Graham Dickason - Revision history

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Biography

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Contribution to South African Theatre, Fil,. Meida and Performance

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 Besides writing articles and books on genealogical matters, he appears to have written an historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD. A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
-The text draws together strands from the history of the Eastern Cape from 1778 to 2000.
+The text draws together strands from the history of the Eastern Cape and the settlement of Alicedale, from 1778 to 2000.
 ==Sources==

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	Besides writing articles and books on genealogical matters, he appears to have written an historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD. A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.		Besides writing articles and books on genealogical matters, he appears to have written an historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD. A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
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		+	The text draws together strands from the history of the Eastern Cape from 1778 to 2000.

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 [[Graham Dickason]] (1936 - 2020) was an author, genealogist and playwright.
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 Born Graham Brian Dickason in Johannesburg on 15 September, 1936
-His genealogical writing includes Graham B. Dickason.
+He had a lifelong interest in genealogy, his writing including the books:
 ''Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1973.
 ''Cornish Immigrants to South Africa: The Cousin Jacks Contribution to the Development of Mining and Commerce, 1820-1920''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1978.
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 Dickason died in November 2020 and his life partner of 50 years, theatre entrepreneur and historian [[Percy Tucker]], died a few months later on 29 January, 2021
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 ==Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance==
-He appears to have written an historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD.
+Besides writing articles and books on genealogical matters, he appears to have written an historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD. A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
 ==Sources==

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 Born Graham Brian Dickason in Johannesburg on 15 September, 1936
-His genealogical writing includes Graham B. Dickason. ''Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1973.
+His genealogical writing includes Graham B. Dickason.
 Dickason died in November 2020 and his life partner of 50 years, theatre entrepreneur and historian [[Percy Tucker]], died a few months later on 29 January, 2021

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 ==Sources==
 https://www.selectbooks.co.za/catalogues/Catalogue37/Catalogue%2037.html
 A copy of the typed text of ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' (with the author's name scratched out with a pen), found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
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		+	Born Graham Brian Dickason in Johannesburg on 15 September, 1936

	His genealogical writing includes Graham B. Dickason. ''Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1973.		His genealogical writing includes Graham B. Dickason. ''Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1973.

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		+	A copy of the typed text of ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' (with the author's name scratched out with a pen), found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.