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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He initially wrote a few of short plays, including  ''[[Die Appel]]'' (written at 16), ''[[Tussen Twee Treine]]'' (1970), ''[[Jan Blom Dans ‘n Mazurka]]'', ''[[Die Kis]]'' (1974), ''[[Blomtyd is Bloeityd]]'', ''[[Jakobregop]]'' (), ''[[Sjampanje]]'' 1988), ''[[Vyf  Blikkies Boeliebief - 'n Stormbergse Kersherinnering]]'' ().
+He initially wrote a few of short plays, including  ''[[Die Appel]]'' (written at 16), ''[[Tussen Twee Treine]]'' (1970), ''[[Jan Blom Dans ‘n Mazurka]]'', ''[[Die Kis]]'' (1974), ''[[Blomtyd is Bloeityd]]'', ''[[Jakobregop]]'' (), ''[[Sjampanje vir Ontbyt]]'' 1988), ''[[Vyf  Blikkies Boeliebief - 'n Stormbergse Kersherinnering]]'' ().
 However, his most important contribution to South African theatre must be his espousal of [[Kabaret]] (the [[Afrikaans]] versions of  the pre-war German, French and Dutch political [[Cabaret|cabaret]]) as a vehicle for resistance and protest among [[Afrikaans]] writers. He was particularly influenced by the Weimar period and the work of [[Bertolt Brecht]] and wrote quite a substantial body of theory around his notions of the cabaret - or [[Kabaret]] as he calls it.

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 Besides his plays and cabarets, he was an influential critic of theatre and performance, a mentor to new writers and a judge for numerous contests and awards (''inter alia'' for the annual [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]] and the [[Rapport-Oscar]]).
-His radio drama ''[[Die Dood van 'n Matador]] was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
+His radio drama ''[[Die Dood van 'n Matador]]'' was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
 == Awards, etc ==

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 Besides his plays and cabarets, he was an influential critic of theatre and performance, a mentor to new writers and a judge for numerous contests and awards (''inter alia'' for the annual [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]] and the [[Rapport-Oscar]]).
-His radio drama ''[[Dood van 'n Matador]] was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
+His radio drama ''[[Die Dood van 'n Matador]] was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
 == Awards, etc ==

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 Besides his plays and cabarets, he was an influential critic of theatre and performance, a mentor to new writers and a judge for numerous contests and awards (''inter alia'' for the annual [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]] and the [[Rapport-Oscar]]).
-His radio drama ''[[Dood van 'n Mataador]] was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
+His radio drama ''[[Dood van 'n Matador]] was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
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 Besides his plays and cabarets, he was an influential critic of theatre and performance, a mentor to new writers and a judge for numerous contests and awards (''inter alia'' for the annual [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]] and the [[Rapport-Oscar]]).
-He compiled a collection of [[radio plays]] called ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'' in 198*
+His radio drama ''[[Dood van 'n Mataador]] was published in ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'', a  collection of [[radio plays]].
 == Awards, etc ==

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	''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Vol.8 No 2 1994 (''Special issue: Cabaret'', edited by [[Herman Pretorius]])		''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Vol.8 No 2 1994 (''Special issue: Cabaret'', edited by [[Herman Pretorius]])
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 == Sources ==
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennie_Aucamp
 [[HAUM]], 1974. ''Stellenbosse Galery'', p.11.
 [[Jan Senekal|Senekal, Jan]] and [[Karien van Aswegen|Van Aswegen, Karien]] (eds.). 1980. ''Bronne by die Studie van Afrikaanse Dramas 1900-1978''. Johannesburg: [[Perskor]]
 ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Vol.8 No 2 1994 (''Special issue: Cabaret'', edited by [[Herman Pretorius]])
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennie_Aucamp
 Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 His [[Cabaret|cabaret]] output (playtexts, cabaret texts, songs and essays) include ''[[Die Lewe is 'n Grenshotel]]'' (1977), ''[[Met Permissie Gesê]]'' (lit. "Said with your permission", 1980), ''[[Papawerwyn en ander verbeeldings vir die verhoog]]'' (1980), ''[[Woorde wat wond: geleentheidstukke oor randkultuur]]'' (1984), ''[[Slegs vir Almal]]: ’n kabaret oor selfsug'' (lit. "Only for everyone: a cabaret about selfishness", 1986), ''[[Die Blou Uur]]: 50 cocktail-kwatryne'' (1984), ''[[Punt in die Wind]]'' (1989), ''[[Brommer in die Boord]]'' (1990), ''[[Oudisie!]]'' (1991), ''[[Dubbeldop: kabarettekste en opstelle]]'' (1994), ''[[Die Sewe Doodsondes|Van hoogmoed tot traagheid of Die Sewe Doodsondes]]'' (a mortality play, 1996), ''[[Teen Latenstyd]]'' (1997), as well as the collection of his cabaret work, ''[[Wie Gryp Kry 'n Handvol]]'' ([[Mark Graham]] and [[Herman Pretorius]], performed 1994).
-Besides his plays and cabarets, he was an influential critic of theatre and performance, a mentor to new writers and a judge for numerous contests and awards (''inter alia'' for the annual [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]]).
+Besides his plays and cabarets, he was an influential critic of theatre and performance, a mentor to new writers and a judge for numerous contests and awards (''inter alia'' for the annual [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]] and the [[Rapport-Oscar]]).
 He compiled a collection of [[radio plays]] called ''[[Hoorspelkeur]]'' in 198*

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-[[Hennie Aucamp]] (1934-2014) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennie_Aucamp] was an academic and prolific and highly regarded writer of [[Afrikaans]] short stories, poetry, cabarets, plays, sketches, lyrics.
+[[Hennie Aucamp]] (1934-2014) was an academic and prolific and highly regarded writer of [[Afrikaans]] short stories, poetry, cabarets, plays, sketches, lyrics.
 == Biography ==
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 == Sources ==
 [[HAUM]], 1974. ''Stellenbosse Galery'', p.11.