Guy Butler - Revision history

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Awards, prizes

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Contribution to South African letters, arts and theatre

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Contribution to South African letters, arts and theatre

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 [[Mona de Beer]] 1995. Revised ed. ''Who Did What in South Africa''. Johannesburg: Ad Donker.
-[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: [[Francolin Publishers]].
+[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Butler_(poet)

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 ==Awards, prizes==
-He won the first prize for the [[SABC]] Poetry Competition (1949) and second prize for the same competition in 1953. His play, ''[[The Dam]]'' won first prize of the ([[Van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival]] in 1952. He won the [[Central News Agency]] award for ''Selected Poems'' in 1976.
+He won the first prize for the [[SABC]] Poetry Competition (1949) and second prize for the same competition in 1953. His play, ''[[The Dam]]'' won first prize of the [[Van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival]] in 1952. He won the [[Central News Agency]] award for ''Selected Poems'' in 1976.
 ==Legacy==

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		+	1951: ''[[Julius Caesar]]''

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 ==Contribution to South African letters, arts and theatre==
-Butler’s involvement in the theatre began at Oxford, continued during his years at [[Wits University]] and gained momentum at [[Rhodes University]]. He’d worked as a stage manager, employed his carpentry skills in set construction and then produced (i.e. directed) productions. He was determined to get a proper theatre for Rhodes – which he eventually did – and, starting with an open-air production of [[Julius Caesar]] in 1951, staged a play almost every year.
+Butler’s involvement in the theatre began at Oxford, continued during his years at [[Wits University]] and gained momentum at [[Rhodes University]]. He’d worked as a stage manager, employed his carpentry skills in set construction and then produced (i.e. directed) productions. He was determined to get a proper theatre for Rhodes – which he eventually did – and, starting with an open-air production of ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' in 1951, staged a play almost every year.
 He was the driving force behind the founding of a number of university departments ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]]), Linguistics and English Language, and Journalism and Media Studies), helped set up a number of institutes and societies (the [[Institute for the Study of English in Africa]] ([[ISEA]]), the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]), the [[Shakespeare Society of South Africa]]).  Perhaps his most notable achievement, however, was the founding of the [[1820 Settler's Foundation]], which led to the building of the [[Monument Theatre]] in Grahamstown and thus to the annual [[Grahamstown Arts Festival]].

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		+	Butler’s involvement in the theatre began at Oxford, continued during his years at [[Wits University]] and gained momentum at [[Rhodes University]]. He’d worked as a stage manager, employed his carpentry skills in set construction and then produced (i.e. directed) productions. He was determined to get a proper theatre for Rhodes – which he eventually did – and, starting with an open-air production of [[Julius Caesar]] in 1951, staged a play almost every year.
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	He was the driving force behind the founding of a number of university departments ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]]), Linguistics and English Language, and Journalism and Media Studies), helped set up a number of institutes and societies (the [[Institute for the Study of English in Africa]] ([[ISEA]]), the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]), the [[Shakespeare Society of South Africa]]). Perhaps his most notable achievement, however, was the founding of the [[1820 Settler's Foundation]], which led to the building of the [[Monument Theatre]] in Grahamstown and thus to the annual [[Grahamstown Arts Festival]].		He was the driving force behind the founding of a number of university departments ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]]), Linguistics and English Language, and Journalism and Media Studies), helped set up a number of institutes and societies (the [[Institute for the Study of English in Africa]] ([[ISEA]]), the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]), the [[Shakespeare Society of South Africa]]). Perhaps his most notable achievement, however, was the founding of the [[1820 Settler's Foundation]], which led to the building of the [[Monument Theatre]] in Grahamstown and thus to the annual [[Grahamstown Arts Festival]].

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 ==As director==
-: [[Doctor Faustus]]
+: ''[[Doctor Faustus]]''
-: [[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]
+: ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]''
 == Plays ==

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	Butler was also a leading figure in such organisations as the [[English Academy of Southern Africa]] (for which he was President from 1966 to 1969), [[NTO]], [[CAPAB]], and a board member of the [[Oude Meester Foundation for the Arts]].		Butler was also a leading figure in such organisations as the [[English Academy of Southern Africa]] (for which he was President from 1966 to 1969), [[NTO]], [[CAPAB]], and a board member of the [[Oude Meester Foundation for the Arts]].
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		+	==As director==
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		+	1968: [[Doctor Faustus]]
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		+	1971: [[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]

	== Plays ==		== Plays ==

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 https://www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-university/alumni/documents/honorary-degree-citations/guy%20butler%20citation.pdf
-[[Anthony Akerman]]. 2025. “Remembering Guy Butler, a scholar who brought literature to life”. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-03-guy-butler-portrait-of-sa-playwright/
+[[Anthony Akerman]]. 2025. “Remembering Guy Butler, a scholar who brought literature to life”. ''Daily Maverick''. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-03-guy-butler-portrait-of-sa-playwright/
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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		+	[[Anthony Akerman]]. 2025. “Remembering Guy Butler, a scholar who brought literature to life”. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-03-guy-butler-portrait-of-sa-playwright/
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	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]