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 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/oct/14/herbert-kretzmer-obituary
-[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just The Ticket! My 50 Years in South African Show Business''. Johannesburg:
+[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just The Ticket! My 50 Years in South African Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].
 Programme of ''[[Les Misérables]]'', as performed in Cape Town in 1996.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-While living in Johannesburg, he was a member of the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg REPS]], appearing in plays such as ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Pretoria Opera House]] and the [[Wits Great Hall]], 1949).  He also composed five songs for the [[Leon Gluckman]] staged revue ''[[Xmas Box]]'' (1949).
+While living in Johannesburg, he was a member of the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg REPS]], appearing in plays such as ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Pretoria Opera House]] and the [[Wits Great Hall]], 1949).  He also composed five songs for the revue ''[[Xmas Box]]'', staged by [[Leon Gluckman]] in 1949.
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 == Biography ==
-He was born in Kroonstad in the Orange Free State  on 5 October, 1925, the son of William and Tilly Kretzmer, who ran a furniture store. He matriculated at Kroonstad High School and then went to [[Rhodes University]].
+He was born in Kroonstad in the Orange Free State, South Africa, on 5 October 1925, the son of William and Tilly Kretzmer, who ran a furniture store. He matriculated at Kroonstad High School and then went to [[Rhodes University]].
 He began his professional career writing documentary films and the commentary for a weekly cinema newsreel, but then moved on to print journalism, initially as a reporter and feature writer for the Johannesburg ''[[Sunday Express]]''. Inter alia he was the Drama critic (writing under the name of [[Herbert Kentish]]). He also wrote occasional lyrics for musicals.
-In 1954 he moved to London to pursue his twin careers as journalist and lyric writer, working for various publications. There he also went on to reach fame as a lyricist, most notably as author of the English libretto for the musical ''[[Les Misérables]]'' for [[Cameron Mackintosh]] in 1985.
+In 1954 he moved to London to pursue his twin careers as journalist and lyric writer, working for various publications. There he also went on to reach significant fame as a lyricist, most notably as author of the English libretto for the musical ''[[Les Misérables]]'' for [[Cameron Mackintosh]] in 1985.
 He passed away on 14 October 2020.

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Kroonstad,  on 5 October, 1925, the son of William and Tilly Kretzmer, who ran a furniture store.He matriculated at Kroonstad High School and then went to [[Rhodes University]].
+He was born in Kroonstad in the Orange Free State  on 5 October, 1925, the son of William and Tilly Kretzmer, who ran a furniture store. He matriculated at Kroonstad High School and then went to [[Rhodes University]].
 He began his professional career writing documentary films and the commentary for a weekly cinema newsreel, but then moved on to print journalism, initially as a reporter and feature writer for the Johannesburg ''[[Sunday Express]]''. Inter alia he was the Drama critic (writing under the name of [[Herbert Kentish]]). He also wrote occasional lyrics for musicals.
-He moved to London in 1954 to pursue his twin careers as journalist and lyric writer, working for various publications. There he also went on to reach fame as a lyricist, most notably as author of the English libretto for the musical ''[[Les Misérables]]'' for [[Cameron Mackintosh]] in 1985.
+In 1954 he moved to London to pursue his twin careers as journalist and lyric writer, working for various publications. There he also went on to reach fame as a lyricist, most notably as author of the English libretto for the musical ''[[Les Misérables]]'' for [[Cameron Mackintosh]] in 1985.
 He passed away on 14 October 2020.

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