James Whyle - Revision history

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Sources

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As an actor

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Training

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As an actor

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Sources

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Stage

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Theatre

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	''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985.		''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985.
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		+	[[Beeld]], 10 January 1985.

	http://www.jacana.co.za/58-jacana/author-pages/1655-james-whyle		http://www.jacana.co.za/58-jacana/author-pages/1655-james-whyle

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-(19**-) Actor, playwright, journalist, poet and novelist.
+[[James Whyle]] (1955-). Actor, playwright, journalist, poet and novelist.
 == Biography ==
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 His novels include ''The Art of War'' (2012 - Winner of the M-Net Literary Award for debut novel, 2013) and ''Walk'' (2013).
 == Sources ==
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 http://www.african-writing.com/whyle.htm
 == Return to ==

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 === As an actor ===
-''[[Outers]]'' (1985).
- a student he appeared in ''[[The Relapse]]'' (1974), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1975), ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (1976). He had roles in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981) ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' (1982), ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'' (1983), his own play ''[[National Madness]]'' (1983), ''[[Bicycle Riders]]'', ''[[Serpent's Mate]]'', ''[[True West]]'' (1983), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Rainshark]]'' (1991), an adaptation of ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (1995).
+As a student he appeared in ''[[The Relapse]]'' (1974), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1975), ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (1976). He had roles in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981) ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' (1982), ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'' (1983), his own play ''[[National Madness]]'' (1983), ''[[Bicycle Riders]]'', ''[[Serpent's Mate]]'', ''[[True West]]'' (1983), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Outers]]'' (1985), ''[[Rainshark]]'' (1991), an adaptation of ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (1995).
 ===As a director===

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 === Training ===
-He studied at the [[Rhodes University Drama department]] until 1976.
+He studied at the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] until 1976.
 === Career ===

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-(19**-) Actor, playwright, journalist and novelist.
+(19**-) Actor, playwright, journalist, poet and novelist.
 Grew up in the Amatole Mountains of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Conscripted into the apartheid army in 1980, he was discharged on the grounds of having "an immature personality with tendencies towards neurosis".
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 He is married with three children and lives in Johannesburg.
 == Acting career ==
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 === As an actor ===
 ''[[Outers]]'' (1985).
 ===As a director===
-Productions directed include ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[Take Away Shakespeare Company]], 1998),  ''[[Anthony and Cleopatra]]'' (??**)
+Productions directed include ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[Take Away Shakespeare Company]], 1998),  ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (1999).
 == Writing ==
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 == Sources ==
-''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 19**.
+''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985.
 http://www.jacana.co.za/58-jacana/author-pages/1655-james-whyle

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 His first play, ''[[National Madness]]'' , based on his experience in, and escaping from, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), was written in 1981 and performed at the Market Theatre and the Baxter Theatre  in the early eighties. It was published in a collection - [[Market Plays]] (edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 1986).
-His second play, [[Hellhound]], was an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III]]'' and was staged at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1992.
+His second play, ''[[Hellhound]]'', was an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III]]'' and was staged at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1992.
 Quoted from ''[[Outers]]'' programme notes wherein he played the role of Richard: 'Is the author of ''[[National Madness]]'', in which he appeared in [[The Laager]] at the [[Market Theatre]], where he was also seen in ''[[Serpent's Mate]]'' and recently in ''[[Bicycle  Riders]]''. Last year, he appeared in Cape Town in Sam Shepard's ''[[True West]]'' and in Steven Berkoff's ''[[West]]'', for which he received a Fleur du Cap Best Supporting Actor nomination. In review, he starred locally in a ''[[A Letter for Michael]]'' and ''[[Cultural Clap]]''. Was seen in [[The Company]]'s production of ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].'

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	His second play, [[Hellhound]], was an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III]]'' and was staged at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1992.		His second play, [[Hellhound]], was an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III]]'' and was staged at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1992.
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		+	Quoted from ''[[Outers]]'' programme notes wherein he played the role of Richard: 'Is the author of ''[[National Madness]]'', in which he appeared in [[The Laager]] at the [[Market Theatre]], where he was also seen in ''[[Serpent's Mate]]'' and recently in ''[[Bicycle Riders]]''. Last year, he appeared in Cape Town in Sam Shepard's ''[[True West]]'' and in Steven Berkoff's ''[[West]]'', for which he received a Fleur du Cap Best Supporting Actor nomination. In review, he starred locally in a ''[[A Letter for Michael]]'' and ''[[Cultural Clap]]''. Was seen in [[The Company]]'s production of ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].'

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