James Ambrose Brown - Revision history

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His writing

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 He is also well known as a writer for stage and radio. He also wrote prolifically for children's theatre. His plays include:
 * ''[[They Seek the East Wind]]''/also known as ''[[Governor of the Black Rock]]'' (1953)
 * ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (1954)

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 He is also well known as a writer for stage and radio. He also wrote prolifically for children's theatre. His plays include:
-*  ''[[They Seek the East Wind]]''/also known as ''[[Governor of the Black Rock]]'' (1953)
+*  ''[[Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure]]'' (1950)
 * ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (1954)
 * ''[[The Circus Adventure]]'' (1955)

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 * ''Splendid Sunday'' (1956)
-* ''The Anthill'' (1958)/ retitled ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' (1962)
+* ''The Anthill'' (1958)/ retitled ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' (1960)
 * ''The Naked Blood'' (1961)
 * ''The Assassins'' (1965)
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 * ''Eagles strike: The campaigns of the South African Air Force in Egypt, Cyrenaica, Libya, Tunisia, Tripolitania and Madagascar, 1941-1943'' (1974)
 * ''The Snare'' (1975)
 * ''South African Science'' (1978)
 * ''South African Art'' (1978)
 * ''One man's war: A soldier's diary'' (1980)
 * ''Adrift'' (1981)
 * ''White Locusts'' (1983)
 * ''[[Danger Coast]]'' (1985)
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 * ''Archibald Abercrombie and the hieroglyphic typewriter'' (1987)
 * ''Seeds of Anger'' (1987)
 * ''The War of a Hundred Days, Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-41'' (1990)
 * ''Whirlpool'' (1990)
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 * ''Retreat to victory: A Springbok's diary in North Africa : Gazala to El Alamein 1942'' (1991)
 * ''A Year in a Cottage Garden'' (1997)
-* ''Journey to Seal Island'' (date unknown)
+* ''The Seed and the Harvest: The Story of St James Church 1968-1998'' (1998)
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 ===Film===
-One of his stories was used as the basis for [[Donald Swanson]]'s 1951 film, ''[[The Magic Garden]]''. His 1954 play, ''[[The Three Wishes]]'', was adapted for TV by [[Rex Tucker]] in 1954. His story was adapted as ''[[The Talking Cat]]'' for a TV film by [[Rex Tucker]] in 1956. He wrote the short film ''[[Zambezi]]'' (1960). His novel/play ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' was filmed by [[David Millin]] in 1964. His 1955 play, ''[[The Circus Adventure]]'' was filmed as ''[[Das Zirkusabenteuer]]'' (1970). He wrote the 1973 film, ''[[Aanslag op Kariba]]''. He wrote the 1975 film, ''[[Wing Commander]]''. He wrote the TV film ''[[Time and the Wood]]'' (released 1984). His novel ''[[Danger Coast]]'' was filmed as a TV mini series in 1995.
+One of his stories was used as the basis for [[Donald Swanson]]'s 1951 film, ''[[The Magic Garden]]''. His 1954 play, ''[[The Three Wishes]]'', was adapted for TV by [[Rex Tucker]] in 1954. His story was adapted as ''[[The Talking Cat]]'' for a TV film by [[Rex Tucker]] in 1956. He wrote the short film ''[[Zambezi]]'' (1960). His novel/play ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' was filmed by [[David Millin]] in 1964. His 1955 play, ''[[The Circus Adventure]]'' was filmed as ''[[Das Zirkusabenteuer]]'' (1970). He wrote the 1973 film, ''[[Aanslag op Kariba]]''. He wrote the 1975 film, ''[[Wing Commander]]''. His play ''[[Time and the Wood]]''  was filmed in 1984. His novel ''[[Danger Coast]]'' was filmed as a TV mini series in 1995.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 * ''Splendid Sunday'' (1956)
-* ''The Anthill'' (1958)/ retitled''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' (1962)
+* ''The Anthill'' (1958)/ retitled ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' (1962)
 * ''The Naked Blood'' (1961)
 * ''The Assassins'' (1965)

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	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988a. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]].		[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988a. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]].
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 * ''Adrift'' (1981)
 * ''White Locusts'' (1983)
-* ''Danger Coast'' (1985)
+* ''[[Danger Coast]]'' (1985)
 * ''100 Years of Mining Johannesburg Centenary'' (1986)
 * ''So Rich an Inheritance'' (1986)

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He is also well known as a writer for stage and radio. His plays include:
+He is also well known as a writer for stage and radio. He also wrote prolifically for children's theatre. His plays include:
 *  ''[[They Seek the East Wind]]''/also known as ''[[Governor of the Black Rock]]'' (1953)
 * ''[[Evening of Grand Guignol]]'' (1956)
 * ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' (1958)
- (also known as ''[[Governor of the Black Rock]]'', , ''[[The Years of the Locust]]''  (1966), ''[[Time and the Wood]]'', ''[[McCullough, or Travels with a Collapsible Woman]]'' (1979), ''[[The Siege of Nugget Street]]'' (1979), ''[[The Stairway]]'' ()**.
+===Film===
 One of his stories was used as the basis for [[Donald Swanson]]'s 1951 film, [[The Magic Garden]].
-Other  children’s plays include'' [[Mango Leaf Magic]]'', and ''[[The Coral King]]''.
+His novel/play ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' was filmed by [[David Millin]] in 1966.
 == Awards, etc ==