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−	~~#[[South_African_Theatre/Themes\|South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries]]~~
−	~~#[[South_African_Theatre/Personalities\|South African Theatre Personalities]]~~
−	~~#[[South_African_Theatre/Venues\|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]] Also Publishers and research projects~~
−	~~#[[South_African_Theatre/Plays\|South African Theatre Plays]] (divided into three sub-sections) Also Festivals etc.~~
−	~~#[[South_African_Theatre/Bibliography\|A Bibliography of South African South African Theatre and Performance]]~~

	All entries are arranged as an alphabetical list within each category and each name serves as a link to the particular entry. However there are different conventions in the various categories. For instance in the '''Biographies''' section the generally known names for an individual will normally be used, in the normal order ('''first name''' ''then '' '''last name'''. (E.g "[[Athol Fugard]]", ''not'' "Fugard, Athol" or "[[Miriam Makeba]]", not "Makeba, Miriam"). On the other hand, in the section for Venues, etc. the '''full''' name of the venue , company or organisation is used, but '''WITHOUT''' the relevant articles (“A” or “The”): Thus for instance "The Opera House" would be found under "[[Opera House]], The", or "Die Breughel Teatergroep" would be found under [[Breughel Teatergroep]], Die. However, in the case of plays and productions, the full title of the [[play]] or [[performance]] would be used - with the article '''INCLUDED'''. For example: ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', not "''Merchant of Venice, The''".		All entries are arranged as an alphabetical list within each category and each name serves as a link to the particular entry. However there are different conventions in the various categories. For instance in the '''Biographies''' section the generally known names for an individual will normally be used, in the normal order ('''first name''' ''then '' '''last name'''. (E.g "[[Athol Fugard]]", ''not'' "Fugard, Athol" or "[[Miriam Makeba]]", not "Makeba, Miriam"). On the other hand, in the section for Venues, etc. the '''full''' name of the venue , company or organisation is used, but '''WITHOUT''' the relevant articles (“A” or “The”): Thus for instance "The Opera House" would be found under "[[Opera House]], The", or "Die Breughel Teatergroep" would be found under [[Breughel Teatergroep]], Die. However, in the case of plays and productions, the full title of the [[play]] or [[performance]] would be used - with the article '''INCLUDED'''. For example: ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', not "''Merchant of Venice, The''".

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 #[[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
 #[[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]]
-#[[South_African_Films|South African Films]]
+#[[South_African_Films|South African Films]] (This is divided into divided into two sub-sections - Documentary and Feature films.)
 #[[ESAT Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]
 #[[ESAT Bibliography|A Bibliography of South African South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]

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 #[[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African  Personalities]]
 #[[South African Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
-#[[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Stage Plays]]
+#[[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Stage Plays]] (This is  divided into four sub-sections.)
 #[[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
 #[[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]]

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 As can be seen from the Contents the encyclopaedia  consists of a number of sections.
-For instance, to provide a framework within which the individual entries should be read,  there are short introductory overviews of South African theatre and performance, South African film, South African media (i.e. radio and TV);  each written by one of the editors and/or contributors. (For example, the overview section on [[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre]] is a general outline of the broad sweep of the history of  theatre in South Africa.)  These overviews can be read in conjunction with the Chronology of the main cultural, historical, political and theatrical events over the past 500 years (this is provided in diagram form at [[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
+For instance, to provide a framework within which the individual entries should be read,  there are short introductory overviews of South African theatre and performance, [[South African Film]], [[South African Media]] (i.e. radio and TV);  each written by one of the editors and/or contributors. (For example, the overview section on [[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre]] is a general outline of the broad sweep of the history of  theatre in South Africa.)  These overviews can be read in conjunction with the Chronology of the main cultural, historical, political and theatrical events over the past 500 years (this is provided in diagram form at [[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
 ).  These have been compiled by the general editor and section editors of ESAT, and thus are obviously written from the (inevitably subjective) perspective of the specific author, and are mainly intended to provide persons new to the field with some general and introductory framework from which to start their searches. The overview and chronology introduce some of the more common events, personalities and organisations for the reader, while the chronology in particular seeks to place the events in a historical perspective ''vis à vis'' [[African]] and international events.  Readers already familiar with [[South African]] theatre, media and culture can of course readily skip this section and go directly to the more “objective”  individual entries, and make their own deductions and judgements.

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 As can be seen from the Contents the encyclopaedia  consists of a number of sections.
-For instance, to provide a framework within which the individual entries should be read,  there are short introductory overviews of South African theatre and performance, South African film, South African media (i.e. radio and TV);  each written by one of the contributing editors. (For example, the overview section on [[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre]] is a general outline of the broad sweep of the history of  theatre in South Africa, written by the editor of the theatre section.)  These overviews can be read in conjunction with the Chronology of the main cultural, historical, political and theatrical events over the past 500 years (this is provided in diagram form at [[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
+For instance, to provide a framework within which the individual entries should be read,  there are short introductory overviews of South African theatre and performance, South African film, South African media (i.e. radio and TV);  each written by one of the editors and/or contributors. (For example, the overview section on [[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre]] is a general outline of the broad sweep of the history of  theatre in South Africa.)  These overviews can be read in conjunction with the Chronology of the main cultural, historical, political and theatrical events over the past 500 years (this is provided in diagram form at [[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
 ).  These have been compiled by the general editor and section editors of ESAT, and thus are obviously written from the (inevitably subjective) perspective of the specific author, and are mainly intended to provide persons new to the field with some general and introductory framework from which to start their searches. The overview and chronology introduce some of the more common events, personalities and organisations for the reader, while the chronology in particular seeks to place the events in a historical perspective ''vis à vis'' [[African]] and international events.  Readers already familiar with [[South African]] theatre, media and culture can of course readily skip this section and go directly to the more “objective”  individual entries, and make their own deductions and judgements.

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 As can be seen from the Contents the encyclopaedia  consists of a number of sections.
-For instance, to provide a framework within which the individual entries should be read,  there is a short introductory overview of South African theatre and performance written by the project leader (see [[South African Theatre/Overview]] which is a general outline of the broad sweep of the history of  theatre in South Africa. This can be read in conjunction with the Chronology of the main cultural, historical, political and theatrical events over the past 500 years (this is provided in diagram form at [[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
+For instance, to provide a framework within which the individual entries should be read,  there are short introductory overviews of South African theatre and performance, South African ilm, South African Media (Radio and TV), each written by one of the project leaders. For example, the overview section on [[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre]] is a general outline of the broad sweep of the history of  theatre in South Africa.)  These overviews can be read in conjunction with the Chronology of the main cultural, historical, political and theatrical events over the past 500 years (this is provided in diagram form at [[South_African_Theatre/A Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]]
-).  These have been compiled by the editor, [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], and are thus obviously written from the (inevitably subjective) perspective of the specific author, and are mainly intended to provide persons new to the field with some general and introductory framework from which to start their searches. The overview and chronology introduce some of the more common events, personalities and organisations for the reader, while the chronology in particular seeks to place the events in a historical perspective ''vis à vis'' [[African]] and international events.  Readers already familiar with [[South African]] theatre and culture can of course readily skip this section and go directly to the more “objective”  individual entries, and make their own deductions and judgements.
+).  These have been compiled by the general editor and section editors of ESAT, and thus are obviously written from the (inevitably subjective) perspective of the specific author, and are mainly intended to provide persons new to the field with some general and introductory framework from which to start their searches. The overview and chronology introduce some of the more common events, personalities and organisations for the reader, while the chronology in particular seeks to place the events in a historical perspective ''vis à vis'' [[African]] and international events.  Readers already familiar with [[South African]] theatre, media and culture can of course readily skip this section and go directly to the more “objective”  individual entries, and make their own deductions and judgements.
 The individual entries are the main focus of the Encyclopaedia and its database and everything else in the website is intended to support it.

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 #[[South_African_Theatre/Bibliography|A Bibliography of South African South African Theatre and Performance]]
-All entries are arranged as an alphabetical list within each category and each name serves as a link to the particular entry. However there are different cionventions in the various categories. For instance in the '''Biographies''' section the generally known names for an individual will normally be used, in the normal order ('''first name''' ''then '' '''last name'''. (E.g "[[Athol Fugard]]", ''not'' "Fugard, Athol" or "[[Miriam Makeba]]", not "Makeba, Miriam"). On the other hand, in the section for Venues, etc. the '''full''' name of the  venue , company or organisation is used, but '''WITHOUT''' the relevant articles (“A” or “The”): Thus for instance  "The Opera House" would be found under "[[Opera House]], The", or "Die Breughel Teatergroep" would be found under [[Breughel Teatergroep]], Die. However, in the case of plays and productions, the full title of the [[play]] or [[performance]] would be used - with the article '''INCLUDED'''. For example:  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', not "''Merchant of Venice, The''".
+All entries are arranged as an alphabetical list within each category and each name serves as a link to the particular entry. However there are different conventions in the various categories. For instance in the '''Biographies''' section the generally known names for an individual will normally be used, in the normal order ('''first name''' ''then '' '''last name'''. (E.g "[[Athol Fugard]]", ''not'' "Fugard, Athol" or "[[Miriam Makeba]]", not "Makeba, Miriam"). On the other hand, in the section for Venues, etc. the '''full''' name of the  venue , company or organisation is used, but '''WITHOUT''' the relevant articles (“A” or “The”): Thus for instance  "The Opera House" would be found under "[[Opera House]], The", or "Die Breughel Teatergroep" would be found under [[Breughel Teatergroep]], Die. However, in the case of plays and productions, the full title of the [[play]] or [[performance]] would be used - with the article '''INCLUDED'''. For example:  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', not "''Merchant of Venice, The''".
 === Format of entries: ===

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 Each entry in this database constitutes a unique page, and is reached by clicking on the appropriate link.
-For ease of compilation and consultation, the entries have been divided into five general categories, namely
+For ease of compilation and consultation, the entries have been divided into twelve general categories, namely
 #[[South_African_Theatre/Themes|South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries]]

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−	The reader can either do a personal search by making use of the '''Index''' under [[The ESAT Entries]] to the various sections of the ~~encyclopaeda~~ (discussed above) and click on the subsequent links in the entries to access information	+	The reader can either do a personal search by making use of the '''Index''' under [[The ESAT Entries]] to the various sections of the encyclopaedia (discussed above) and click on the subsequent links in the various entries to access further information

	'''OR'''		'''OR'''