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 He loved theatre, having acted in Ireland as well as South Africa, and went on to become a well-known and respected theatre critic for ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years. Besides his reviews, he published many articles and interviews, and  wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the late 1970s.
-He wrote several plays, which he also directed. Among them are ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'' (under the pseudonym ,  was staged [[Upstairs at The Market]] in 1976), ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'', a stage adaptation of Gogol's ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (with Garalt performing it in  its first production) and his final play, ''[[Meredith’s Money]]'', staged at [[Pieter Toerien]]’s [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2006.
+He wrote several plays, which he also directed. Mentioned among them are ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'' (staged [[Upstairs at The Market]] in 1976, pribably directed by him, for the text is elsewhere credited to [[Phillip de Bruyn]]), ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'', a stage adaptation of Gogol's ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (with Garalt performing it in  its first production) and his final play, ''[[Meredith’s Money]]'', staged at [[Pieter Toerien]]’s [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2006.
 He was also a playwright, adaptor and director. His works include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story),  and in which he performed in its first production.

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	He loved theatre, having acted in Ireland as well as South Africa, and went on to become a well-known and respected theatre critic for ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years. Besides his reviews, he published many articles and interviews, and wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the late 1970s.		He loved theatre, having acted in Ireland as well as South Africa, and went on to become a well-known and respected theatre critic for ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years. Besides his reviews, he published many articles and interviews, and wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the late 1970s.
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		+	He wrote several plays, which he also directed. Among them are ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'' (under the pseudonym , was staged [[Upstairs at The Market]] in 1976), ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'', a stage adaptation of Gogol's ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (with Garalt performing it in its first production) and his final play, ''[[Meredith’s Money]]'', staged at [[Pieter Toerien]]’s [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2006.

	He was also a playwright, adaptor and director. His works include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story), and in which he performed in its first production.		He was also a playwright, adaptor and director. His works include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story), and in which he performed in its first production.

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
-''[[The Star]]'', 21 October 2014.
+''[[The Star]]'', 21 October 2014[https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/farewell-to-macliam-fighter-for-underdog-1768241]
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 He was also a playwright, adaptor and director. His works include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story),  and in which he performed in its first production.
-He directed ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'', staged [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1976 and ''[[Meredith's Money]]'', staged at the [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2005.
+He directed ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'', staged [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1976 and wrote and directed ''[[Meredith's Money]]'', staged at the [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2005.
 == Sources ==

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 He was also a playwright, adaptor and director. His works include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'' (adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story),  and in which he performed in its first production.
-He also wrote and directed ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'', staged [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1976 and ''[[Meredith's Money]]'', staged at the [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2005.
+He directed ''[[One Friday in Jerusalem]]'', staged [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1976 and ''[[Meredith's Money]]'', staged at the [[Montecasino Theatre]] in 2005.
 == Sources ==

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 [[Garalt MacLiam]] (1937-2014) was a South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic.
-His name often found wrongly cited as '''[[Geralt MacLiam]]'''.
+His name often found wrongly cited in academic publications as '''[[Geralt MacLiam]]'''.
 ==Biography==

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	[[Garalt MacLiam]] (1937-2014) was a (Irish-born?) South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic.		[[Garalt MacLiam]] (1937-2014) was a (Irish-born?) South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic.
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		+	His name often found as '''[[Geralt MacLiam]]'''.

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 [[Garalt MacLiam]] (1937-2014) was a (Irish-born?) South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He was well-known as the theatre critic for ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years and besides his reviews, he wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the early 1980s. .
+He was well-known as the theatre critic for ''[[The Pretoria News]]'' and ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years and besides his reviews, he wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the late 1970s. .
 Plays written by him include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'', which was adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story of the same title and in which he performed in its first production.