Elizabeth Sneddon - Revision history

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

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 In 1949 she established a Department of Speech and Drama on the university campus in Durban, fighting official disapproval to do so.
-In 1958 she was the co-founder of the [[Performing Arts Council of SA]].  In 1984 she helped to found the [[Durban Arts Youth Festival]], an educational project designed to stimulate a deeper awareness & interest in the creative arts.  In 1995 the Festival became known as the [[National Creative Arts Youth Festival]].
+She is said to have been the "co-founder of the [[Performing Arts Council of SA]] in 1958", though the existence of such an organization at that time has not yet been discovered. In 1984 she helped to found the [[Durban Arts Youth Festival]], an educational project designed to stimulate a deeper awareness & interest in the creative arts.  In 1995 the Festival became known as the [[National Creative Arts Youth Festival]].
 Many of South Africa's top theatrical talents passed through Sneddon's hands in the years before her retirement in 1972. She continued to work in the field, promoting speech and drama as a subject for matric and, in 1989, founding the National Creative Arts Youth Festival.

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 Obituary published in ''[[The Natal Witness]]'',  1 December 2005.
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 Obituary published in ''[[The Natal Witness]]'',  1 December 2005.
-[Mervyn McMurtry]
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
-Obituary published in ''[[The Natal Witness]]'', ''[[Natal Witness]]'' 1 December 2005.
+Obituary published in ''[[The Natal Witness]]'',  1 December 2005.
 [Mervyn McMurtry]

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
-Obituary published in ''[[The Natal Witness]]'', 1 December 2005.
+Obituary published in ''[[The Natal Witness]]'', ''[[Natal Witness]]'' 1 December 2005.
 [Mervyn McMurtry]

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 Many of South Africa's top theatrical talents passed through Sneddon's hands in the years before her retirement in 1972. She continued to work in the field, promoting speech and drama as a subject for matric and, in 1989, founding the National Creative Arts Youth Festival.
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- *** She founded i.a. the first Department of Speech and Drama in South Africa (Professor and Head until 1972), the [[Speech and Drama Association of South Africa]], the [[Theatre Audience Guild]] (1949), the [[Natal Theatre Workshop Company]], the [[Face to Face Festival]] (1990), and a founder member of [[National Theatre Organisation]] (being appointed as a member of the first board in 1948), of the [[Natal Performing Arts Council]] (1961) and [[Durban Arts Association]] (1980).
+She founded i.a. the first Department of Speech and Drama in South Africa (Professor and Head until 1972), the [[Speech and Drama Association of South Africa]], the [[Theatre Audience Guild]] (1949), the [[Natal Theatre Workshop Company]], the [[Face to Face Festival]] (1990), and a founder member of [[National Theatre Organisation]] (being appointed as a member of the first board in 1948), of the [[Natal Performing Arts Council]] (1961) and [[Durban Arts Association]] (1980).
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 She was the first head of the first university department of drama in South Africa. She introduced Speech & Drama as part of the curriculum and as a result of the student enrolment she became the first professor of Speech and Drama at the [[University of Natal]].
-She started the [[Natal Theatre Workshop Company]] in 1949.  Numerous famous names resulted from that:  [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Athol Fugard]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Ian Steadman]], [[Dorothy Ann Gould]], [[Ann Wakefield]], [[Alan Auld]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[David Horner]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Robert Gordon]] & [[Colin Spence]].
+She started the [[Natal Theatre Workshop Company]] in 1949.  Numerous famous names resulted from that:  [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Athol Fugard]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Ian Steadman]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Ann Wakefield]], [[Alan Auld]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[David Horner]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Robert Gordon]] & [[Colin Spence]].
 Responsible for creating 8 theatres in Durban, including the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]] at the [[University of Natal]], Durban.
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 Through her endeavours, Speech and Drama was accepted by the Joint Matriculation Board in 1977.
-Later addition to the [[P.B. Breytenbach]]'s [[NTO]] Board of Control together with [[Marda Vanne]].
+She served on the [[NTO]] Board of Control together with [[Marda Vanne]].
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 She started the [[Natal Theatre Workshop Company]] in 1949.  Numerous famous names resulted from that:  [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Athol Fugard]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Ian Steadman]], [[Dorothy Ann Gould]], [[Ann Wakefield]], [[Alan Auld]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[David Horner]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Robert Gordon]] & [[Colin Spence]].
 Responsible for creating 8 theatres in Durban, including the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]] at the [[University of Natal]], Durban.
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 Directed more than 70 productions, principally classics, including [[André Huguenet]] in ''[[King Oedipus]]'' (in 1952) and [[Leon Gluckman]] in ''[[King Lear]]'' (in 1954).
-In 196* she collaborated with [[Welcome Msomi]] to create and present the hugely popular ''[[Umabatha]]'', Msomi’s  Zulu version of ''[[Macbeth]]'', which successfully toured Britain.
+In 1970 she collaborated with [[Welcome Msomi]] to create and present the hugely popular ''[[Macbeth|Umabatha]]'', Msomi’s Zulu version of ''[[Macbeth]]'', which successfully toured Britain.
 Through her endeavours, Speech and Drama was accepted by the Joint Matriculation Board in 1977.
-Later addition to the [[Breytenbach]]'s [[NTO Board of Control]] together with [[Marda Vanne]].
+Later addition to the [[P.B. Breytenbach]]'s [[NTO]] Board of Control together with [[Marda Vanne]].
 == Awards, etc ==