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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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	[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997. 19, 32.		[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997. 19, 32.

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 == Biography ==
-He first arrived in Cape Town on the Balmoral Castle in March 1932 to take up a post at the [[University of Cape Town]]. The first play he attended at the [[Little Theatre]], of which he subsequently became the Director, was ''[[Hotel Universe]]'' by Philip Barry on 14 September 1932.
+He first arrived in Cape Town on the Balmoral Castle in March 1932 to take up a post at the [[University of Cape Town]] as professor of French Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town. He later was made Deputy Principal of UCT.
 === Career ===

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 == Biography ==
 He first arrived in Cape Town on the Balmoral Castle in March 1932 to take up a post at the [[University of Cape Town]]. The first play he attended at the [[Little Theatre]], of which he subsequently became the Director, was ''[[Hotel Universe]]'' by Philip Barry on 14 September 1932.
 === Career ===
 In 1932 he was appointed at the University of Cape Town, later becoming professor and chairman of the French department.
-He served on the Little Theatre Committee since June 1936 and he became director of it in July 1937 and a member of its board. As director he lobbied for a new theatre committee to deal more strongly with the issues facing the theatre. He also gives the [[University Dramatic Society]] a student representative in the new committee, and later becomes Honorary President of the student society.
+He served on the [[Little Theatre]] Committee since June 1936 and he became director of it in July 1937 and a member of its board. As director he lobbied for a new theatre committee to deal more strongly with the issues facing the theatre. He also gave the [[University Dramatic Society]] a student representative in the new committee, and later becomes Honorary President of the student society.
 A longtime chairman of the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] and member of the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg (?*) REPS]], he was instrumental in bringing [[Leontine Sagan]] to South Africa in 1939. In January 1947 was made a member of a sub-committee of the National Council for Adult Education, intended to study theatre matters. It further consisted of [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] (chair), [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], [[Myles Bourke]], and [[Steve Naudé]] (secretary), and submitted a proposal for a state-funded theatre to the government. This evenually led to the establishment of  the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) in 1947, with Inskip a member of the first board. * He also served on the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]]’s board and the judges panel for the [[Three Leaf Awards]], (later the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] ).

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 == Awards, etc ==
-In 1982 he received the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Lifetime Award for his contribution to the industry.
+In 1986 he received the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award]] for his contribution to the industry.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-In 1941 he had a role in ''[[Arms and the Man]]'', in ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (1951), in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' in 1952 and in 1955 he played "Lucky" in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''.
+Some of his roles on stage were in ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' (1941), ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (1951), ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' in 1952 and in 1955 he played "Lucky" in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''.
 Among the plays he translated are Giraudoux’s ''[[Intermezzo]]'' and  Bernanos’s ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' (''[[The Chosen of God]]'') from the original French into English.

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		+	In 1941 he had a role in ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' and in 1955 he played "Lucky" in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''.
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	Among the plays he translated are Giraudoux’s ''[[Intermezzo]]'' and Bernanos’s ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' (''[[The Chosen of God]]'') from the original French into English.		Among the plays he translated are Giraudoux’s ''[[Intermezzo]]'' and Bernanos’s ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' (''[[The Chosen of God]]'') from the original French into English.

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 Among the plays he translated are Giraudoux’s ''[[Intermezzo]]'' and  Bernanos’s ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' (''[[The Chosen of God]]'') from the original French into English.
-He produced ''[[Les Jours Heureux]]'' and ''[[The Wind and the Rain]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1943 and in December 1944 ''[[Springtime of Others]]''.
+He produced ''[[Les Jours Heureux]]'' and ''[[The Wind and the Rain]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1943 and in December 1944 ''[[The Springtime of Others]]''.
 He wrote two valuable books on theatre, namely a history of the [[ Little Theatre]] (''Forty Little Years'') and a biography of [[Leonard Schach]] (''Stage by Stage'').
 == Awards, etc ==

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-INSKIP, Donald. (1906-1989) An influential theatre critic, administrator and advisor on theatre matters. Born in ***, he studied French **** In *** appointed at the University of Cape Town, later becoming professor and chairman of the French department in 1932. Instrumental in founding the [[Little Theatre]] (along with Professor [[William H. Bell]]), he became director of it in 1937 and a member of its board. As director he lobbied for a new theatre committee to deal more strongly with the issues facing the theatre. He also gives the [[University Dramatic Society]] a student representative in the new committee, and later becomes Honorary President of the student society. In 1960 he was appointed in the newly created post of Deputy Principle of UCT, though retaining his directorship of the Little Theatre, but was henceforth not able to give time to acting or producing. A longtime chairman of the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] and member of the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg (?*) REPS]], he was was instrumental in bringing [[Leontine Sagan]] to South Africa in 1939. In January 1947 was made a member of a sub-committee of the National Council for Adult Education, intended to study theatre matters. It further consisted of [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] (chair), [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], [[Myles Bourke]], and [[Steve Naudé]] (secretary), and submitted a proposal for a state-funded theatre to the government. This evenually led to the establishment of  the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) in 1947, with Inskip a member of the first board. * He also served on the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]]’s board and the judges panel for the [[Three Leaf Awards]], (later the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] ). In 19** he became the co-founder of The [[Company of Four]] with **. Wrote two valuable books on theatre, namely a history of the[[ Little Theatre]] (''Forty Little Years'') and a biography of [[Leonard Schach]] (''Stage by Stage''). In 1982 he received the  [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Lifetime Award for his contribution to the industry.
+'''Donald Inskip'''. (1906-1989) An influential theatre critic, administrator and advisor on theatre matters. He also produced, acted and translated plays from the French.
-INSKIP, Donald.  Of the Cape Town [[Little Theatre]] Member of the [[Company of Four]] with [[Leonard Schach]], [[René Ahrenson]] and [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]]. Member of the National Theatre Organization together with [[Steve Naudé]] (secretary), [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], [[Myles Bourke]]. ***  (See Du Toit,  1988; Inskip, 197*, Tucker, 1997) [TH, JH, FdV]
+== Biography ==
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities I]]
+=== Youth ===
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