Janet Suzman - Revision history

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	As a student she played Calpurnia in ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', directed by [[John Boulter]] for the Wits [[University Players]] in 1957.		As a student she played Calpurnia in ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', directed by [[John Boulter]] for the Wits [[University Players]] in 1957.
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	In 1970 she returned to the country to perform the one-woman piece ''[[An Agreeable Blunder]]'' in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The production was also staged in Durban by [[TECON]].		In 1970 she returned to the country to perform the one-woman piece ''[[An Agreeable Blunder]]'' in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The production was also staged in Durban by [[TECON]].

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−	'''Janet Suzman''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Suzman]. (1939-). Internationally renowned actress, director and playwright.	+	'''Dame Janet Suzman''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Suzman]. (1939-). Internationally renowned actress, director and playwright.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 Winner of numerous awards, including two Evening Standard Best Actress Awards in Britain. She has received honorary D.Litt degrees from a number of British universities.
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	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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		+	https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2013-07-12-solomon-and-marion-opens-at-baxter-ahead-of-edinburgh-festival

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	She directed [[The Good Woman of Sharkville]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in July 1996, with a text which adapted by herself and [[Gcina Mhlope]] .		She directed [[The Good Woman of Sharkville]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in July 1996, with a text which adapted by herself and [[Gcina Mhlope]] .
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		+	She appeared in ''[[Solomon and Marion]]'' (2013).

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	Stuart Jeffries 2011. "The Saturday Interview: Janet Suzman", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 26 August, 2011.[https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/aug/20/janet-suzman-actor-saturday-interview]		Stuart Jeffries 2011. "The Saturday Interview: Janet Suzman", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 26 August, 2011.[https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/aug/20/janet-suzman-actor-saturday-interview]
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		+	https://gldc.ukzn.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Graphic-vol.20-no.13-27-November-1970.pdf

	[[Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].		[[Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].

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 == Biography ==
-Born in South Africa 9 February 1939 and was brought up in Natal by her father, Saul, a wealthy tobacco importer. The influential theatrical figure [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] and the redoubtable politician Helen Suzman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Suzman]  were her aunts. She studied at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and in 1959, she emigrated to England, where she went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
+Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 9 February 1939,  the daughter of Betty (née Sonnenberg) and Saul Suzman, a wealthy tobacco importer. (The influential theatrical figure [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] and the redoubtable politician Helen Suzman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Suzman]  were her aunts.)
 Her first stage appearance was to be in ''[[Billy Liar]]'' in Ipswich on 30 April 1962. Spotted later the same year at the Library Theatre in Manchester, she was recruited by the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] for ''[[The Wars of the Roses]]'', becoming a highly regarded member of the ensemble. She went on from there to play a number of great Shakespearean roles during the 60s and 70s, among them "Kate" in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', "Portia" in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and "Ophelia" in ''[[Hamlet]]''.

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−	In 1970 she returned to the country to perform the one-woman piece ''[[An Agreeable Blunder]]''.	+	In 1970 she returned to the country to perform the one-woman piece ''[[An Agreeable Blunder]]'' in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The production was also staged in Durban by [[TECON]].

	Her continued association with South African theatre came through her close involvement with [[Barney Simon]] and [[Mannie Manim]], as a patron and supporter of the [[Market Theatre]]. She appeared in the 1974 fund raising production for [[The Company]] and the opening production of the [[Market Theatre]] (1976), then – because she strongly supported the cultural boycott - she only returned to the country a decade later, when changes had begun to occur. She directed ''[[Othello]]'' with [[John Kani]], [[Richard Haines]] and [[Joanna Weinberg]] at the [[Market Theatre\|Market]] in 1986. In 2005 she returned once more to direct ''[[Hamlet]]'' for The [[Baxter Theatre]] and the [[National Arts Festival]] (with [[Rajesh Gopie]], [[John Kani]] and [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]]).		Her continued association with South African theatre came through her close involvement with [[Barney Simon]] and [[Mannie Manim]], as a patron and supporter of the [[Market Theatre]]. She appeared in the 1974 fund raising production for [[The Company]] and the opening production of the [[Market Theatre]] (1976), then – because she strongly supported the cultural boycott - she only returned to the country a decade later, when changes had begun to occur. She directed ''[[Othello]]'' with [[John Kani]], [[Richard Haines]] and [[Joanna Weinberg]] at the [[Market Theatre\|Market]] in 1986. In 2005 she returned once more to direct ''[[Hamlet]]'' for The [[Baxter Theatre]] and the [[National Arts Festival]] (with [[Rajesh Gopie]], [[John Kani]] and [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]]).

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 As a student she played Calpurnia in ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', directed by [[John Boulter]] for the Wits [[University Players]] in 1957.
-Her association with South African theatre came through her close involvement as patron ans supporter of the [[Market Theatre]] and her association with its directors [[Barney Simon]] and [[Mannie Manim]]. She appeared in the 1974 fund raising production for [[The Company]] and the opening production of the [[Market Theatre]] (1976), then – because she strongly supported the cultural boycott - she only returned to the country a decade later, when changes had begun to occur. She directed ''[[Othello]]'' with [[John Kani]], [[Richard Haines]] and [[Joanna Weinberg]] at the [[Market Theatre|Market]] in 1986. In 2005 she returned once more to direct ''[[Hamlet]]'' for The [[Baxter Theatre]] and the [[National Arts Festival]] (with [[Rajesh Gopie]], [[John Kani]] and [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]]).
 As dramatist she has written and directed South Africanised versions of Brecht’s ''[[Der gute Mensch von Sezuan|The Good Person of Sezuan]]'' (entitled ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'') and Chekhov’s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (entitled ''[[The Free State]]'') in 1998.

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-She married director Trevor Nunn[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn] in 1969, but by 1984 the marriage had collapsed. They have one son, Joshua.
+She married director Trevor Nunn[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn] in 1969, but by 1984 the marriage had collapsed and they divorced in 1986. They have one son, Joshua.
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