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-[[J. Elwyn Davies|James Elwyn Davies]] (1909-). Teacher, active in amateur theatre.   Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]].
+[[J. Elwyn Davies|James Elwyn Davies]] (1909-1983). Teacher, active in amateur theatre.   Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]].
-== Biogarphy ==
+== Biography ==
-He was born in Klerksdorp in 1909, the son of a well-known Methodist minister. The young Elwyn Davies was singing leading roles in opera and oratorio in Pretoria and Johannesburg while still at school. He retired as principal of Athlone Boys' High School in Johannesburg after 40 years in teaching in December 1974.
+He was born in Klerksdorp in 1909, the son of a well-known Methodist minister. The young Elwyn Davies was singing leading roles in opera and oratorio in Pretoria and Johannesburg while still at school. Dr Davies matriculated at Pretoria Boys' High School and graduated at the Transvaal University College.  He retired as principal of Athlone Boys' High School in Johannesburg after 40 years in teaching in December 1974. He died at the age of 74 in June 1983.
 == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
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 In 1938 he directed ''[[The Mikado]]'' as the  first school musical production staged by Pretoria Boys High School[http://www.boyshigh.com/index.php?page=briefhistory] (under the name [[Elwyn Davies]]), and this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta would set the pattern at the school for decades to come.
 == Sources ==
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 E-mail correspondence form Stephan Borgehammar, 30 September 2022.
-''[[The Star]]'', ? December 1974.
+''[[The Star]]'', ? December 1974; 13 June 1983.
 Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 E-mail correspondence form Stephan Borgehammar, 30 September 2022.
-''[[The Star]]'', ? Decembeer 1974.
+''[[The Star]]'', ? December 1974.
 Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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		+	''[[The Star]]'', ? Decembeer 1974.

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-[[J. Elwyn Davies|James Elwyn Davies]] (1909-) was possibly a teacher and   Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]].
+[[J. Elwyn Davies|James Elwyn Davies]] (1909-). Teacher, active in amateur theatre.   Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]].
 == Biogarphy ==
-He was born in Klerksdorp in 1909, the son of a well-known Methodist minister. The young Elwyn Davies was singing leading roles in opera and oratorio in Pretoria and Johannesburg while still at school. He retired as principal of Athlone Boys' Hish School in Johannesburg after 40 years in teaching in December 1974.
+He was born in Klerksdorp in 1909, the son of a well-known Methodist minister. The young Elwyn Davies was singing leading roles in opera and oratorio in Pretoria and Johannesburg while still at school. He retired as principal of Athlone Boys' High School in Johannesburg after 40 years in teaching in December 1974.
 == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
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 http://www.boyshigh.com/index.php?page=briefhistory
 Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-[[J. Elwyn Davies]] (19**-) was possibly a teacher and an executive member of the an amateur theatre company in Pretoria, who became a member of the first working committee of the [[Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa]] ([[FATSSA]]) in 1937.  Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]]
+[[J. Elwyn Davies|James Elwyn Davies]] (1909-) was possibly a teacher and   Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]].
-In 1938 he directed ''[[The Mikado]]'' as the  first school musical production staged by Pretoria Boys High School[http://www.boyshigh.com/index.php?page=briefhistory] (under the name [[Elwyn Davies]]),  and this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta would set the pattern at the school for decades to come.
+== Biogarphy ==
 == Sources ==

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 [[J. Elwyn Davies]] (19**-) was a teacher and an executive member of the an amateur theatre company in Pretoria, who became a member of the first working committee of the [[Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa]] ([[FATSSA]]) in 1937.  Also known as [[Elwyn Davies]]
-In 1938 he directed ''[[The Mikado]]'' as the  first school musical production staged by [[Pretoria Boys High]],  and this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta would set the pattern at the school for decades to come.
+In 1938 he directed ''[[The Mikado]]'' as the  first school musical production staged by Pretoria Boys High School[http://www.boyshigh.com/index.php?page=briefhistory],  and this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta would set the pattern at the school for decades to come.
 == Sources ==

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 [[Phyllis Konya]], 1985.
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