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 He opened the [[The Academy]] in November 1967 with the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]].
-Hymie dedicated the theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]]. In December Hymie, [[Yango John]] and [[Dave Levin]] imported [[Colin Welland]] and [[Basil Lord]] to star in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' by [[Ray Cooney]] and [[Tony Hilton]]. It was directed by [[Basil Lord]]. His [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]] obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. He brought [[Pesach Burstein]] and the Yiddish play ''[[Megilla]]'' to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. His [[Academy Theatre Productions]], [[Langford-Inglis]], and [[PACT]] collaborated to present [[Max Adrian]]’s one-man show of readings from [[George Bernard Shaw]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. Together with [[Langford-Inglis]] he revived the ''[[The Old Ladies]]'' with [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Bess Finney]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. At the [[Brooke Theatre]] the trio, in collaboration with [[Brian Brooke]], presented [[John Whiteley]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[The Au Pair Man]]'' that same year.
+Hymie dedicated the theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]]. In December Hymie, [[Yango John]] and [[Dave Levin]] imported [[Colin Welland]] and [[Basil Lord]] to star in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' by [[Ray Cooney]] and [[Tony Hilton]]. It was directed by [[Basil Lord]]. His Academy obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. He brought [[Pesach Burstein]] and the Yiddish play ''[[Megilla]]'' to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. His [[Academy Theatre Productions]], [[Langford-Inglis]], and [[PACT]] collaborated to present [[Max Adrian]]’s one-man show of readings from [[George Bernard Shaw]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. Together with [[Langford-Inglis]] he revived the ''[[The Old Ladies]]'' with [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Bess Finney]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. At the [[Brooke Theatre]] the trio, in collaboration with [[Brian Brooke]], presented [[John Whiteley]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[The Au Pair Man]]'' that same year.
 The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie and [[Sir Bernard Miles]] and presented by the [[Academy]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in November 1976 Hymie Udwin was the Executive director of [[Academy Theatre Productions]] (with [[Dave Levine]]) and founder of the [[Academy Theatre]].

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 He opened the [[The Academy]] in November 1967 with the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]].
-Hymie dedicated the theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]]. In December Hymie, [[Yango John]] and [[Dave Levin]] imported [[Colin Welland]] and [[Basil Lord]] to star in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' by [[Ray Cooney]] and [[Tony Hilton]]. It was directed by [[Basil Lord]]. His [[Academy]] obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. He brought [[Pesach Burstein]] and the Yiddish play ''[[Megilla]]'' to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. His [[Academy Theatre Productions]], [[Langford-Inglis]], and [[PACT]] collaborated to present [[Max Adrian]]’s one-man show of readings from [[George Bernard Shaw]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. Together with [[Langford-Inglis]] he revived the ''[[The Old Ladies]]'' with [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Bess Finney]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. At the [[Brooke Theatre]] the trio, in collaboration with [[Brian Brooke]], presented [[John Whiteley]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[The Au Pair Man]]'' that same year.
+Hymie dedicated the theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]]. In December Hymie, [[Yango John]] and [[Dave Levin]] imported [[Colin Welland]] and [[Basil Lord]] to star in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' by [[Ray Cooney]] and [[Tony Hilton]]. It was directed by [[Basil Lord]]. His [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]] obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. He brought [[Pesach Burstein]] and the Yiddish play ''[[Megilla]]'' to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. His [[Academy Theatre Productions]], [[Langford-Inglis]], and [[PACT]] collaborated to present [[Max Adrian]]’s one-man show of readings from [[George Bernard Shaw]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. Together with [[Langford-Inglis]] he revived the ''[[The Old Ladies]]'' with [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Bess Finney]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. At the [[Brooke Theatre]] the trio, in collaboration with [[Brian Brooke]], presented [[John Whiteley]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[The Au Pair Man]]'' that same year.
 The musical revue ''[[Cole]]'', based on the life of [[Cole Porter]] was a co-production between Hymie and [[Sir Bernard Miles]] and presented by the [[Academy]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in November 1976 Hymie Udwin was the Executive director of [[Academy Theatre Productions]] (with [[Dave Levine]]) and founder of the [[Academy Theatre]].

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 [[Hymie Udwin]] (12th December, 1911 - 11 December, 1998) was a theatrical impresario and agent.
-Born Hymie Samuel Udwin in Johannesburg, son of Solomon and Miriam Udwin. Educated at Jeppe High School. Served with the SA Ammunition Corps in East and North Africa. In 1959 he married Rene (?) with whom they had one son and one daughter.
+Born Hymie Samuel Udwin in Johannesburg, son of Solomon and Miriam Udwin. Educated at Jeppe High School. During the Second World War he served with the SA Ammunition Corps in East and North Africa. In 1959 he married Rene (?) with whom they had one son and one daughter.
 Died in Surrey, England.

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-[[Hymie Udwin]] (12th December, 1911 - 11 December, 1998) was a theatrical impresario and agent, in 1959 he married Rene (?) with whom they had one son and one daughter.
+[[Hymie Udwin]] (12th December, 1911 - 11 December, 1998) was a theatrical impresario and agent.
-Born Hymie Samuel Udwin in Johannesburg, son of Solomon and Miriam Udwin. Educated at Jeppe High School. Served with the SA Ammunition Corps in East and North Africa.
+Born Hymie Samuel Udwin in Johannesburg, son of Solomon and Miriam Udwin. Educated at Jeppe High School. Served with the SA Ammunition Corps in East and North Africa. In 1959 he married Rene (?) with whom they had one son and one daughter.
 Died in Surrey, England.

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-[[Hymie Udwin]] (1911 - 1998) was a theatrical impresario and agent.
+[[Hymie Udwin]] (12th December, 1911 - 11 December, 1998) was a theatrical impresario and agent, in 1959 he married Rene (?) with whom they had one son and one daughter.
-Born Hymie Samuel Udwin December 12, 1911 in Johannesburg
+Born Hymie Samuel Udwin in Johannesburg, son of Solomon and Miriam Udwin. Educated at Jeppe High School. Served with the SA Ammunition Corps in East and North Africa.
-Died on 11 December 11, 1998 on Surrey, England
+[[Hymie Udwin]] was an executive at [[African Consolidated Theatres]], who formed his own company, [[Theatre International]] in 1964, the year [[Elaine Perry]] came out to direct the Broadway comedy ''[[Never Too Late]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for his new company. . It starred American actors [[Nancy Coleman]], [[Roland Winters]], [[Helen Lewis]] and [[James Kirkwood]]. [[Theatre International]] acquired the rights for [[Stephen Sondheim]]’s musical ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', through [[Allen Whitehead]]. Udwin employed [[Mannie Manim]] as production and company manager, and [[Aubrey Louw]] was now general manager for [[Theatre International]]. [[Christopher Hewett]] directed this play starring [[Jack Harrold]], [[Joseph Corby]], [[William Le Messena]], [[Fran Stevens]] and [[Emory Bass]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1964. He formed a company call [[Phoenix Interworld]] in partnership with [[Yango John]] in 1967. At this stage [[Theatre International]] had gone out of business.
 He opened the [[The Academy]] in November 1967 with the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]].
-Hymie dedicated the theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]]. In December Hymie, [[Yango John]] and [[Dave Levin]] imported [[Colin Welland]] and [[Basil Lord]] to star in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' by [[Ray Cooney]] and [[Tony Hilton]]. It was directed by [[Basil Lord]]. His [[Academy]] obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. He brought [[Pesach Burstein]] and the Yiddish play ''[[Megilla]]''  to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. His [[Academy Theatre Productions]], [[Langford-Inglis]], and [[PACT]] collaborated to present [[Max Adrian]]’s one-man show of readings from [[George Bernard Shaw]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. Together with [[Langford-Inglis]] he revived the ''[[The Old Ladies]]'' with [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Bess Finney]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. At the [[Brooke Theatre]] the trio, in collaboration with [[Brian Brooke]], presented [[John Whiteley]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[The Au Pair Man]]'' that same year.
+Hymie dedicated the theatre to the staging of farce and renamed it the [[Academy Theatre of Laughter]]. In December Hymie, [[Yango John]] and [[Dave Levin]] imported [[Colin Welland]] and [[Basil Lord]] to star in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' by [[Ray Cooney]] and [[Tony Hilton]]. It was directed by [[Basil Lord]]. His [[Academy]] obtained the rights to ''[[West Side Story]]'' and it was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1970. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burns]] and [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]] and [[Keith Galloway]]. [[Kip Andrews]] directed and choreographed while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design. [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director, [[Joy Raphael]] oversaw public relations and [[Lorraine Jaffit-Greenberg]] acted as production secretary. It later moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] before leaving for Cape Town. He brought [[Pesach Burstein]] and the Yiddish play ''[[Megilla]]'' to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. His [[Academy Theatre Productions]], [[Langford-Inglis]], and [[PACT]] collaborated to present [[Max Adrian]]’s one-man show of readings from [[George Bernard Shaw]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. Together with [[Langford-Inglis]] he revived the ''[[The Old Ladies]]'' with [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Zoë Randall]] and [[Bess Finney]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1971. At the [[Brooke Theatre]] the trio, in collaboration with [[Brian Brooke]], presented [[John Whiteley]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[The Au Pair Man]]'' that same year.
 He became Ray Cooney's right hand man (agent?) in England.
 == Sources ==
 https://www.geni.com/people/Hymie-Udwin/6000000000093386625

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 Died on 11 December 11, 1998 on Surrey, England
-An executive at [[African Consolidated Theatres]], who formed his own company, [[Theatre International]]. [[Elaine Perry]] direct the Broadway comedy ''[[Never Too Late]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for his [[Theatre International]] in 1946. It starred American actors [[Nancy Coleman]], [[Roland Winters]], [[Helen Lewis]] and [[James Kirkwood]]. [[Theatre International]] acquired the rights for [[Stephen Sondheim]]’s musical ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', through [[Allen Whitehead]]. Udwin employed [[Mannie Manim]] as production and company manager, and [[Aubrey Louw]] was now general manager for [[Theatre International]]. [[Christopher Hewett]] directed this play starring [[Jack Harrold]], [[Joseph Corby]], [[William Le Messena]], [[Fran Stevens]] and [[Emory Bass]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1964. He formed a company call [[Phoenix Interworld]] in partnership with [[Yango John]] in 1967. At this stage [[Theatre International]] had gone out of business.
+An executive at [[African Consolidated Theatres]], who formed his own company, [[Theatre International]] in 1964, the year [[Elaine Perry]] came out to direct the Broadway comedy ''[[Never Too Late]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for his new company. . It starred American actors [[Nancy Coleman]], [[Roland Winters]], [[Helen Lewis]] and [[James Kirkwood]]. [[Theatre International]] acquired the rights for [[Stephen Sondheim]]’s musical ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', through [[Allen Whitehead]]. Udwin employed [[Mannie Manim]] as production and company manager, and [[Aubrey Louw]] was now general manager for [[Theatre International]]. [[Christopher Hewett]] directed this play starring [[Jack Harrold]], [[Joseph Corby]], [[William Le Messena]], [[Fran Stevens]] and [[Emory Bass]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1964. He formed a company call [[Phoenix Interworld]] in partnership with [[Yango John]] in 1967. At this stage [[Theatre International]] had gone out of business.
 He opened the [[The Academy]] in November 1967 with the American comedy ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]].

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	An executive at [[African Consolidated Theatres]], who formed his own company, [[Theatre International]]. [[Elaine Perry]] direct the Broadway comedy ''[[Never Too Late]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for his [[Theatre International]] in 1946. It starred American actors [[Nancy Coleman]], [[Roland Winters]], [[Helen Lewis]] and [[James Kirkwood]]. [[Theatre International]] acquired the rights for [[Stephen Sondheim]]’s musical ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', through [[Allen Whitehead]]. Udwin employed [[Mannie Manim]] as production and company manager, and [[Aubrey Louw]] was now general manager for [[Theatre International]]. [[Christopher Hewett]] directed this play starring [[Jack Harrold]], [[Joseph Corby]], [[William Le Messena]], [[Fran Stevens]] and [[Emory Bass]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1964. He formed a company call [[Phoenix Interworld]] in partnership with [[Yango John]] in 1967. At this stage [[Theatre International]] had gone out of business.		An executive at [[African Consolidated Theatres]], who formed his own company, [[Theatre International]]. [[Elaine Perry]] direct the Broadway comedy ''[[Never Too Late]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for his [[Theatre International]] in 1946. It starred American actors [[Nancy Coleman]], [[Roland Winters]], [[Helen Lewis]] and [[James Kirkwood]]. [[Theatre International]] acquired the rights for [[Stephen Sondheim]]’s musical ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', through [[Allen Whitehead]]. Udwin employed [[Mannie Manim]] as production and company manager, and [[Aubrey Louw]] was now general manager for [[Theatre International]]. [[Christopher Hewett]] directed this play starring [[Jack Harrold]], [[Joseph Corby]], [[William Le Messena]], [[Fran Stevens]] and [[Emory Bass]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1964. He formed a company call [[Phoenix Interworld]] in partnership with [[Yango John]] in 1967. At this stage [[Theatre International]] had gone out of business.

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 == Sources ==
-Tucker, 1997
 Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux Burstein. 2003. ''What a Life!: The Autobiography of Pesach'ke Burstein, Yiddish Matinee Idol'', Syracuse University Press: p. 298[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=K3n4RK2nwOYC&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=Hymie+Udwin&source=bl&ots=U5qAZO4UBV&sig=Tb8J3cHfV-sD-wstLIKlaF8agIU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDyquqzMHTAhUnLMAKHf5TBg8Q6AEIPTAG#v=onepage&q=Hymie%20Udwin&f=false]
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