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-[[Graham Weir]] (1959-2020) Actor, singer, playwright.
+[[Graham Weir]] (1959-2020). Actor, singer, playwright.
 == Biography ==
-Born in Scotland, Weir came to South Africa at the age of 5, when his parents settled in Benoni on the East Rand. His sister is the actress and singer [[Christine Weir]]. The Weir siblings had their initial exposure to stage performance with the musical evenings regularly held at their home and the amateur theatre company and and  choir founded by his parents. His first stage role was in ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' for this group.
+Born in Scotland, Weir came to South Africa at the age of 5, when his parents settled in Benoni on the East Rand. His sister is the actress and singer [[Christine Weir]]. The Weir siblings had their initial exposure to stage performance with the musical evenings regularly held at their home and the amateur theatre company and choir founded by his parents. His first stage role was in ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' for this group.
 Graham studied for a year at [[University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art|Wits Drama school]] and then obtained a National Diploma in Dramatic Art, at the [[Pretoria Technikon]] ([[Tshwane University of Technology]] in 1980. Then he went to England to dodge the draft, before returning to work in theatre in a variety of capacities.
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 Roles in musical productions include shows like ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' (Durban [[Playhouse]], 1991), ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', ''[[Queen at the Opera]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Revue]]'' (1997)
-During the course of his 40 year long career he wrote, directed  and performed in a number of his own plays and musical pieces,  among them ''[[BoBo]]'' (a play for solo performance, 1987); ''[[Barney is Making a Party]]'' (a play for 3 actors, 1988); ''[[Psychedelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' (a musical for 6 performers, 1992); ''[[Brief Descriptions 2]]'' (a play for one man, 1994); ''[[Graham Weir's Elastic Band]]'' (1997); ''[[Tales from a Dark Corner]]'' (a one man drama, 1998); ''[[Craneman]]'' (a play for 3 actors and a 3-piece band, 2001); ''[[Letters from Patient Essop]]'' (one man musical with small band, 2002/8); ''[[How Graham Weir Accidentally Managed to Stay Alive]]'' (one man comedy, 2005-6); ''[[Songs of Hanging and Redemption]]'' (a cabaret for 3 musicians, 2008); ''[[Noah of Cape Town]]'' (an ''a capella'' musical for 16 actor/singers, 2005/2009) and ''[[Dead Yellow Sands]]'' (a play for solo performance, 2015).
+During the course of his 40 year long career he wrote, directed  and performed in a number of his own plays and musical pieces,  among them ''[[BoBo]]'' (a play for solo performance, 1987); ''[[Barney is Making a Party]]'' (a play for 3 actors, 1988); ''[[Psychedelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' (a musical for 6 performers, 1992); ''[[Brief Descriptions]]'' 2 (a play for one man, 1994); ''[[Graham Weir's Elastic Band]]'' (1997); ''[[Tales from a Dark Corner]]'' (a one man drama, 1998); ''[[Craneman]]'' (a play for 3 actors and a 3-piece band, 2001); ''[[Letters from Patient Essop]]'' (one man musical with small band, 2002/8); ''[[How Graham Weir Accidentally Managed to Stay Alive]]'' (one man comedy, 2005-6); ''[[Songs of Hanging and Redemption]]'' (a cabaret for 3 musicians, 2008); ''[[Noah of Cape Town]]'' (an ''a capella'' musical for 16 actor/singers, 2005/2009) and ''[[Dead Yellow Sands]]'' (a play for solo performance, 2015).
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 == Awards, etc ==
-In 1991 he received the [[Evening Herald]] Award for Best Cabaret Performance for ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'' and in 1992 the DALRO Award for Best Cabaret Performance (also for ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'').
+In 1991 he received the [[Evening Herald]] Award for Best Cabaret Performance for ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'' and in 1992 the [[DALRO Award]] for Best Cabaret Performance (also for ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'').
-The 1993-1994 both regional and national [[Vita Award]]s for Best Playwright of the Year and Best Play Script of the Year were awarded to him for ''[[Brief Descriptions 2]]''
+The 1993-1994 both regional and national [[Vita Award]]s for Best Playwright of the Year and Best Play Script of the Year were awarded to him for ''[[Brief Descriptions]]'' 2.
-He subsequently received two  [[Fleur du Cap Award]]s, one for ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'' in 2009 and a second in 2016  for ''[[Dead Yellow Sands]]''.
+He subsequently received two [[Fleur du Cap Award]]s, one for ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'' in 2009 and a second in 2016  for ''[[Dead Yellow Sands]]''.
 == Sources ==
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 ''[[The Dybbuk]]'' programme, 1986.
-"Akteur Graham Weir sterf skielik", ''[[Die Burger]]'' 2 December, 2020 (P. 3)
+"Akteur Graham Weir sterf skielik", ''[[Die Burger]]'' 2 December, 2020 (P. 3).
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 '''In Film''':
-''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985),  ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993);  ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_till_Dawn] ("Lazaro", 1999); ''[[Aces]]'' (Short film, 1999); ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' ("Recycle man", 2000),
+''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985),  ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993);  ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_till_Dawn] ("Lazaro", 1999); ''[[Aces]]'' (Short film, 1999); ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' ("Recycle man", 2000),  ''[[Mama Africa]]'' (in the segment ''[[Raya]]'', 2002); ''[[The Piano Player]]'' ("Sick Man", 2002);  ''[[Charlie]]'' ("Barrack Sergeant",  2004);
 ''[[Goodbye Bafana]]'' ("Tough warder, 2007), ''[[Spud]]'' ("Viking", 2010), ''[[Once Upon a Road Trip]]'' ("James", 2013), ''[[Spud 3: Learning to Fly]]'' ("Viking", 2014),  ''[[Bentley]]'',
 '''On Television and video''':
-''[[Sentinel]]'' ("Anvil", 1993); ''[[Tropical Heat]]'' ("Ted Waltham", 1993);  ''[[The Visual Bible]]'' (Acts, "Bar-Jesus", 1994); ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]'' (1997, season 2 episode 11: ''[[The Invaders]]'' - "Ruane")[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1113848/?ref_=tt_mv];
+''[[Sentinel]]'' ("Anvil", 1993); ''[[Tropical Heat]]'' ("Ted Waltham", 1993);  ''[[The Visual Bible]]'' (Acts, "Bar-Jesus", 1994); ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]'' (1997, season 2 episode 11: ''[[The Invaders]]'' - "Ruane")[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1113848/?ref_=tt_mv];  ''[[Bentley]]'' ("Bentley", 2006); ''[[To Be First]]'' ("David Hume",  2007); ''[[The Devil's Whore]]'' ("Sergeant at Arms", 2008);  ''[[Crusoe]]'' ("Rebel Soldier", 2008);  ''[[Black Sails]]'' ("Captain Naft", 2014-5), ''[[Jamillah and Aladdin]]'' (2016), ''[[Of Kings and Prophets]]'' (2016); ''[[Hotel]]'' ("Oom Dirk",  2016-2017); ''[[Van der Merwe]]'' ("Doctor", 2017),
 == Awards, etc ==

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	''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985), ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993); ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_till_Dawn] ("Lazaro", 1999); ''[[Aces]]'' (Short film, 1999); ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' ("Recycle man", 2000),		''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985), ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993); ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_till_Dawn] ("Lazaro", 1999); ''[[Aces]]'' (Short film, 1999); ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' ("Recycle man", 2000),

−	''[[Goodbye Bafana]]'' ("Tough warder, 2007), ''[[Spud]]'' ("Viking", 2010), ''[[Once Upon a Road Trip]]'' ("James", 2013), ''[[Spud 3: Learning to Fly]]'' ("Viking", 2014), ''[[Bentley]]'', ''[[Boesman & Lena]]'',	+	''[[Goodbye Bafana]]'' ("Tough warder, 2007), ''[[Spud]]'' ("Viking", 2010), ''[[Once Upon a Road Trip]]'' ("James", 2013), ''[[Spud 3: Learning to Fly]]'' ("Viking", 2014), ''[[Bentley]]'', ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'',

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	''[[The Dybbuk]]'' programme, 1986.		''[[The Dybbuk]]'' programme, 1986.

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 '''In Film''':
-''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985),  ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993);
+''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985),  ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993);  ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_till_Dawn] ("Lazaro", 1999); ''[[Aces]]'' (Short film, 1999); ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' ("Recycle man", 2000),
 ''[[Goodbye Bafana]]'' ("Tough warder, 2007), ''[[Spud]]'' ("Viking", 2010), ''[[Once Upon a Road Trip]]'' ("James", 2013), ''[[Spud 3: Learning to Fly]]'' ("Viking", 2014),  ''[[Bentley]]'', ''[[Boesman & Lena]]'',
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 '''On Television and video''':
-''[[Sentinel]]'' ("Anvil", 1993); ''[[Tropical Heat]]'' ("Ted Waltham", 1993);  ''[[The Visual Bible]]'' (Acts, "Bar-Jesus", 1994); ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]'' (1997, season 2 episode 11: ''[[The Invaders]]'' - "Ruane")[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1113848/?ref_=tt_mv];  ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn]]''  (3: ''The Hangman's Daughter'' - "Lazaro", 1999);
+''[[Sentinel]]'' ("Anvil", 1993); ''[[Tropical Heat]]'' ("Ted Waltham", 1993);  ''[[The Visual Bible]]'' (Acts, "Bar-Jesus", 1994); ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]'' (1997, season 2 episode 11: ''[[The Invaders]]'' - "Ruane")[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1113848/?ref_=tt_mv];
 ''[[Bentley]]'' ("Bentley", 2006); ''[[To Be First]]'' ("David Hume",  2007), ''[[The Devil's Whore]]'' ("Sergeant at Arms", 2008),  ''[[Crusoe]]'' ("Rebel Soldier", 2008), ''[[Of Kings and Prophets]]'' (), ''[[Black Sails]]'' ("Captain Naft", 2014-5), ''[[Jamillah and Aladdin]]'' (2016), ''[[Hotel]]'' ("Oom Dirk",  2016-2017),.
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 Boesman and Lena
 Recycle man
 == Awards, etc ==

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	''[[The Dybbuk]]'' programme, 1986.		''[[The Dybbuk]]'' programme, 1986.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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−	''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985), ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' ("Local 1", "Jive", 1993);	+	''[[Van der Merwe P.I.]]'' ("Rocco", 1985), ''[[An African Dream]]'' (Lout 1 ("Ned"), 1987); ''[[Merchants of War]]'' ("Vaisal", 1989); ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' ("Art", 1989); ''[[Rising Storm]]'' ("Gerard de la Fanool", 1989); ''[[Final Cut]]'' ("Snuff Movie Director", 1989); ''[[Burndown]]'' ("Freddie", 1990); ''[[Return to Justice]]'' ("Jackal". 1990); ''[[Thieves of Fortune]]'' ("Pirana", 1990); ''[[Pursuit]]'' ("Gen. Carlos Da Costa", 1991); ''[[Cyborg Cop]]'' (Local 1: "Jive", 1993);