Graham Hopkins - Revision history

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	[[Beeld]] Plus, 2 June 2001.

	''[[Honour]]'' programme notes in 2004.		''[[Honour]]'' programme notes in 2004.

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 His first production for [[Pieter Toerien]] was in ''[[See How They Run]]'' in 1988 as The Reverend Lionel Toop.
-''[[Night Sky]]'' 1992, Felix in ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' 1997, ''[[Crashing the Night]]'' 2000.
+''[[Night Sky]]'' 1992, Felix in ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' 1997, ''[[Crashing the Night]]'' 2000.  Also performed in [[Yasmina Reza]]'s ''[[Life X 3]]'' in 2001.
 Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Honour]]'' wherein he played the role of George in 2004: 'Graham Hopkins has been acting professionally for twenty-one years. Memorable roles include Cecil John Rhodes in the TV series ''Barney Barnato''; Bruce in the South African film: ''The Native Who Caused All the Trouble''; Henry Higgins in the 1990 [[State Theatre]] production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''; Ruben Thinners in Robert Kirby's ''[[Panics]]''; Graham Whitaker in Alan Bennett's ''[[Talking Heads]]''; Urgentino in the [[Market Theatre]] production of Howard Barker's ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''; Parchester in the 1995 UK tour with the English production of ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; Richard Hopcroft in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s cricket comedy, ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'' and [[Gavin Hood]]'s South African film, ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''. More recent productions include the film ''Stander'' and Paul Slabolepszy's golfing play, ''[[Whole in One]]'', which played a short season a the [[Theatre on the Bay]] this year (2004). For [[Pieter Toerien]], Graham has played in ''[[Six Degrees of Seperation]]'' and ''[[Art]]'', for which he won a Fleur du Cap Award. Graham and his wife Bev Elgie has a son called Thomas.'

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-HOPKINS, Graham (19*-) Actor, playwright and director.
+[[Graham Hopkins]] (19*-). Actor, playwright and director.
 == Biography ==
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 Played the role of Salvatore in the revival of [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[My Low-Fat, Almost Italian Wedding]]'' (formerly known as ''[[Victoria Almost Falls]]'') at the end of 2013.
 == Awards, etc ==
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 ''See How They Run'' programme, 1988.
-Tucker, 1997.
+Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Honour]]'' wherein he played the role of George in 2004: 'Graham Hopkins has been acting professionally for twenty-one years. Memorable roles include Cecil John Rhodes in the TV series ''Barney Barnato''; Bruce in the South African film: ''The Native Who Caused All the Trouble''; Henry Higgins in the 1990 [[State Theatre]] production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''; Ruben Thinners in Robert Kirby's ''[[Panics]]''; Graham Whitaker in Alan Bennett's ''[[Talking Heads]]''; Urgentino in the [[Market Theatre]] production of Howard Barker's ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''; Parchester in the 1995 UK tour with the English production of ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; Richard Hopcroft in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s cricket comedy, ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'' and [[Gavin Hood]]'s South African film, ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''. More recent productions include the film ''Stander'' and Paul Slabolepszy's golfing play, ''[[Whole in One]]'', which played a short season a the [[Theatre on the Bay]] this year (2004). For [[Pieter Toerien]], Graham has played in ''[[Six Degrees of Seperation]]'' and ''[[Art]]'', for which he won a Fleur du Cap Award. Graham and his wife Bev Elgie has a son called Thomas.'
-Played the role of Salvatore in the revival of [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[My Low-Fat Almost Italian Wedding]]'' (formerly known as ''[[Victoria Almost Falls]]'') at the end of 2013.
+Played the role of Salvatore in the revival of [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[My Low-Fat, Almost Italian Wedding]]'' (formerly known as ''[[Victoria Almost Falls]]'') at the end of 2013.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	"Yvan" in ''[[Art]]'' [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards\|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actor 1998		"Yvan" in ''[[Art]]'' [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards\|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actor 1998
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		+	Nominations:
		+	FNB Vita Gauteng 1996:
		+	Hopkins, Graham : ''[[An Interview]]''; ''[[Hotline]]''; ''[[Death Defying Acts]]'' [best lead actor]; all with Dorothy-Ann Gould.
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		+	Hopkins, Graham : ''[[The Crucible]]'' [best supporting actor
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		+	Natal 1991/1992 IGI Life Vita
		+	Hopkins, Graham : ''[[Panics]]'' [script: Robert Kirby] [best director
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		+	Hopkins, Graham in ''[[Panics]]'' [script: Robert Kirby] [best lead actor
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		+	1998 Fleur du Cap
		+	G H in [[Art]] Best Actor

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Among his major roles are **,  "Yvan" in ''[[Art]]'' , ***, **?? ''[[Wild Honey]]'', ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[Social Security]]'', ''[[Looking Glass]]''. He starred in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Hapgood]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1989. He starred in ''[[Macbeth]]'' under [[Dieter Reible]]’s direction in 1990. He starred in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' at the [[State Theatre]] in 1990. He starred in John Guare’s ''[[Six Degrees of Separation]]'' in 1992. He starred in George Bernard Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]'' in 1994. ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'', ([[Paul Slabolepszy]], 1998) *** ''[[Race]]'' (Mamet, [[Grahamstown Festival]], 2012)
+Among his major roles are **,  "Yvan" in ''[[Art]]'' , ***, **?? ''[[Wild Honey]]'', ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[Social Security]]'', ''[[Looking Glass]]''. He starred in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Hapgood]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1989. He starred in ''[[Macbeth]]'' under [[Dieter Reible]]’s direction in 1990. He starred in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' at the [[State Theatre]] in 1990. He directed and acted in ''[[Panics]]'', 1991. He starred in John Guare’s ''[[Six Degrees of Separation]]'' in 1992. He starred in George Bernard Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]'' in 1994. ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'', ([[Paul Slabolepszy]], 1998) *** ''[[Race]]'' (Mamet, [[Grahamstown Festival]], 2012)
 His first production for [[Pieter Toerien]] was in ''[[See How They Run]]'' in 1988 as The Reverend Lionel Toop.
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 ''[[Night Sky]]'' 1992, Felix in ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' 1997.
-Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Honour]]'' wherein he played the role of George in 2004: 'Graham Hopkins has been acting professionally for twenty-one years. Memorable roles include Cecil John Rhodes in the TV series ''Barney Barnato''; Bruce in the South African film: ''The Native Who Caused All the Trouble''; Henry Higgins in the 1990 [[State Theatre]] production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''; Ruben Thinners in Robert Kirby's ''[[Panics]]''; Graham Whitaker in Alan Bennett's ''[[Talking Heads]]''; Urgentino in the [[Market Theatre]] production of Howard Barker's ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''; Parchester in the 1995 UK tour with the English production of ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; Richard Hopcroft in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s cricket comedy, ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'' and [[Gavin Hood]]'s South African film, ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''. More recent productions include the film ''Stander'' and Paul Slabolepszy's golfing play, ''[[Whole in One]]'', which played a short season a the [[Theatre on the Bay this year. For [[Pieter Toerien]], Graham has played in ''[[Six Degrees of Seperation]]'' and ''[[Art]]'', for which he won a Fleur du Cap Award. Graham and his wife Bev Elgie has a so called Thomas.'
+Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Honour]]'' wherein he played the role of George in 2004: 'Graham Hopkins has been acting professionally for twenty-one years. Memorable roles include Cecil John Rhodes in the TV series ''Barney Barnato''; Bruce in the South African film: ''The Native Who Caused All the Trouble''; Henry Higgins in the 1990 [[State Theatre]] production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''; Ruben Thinners in Robert Kirby's ''[[Panics]]''; Graham Whitaker in Alan Bennett's ''[[Talking Heads]]''; Urgentino in the [[Market Theatre]] production of Howard Barker's ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''; Parchester in the 1995 UK tour with the English production of ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; Richard Hopcroft in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s cricket comedy, ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'' and [[Gavin Hood]]'s South African film, ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''. More recent productions include the film ''Stander'' and Paul Slabolepszy's golfing play, ''[[Whole in One]]'', which played a short season a the [[Theatre on the Bay]] this year (2004). For [[Pieter Toerien]], Graham has played in ''[[Six Degrees of Seperation]]'' and ''[[Art]]'', for which he won a Fleur du Cap Award. Graham and his wife Bev Elgie has a son called Thomas.'
 Played the role of Salvatore in the revival of [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[My Low-Fat Almost Italian Wedding]]'' (formerly known as ''[[Victoria Almost Falls]]'') at the end of 2013.

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 == Career ==
-He was a mathematics teacher before he joined [[PACT]] in 1983.
+He was a mathematics teacher before he joined [[PACT]] in 1983.  He was seen in the BBC film ''Bravo Two Zero'' (1998) and in ''Place of the Lion''.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	His first production for [[Pieter Toerien]] was in ''[[See How They Run]]'' in 1988 as The Reverend Lionel Toop.		His first production for [[Pieter Toerien]] was in ''[[See How They Run]]'' in 1988 as The Reverend Lionel Toop.
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		+	''[[Night Sky]]'' 1992, ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' 1997.

	Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Honour]]'' wherein he played the role of George in 2004: 'Graham Hopkins has been acting professionally for twenty-one years. Memorable roles include Cecil John Rhodes in the TV series ''Barney Barnato''; Bruce in the South African film: ''The Native Who Caused All the Trouble''; Henry Higgins in the 1990 [[State Theatre]] production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''; Ruben Thinners in Robert Kirby's ''[[Panics]]''; Graham Whitaker in Alan Bennett's ''[[Talking Heads]]''; Urgentino in the [[Market Theatre]] production of Howard Barker's ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''; Parchester in the 1995 UK tour with the English production of ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; Richard Hopcroft in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s cricket comedy, ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'' and [[Gavin Hood]]'s South African film, ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''. More recent productions include the film ''Stander'' and Paul Slabolepszy's golfing play, ''[[Whole in One]]'', which played a short season a the [[Theatre on the Bay this year. For [[Pieter Toerien]], Graham has played in ''[[Six Degrees of Seperation]]'' and ''[[Art]]'', for which he won a Fleur du Cap Award. Graham and his wife Bev Elgie has a so called Thomas.'		Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Honour]]'' wherein he played the role of George in 2004: 'Graham Hopkins has been acting professionally for twenty-one years. Memorable roles include Cecil John Rhodes in the TV series ''Barney Barnato''; Bruce in the South African film: ''The Native Who Caused All the Trouble''; Henry Higgins in the 1990 [[State Theatre]] production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''; Ruben Thinners in Robert Kirby's ''[[Panics]]''; Graham Whitaker in Alan Bennett's ''[[Talking Heads]]''; Urgentino in the [[Market Theatre]] production of Howard Barker's ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''; Parchester in the 1995 UK tour with the English production of ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; Richard Hopcroft in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s cricket comedy, ''[[Life's a Pitch]]'' and [[Gavin Hood]]'s South African film, ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''. More recent productions include the film ''Stander'' and Paul Slabolepszy's golfing play, ''[[Whole in One]]'', which played a short season a the [[Theatre on the Bay this year. For [[Pieter Toerien]], Graham has played in ''[[Six Degrees of Seperation]]'' and ''[[Art]]'', for which he won a Fleur du Cap Award. Graham and his wife Bev Elgie has a so called Thomas.'