelist and theatre critic.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Among his many interests are African and South African theatre and he spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].  Volume 3 of the ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' (1997) is focussed on Africa and contains a substantial section on South African theatre.
+Among his many interests are African and South African theatre,  and he and his wife spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, Rubin teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].  Volume 3 of his  ''World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre'' (1997) is focussed on Africa and contains a substantial section on South African theatre.
 == Sources ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Among his many interests are African and South African theatre and he spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].  Volume 3 of the ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' is focussed on Africa and contains a substantial section on South African theatre.
+Among his many interests are African and South African theatre and he spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].  Volume 3 of the ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' (1997) is focussed on Africa and contains a substantial section on South African theatre.
 == Sources ==

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 Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where he trained as an actor. He later moved to Canada where he became a founding member of the Department of Theatre and of York’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Chair of the Department for three years, and later Founding Director of the Graduate Program in Theatre Studies (MA and PhD), his areas of specialization today include Canadian Theatre, African Theatre, Criticism, Theatre Theory, and Modern Drama.
-A key achievement in theatre studies has been Routledge’s prestigious and encompassing ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' which Rubin intiated and edited. He was also the founding editor of the national theatre journal ''Canadian Theatre Review''. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IATC and Reviews Editor for their journal ''Critical Stages'' and he was also on the editorial board of the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''.
+A key achievement in theatre studies has been Routledge’s prestigious and encompassing ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' (1994) which Rubin intiated and edited. He was also the founding editor of the national theatre journal ''Canadian Theatre Review''. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IATC and Reviews Editor for their journal ''Critical Stages'' and he was also on the editorial board of the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''.
 Don is married to [[Patricia Keeney]], a poet, novelist and theatre critic.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Among his many interests are African and South African theatre and he spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].  Volume 54 of the ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' is focussed on Africa and contains a substantial section on South African theatre.
+Among his many interests are African and South African theatre and he spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].  Volume 3 of the ''[[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]]'' is focussed on Africa and contains a substantial section on South African theatre.
 == Sources ==

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-[[Don Rubin]] (19*-). Canadian Journalist, critic and academic.
+[[Don Rubin]] (1942-) is a Canadian journalist, critic and academic.
 == Biography ==
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 Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where he trained as an actor. He later moved to Canada where he became a founding member of the Department of Theatre and of York’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Chair of the Department for three years, and later Founding Director of the Graduate Program in Theatre Studies (MA and PhD), his areas of specialization today include Canadian Theatre, African Theatre, Criticism, Theatre Theory, and Modern Drama.
-Rubin became the  editor of Routledge’s enormous [[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]] and was founding editor of the national theatre journal ''Canadian Theatre Review''. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IATC and Reviews Editor for their Journal Critical Stages and he was also on the editorial board of the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''.
+A key achievement in theatre studies has been Routledge’s prestigious and encompassing [[World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre]] which Rubin intiated and edited. He was also the founding editor of the national theatre journal ''Canadian Theatre Review''. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IATC and Reviews Editor for their journal ''Critical Stages'' and he was also on the editorial board of the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''.
-He is married to [[Patricia Keeney]], a poet, novelist and theatre critic.
+Don is married to [[Patricia Keeney]], a poet, novelist and theatre critic.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Among his interests are African and South African theatre and he spent 6 months in [[South Africa]] in 2006, teaching at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]].
 == Sources ==