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 == His career in Australia ==
-After living in New Zealand for a few years, Pretorius moved to Australia in 2001 to become the artistic director of The Street Theatre in Acton,  Australia - where he directed a number of plays - and in 2007 joined the Wesley Institute in Sydney as Head of Drama.
+After living in New Zealand for a few years, Pretorius moved to Australia in 2001 to become the artistic director of The Street Theatre in Acton,  Australia - where he directed a number of plays - and in 2007 joined the Wesley Institute at Drummoyne, New South Wales, as Head of Drama.
-For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see .
+For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute (now known as Excelsia College) , see their Course Guide for 2015[https://excelsia.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WES2224_COURSE-GUIDE-2015-UPDATE_1.1.pdf]
 == Sources ==

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 After living in New Zealand for a few years, Pretorius moved to Australia in 2001 to become the artistic director of The Street Theatre in Acton,  Australia - where he directed a number of plays - and in 2007 joined the Wesley Institute in Sydney as Head of Drama.
-For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see https://www.wi.edu.au.
+For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see .
 == Sources ==

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 After living in New Zealand for a few years, Pretorius moved to Australia in 2001 to become the artistic director of The Street Theatre in Acton,  Australia - where he directed a number of plays - and in 2007 joined the Wesley Institute in Sydney as Head of Drama.
-For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see https://www.wi.edu.au
+For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see https://www.wi.edu.au.
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 After living in New Zealand for a few years, Pretorius moved to Australia in 2001 to become the artistic director of The Street Theatre in Acton,  Australia - where he directed a number of plays - and in 2007 joined the Wesley Institute in Sydney as Head of Drama.
-For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see www.wi.edu.au
+For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see https://www.wi.edu.au
 == Sources ==

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 After living in New Zealand for a few years, Pretorius moved to Australia in 2001 to become the artistic director of The Street Theatre in Acton,  Australia - where he directed a number of plays - and in 2007 joined the Wesley Institute in Sydney as Head of Drama.
-For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see http://www.wi.edu.au
+For information on his work in Australia as teacher, actor, designer, dialect coach or director, etc, see for instance the [[AusStage]] website[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203705] and for his career at the Wesley Institute, see www.wi.edu.au
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 He also translated and wrote some plays for student productions, among them **.
-As an academic wrote on drama and theatre in education (M.Ed, [[University of Stellenbosch]], 19**), Kabaret/Cabaret ([[SATJ]], 199*) and South African political theatre (D.Litt., [[University of Pretoria]], 1995). An active founder-member of [[SAADYT]] and the development of theatre and drama in education in South Africa. One of his CV's (as displayed on the Australian website www.bestsemester.com) claims - incorrectly - that "(h)is academic achievements include setting up a Research Centre for Theatre and South African theatre data base to support research. He also initiated and contributed to an internationally accredited publication, the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' (SATJ)"[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Herman-Pretorius/552493760]. Both these activities were in actual fact initiated by a former South African colleague.
+As an academic wrote on drama and theatre in education (M.Ed, [[University of Stellenbosch]], 19**), Kabaret/Cabaret ([[SATJ]], 199*) and South African political theatre (D.Litt., [[University of Pretoria]], 1995). An active founder-member of [[SAADYT]] and the development of theatre and drama in education in South Africa.
 He left South Africa with his family in 1996 to settle in New Zealand.

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 == Biography ==
-Born [[Hermanus Petrus Pretorius]], he trained in [[Afrikaans]] literature and drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. School teacher, drama lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (197*-1978) and head of the Department of Drama at the same University (1979?-1995). Acted in an enormous range of radio dramas, did some film and TV work.
+Born [[Hermanus Petrus Pretorius]], he trained in [[Afrikaans]] literature and drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. School teacher, drama lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (197*-1978) and head of the Department of Drama at the same University (1979?-1995).
-Probably his most prominent and lasting contribution to theatre was his association with [[Hennie Aucamp]], helping to develop and directing Aucamp’s [[Afrikaans]] political [[kabaret]]s (“[[cabaret]]s”) during the 1980s. Productions include ** and **.
+Acted in a number of stage works in the early years, performed in an enormous range of radio dramas, and did some film and TV work.
-He also translated and wrote some plays for student productions.
+Besides his role as the long term head of the [[Stellenbosch University]] Drama Department, his most prominent and lasting creative contribution to theatre in South Africa was his role in the establishment of [[Afrikaans]] political [[kabaret]]s (“[[cabaret]]s”) as a force in the cultural struggle of the 1980s. He is particularly remembered for directing the early [[kabaret]]s of  [[Hennie Aucamp]], including **.
 As an academic wrote on drama and theatre in education (M.Ed, [[University of Stellenbosch]], 19**), Kabaret/Cabaret ([[SATJ]], 199*) and South African political theatre (D.Litt., [[University of Pretoria]], 1995). An active founder-member of [[SAADYT]] and the development of theatre and drama in education in South Africa. One of his CV's (as displayed on the Australian website www.bestsemester.com) claims - incorrectly - that "(h)is academic achievements include setting up a Research Centre for Theatre and South African theatre data base to support research. He also initiated and contributed to an internationally accredited publication, the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' (SATJ)"[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Herman-Pretorius/552493760]. Both these activities were in actual fact initiated by a former South African colleague.

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−	Herman Pretorius]] (1948-)is a voice artist, stage and radio actor, director and cabaret director, poet and dramatist.	+	[[Herman Pretorius]] (1948-) is a voice artist, stage and radio actor, director and cabaret director, poet and dramatist.

	(His name has on occasion been written '''Hermann''' Pretorius, as in the programme of the 1969 production of ''[[Die Pluimsaad Waai Vêr]]'')		(His name has on occasion been written '''Hermann''' Pretorius, as in the programme of the 1969 production of ''[[Die Pluimsaad Waai Vêr]]'')