Jeremy Taylor - Revision history

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 : ''[[Go for the Gap]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]].
-: Stoep to Konka (with [[Sandra Prinsloo]]) at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]]
+: ''[[Stoep to Konka]]'' (with [[Sandra Prinsloo]]) at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]]
 : ''[[Stuff]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]] and at the [[Arena]].

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 : ''[[Go for the Gap]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]].
 : ''[[Stuff]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]] and at the [[Arena]].
 : ''[[Stuff]]'' presented by [[Roger Leclercq]] at the [[Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre]] until a fire destroyed the venue and the show was moved to a restaurant next door and then the [[Intimate]].
 ===His albums===

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	The cast album of ''Wait a Minim'' was released by Decca, during which time Jeremy, together with co-stars Paul and Andrew Tracy, made an album ''Always Something New Out of South Africa'', a variety of musical styles intermingled with unusual African musical instruments.		The cast album of ''Wait a Minim'' was released by Decca, during which time Jeremy, together with co-stars Paul and Andrew Tracy, made an album ''Always Something New Out of South Africa'', a variety of musical styles intermingled with unusual African musical instruments.
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		+	'''For more information, see ''[[Wait a Minim]]'''''

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 ==Censorship in South Africa==
-Jeremy Taylor authored caustic songs that made fun of the South African suburban way of life; he enacted them with counterfeited accents and underlined his texts by making funny faces; his “The Ballad of the Southern Suburbs” (1961) was banned by the SABC because it included slang and mixed Afrikaans and English, and “Northern Side of Town” (1962) was banned as “insulting to the Afrikaner”
+Jeremy Taylor authored caustic songs that made fun of the South African suburban way of life; he enacted them with counterfeited accents and underlined his texts by making funny faces; his “The Ballad of the Southern Suburbs” (1961) was banned by the SABC because it included slang and mixed Afrikaans and English, and “Northern Side of Town” (1962) was banned as “insulting to the Afrikaner”.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-===''Wait a Minim'' and Eton===
+===''Wait a Minim'' ===
-''[[Wait a Minim]]'' (1961) is a music revue co-authored by Taylor with [[Andrew Tracey]] and [[Paul Tracey]]. The piece started out as some songs the musicians had written for two musical reviews that played in Johannesburg and in Rhodesia in 1961. It was first performed in its final form at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1962 and then toured the country for eleven months. 1962 saw Jeremy appearing in a second show ''[[Minim Bili]]'' (Zulu for Minim the second). The best items from the two shows were combined and the show, billed as '[[Wait a Minim]]'', moved to London, where it opened at the Fortune Theatre on April 9, 1964. The show then moved to Broadway, where it opened at the John Golden Theatre on 7 March 1966.
+''[[Wait a Minim]]'' (1961) is a music revue co-authored by Taylor with [[Andrew Tracey]] and [[Paul Tracey]]. The piece started out as some songs the musicians had written for two musical reviews that played in Johannesburg and in Rhodesia in 1961. It was first performed in its final form at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1962 and then toured the country for eleven months. 1962 saw Jeremy appearing in a second show ''[[Minim Bili]]'' (Zulu for Minim the second). The best items from the two shows were combined and the show, billed as ''[[Wait a Minim]]'', moved to London, where it opened at the Fortune Theatre on April 9, 1964. The show then moved to Broadway, where it opened at the John Golden Theatre on 7 March 1966.
 ===As actor===

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	===Work in the UK===		===Work in the UK===
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		+	Jeremy left ''[[Wait a Minim]]'' before it embarked on an American tour and for a short period taught English Language and Literature at Eton. His parting gesture for the pupils of Eton was a folk concert with Sydney Carter, which was recorded and released under the title of ''Live at Eton''.
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	He took to the folk circuit full time, released an album ''Jeremy Taylor, His Songs'' and in 1968 made regular appearances on BBC 2's late night line-up. His songs and humour prompted Granada Television to feature him in ''At Last It's Friday'', a weekly show based on topical news items. The shows were successful enough for ITV to commission a networked second series ''Psst''. The best items from the two series were later combined and released on an album ''Jeremy Taylor, More Of His Songs''. More television work followed; Anglia requested songs for their Survival documentary series; the BBC used songs for the ''Birds Eye View'' series and Granada used a composition called ''Campaign'' as a theme for a number of social investigatory programmes. Jeremy then secured his own ITV series ''Songs From The Two Brewers'', regarded as a shop window for Britain's folk artists. Together with John Wells, he also wrote the theme to Joan Littlewood's long-running production ''Mrs Wilson's Diary''.		He took to the folk circuit full time, released an album ''Jeremy Taylor, His Songs'' and in 1968 made regular appearances on BBC 2's late night line-up. His songs and humour prompted Granada Television to feature him in ''At Last It's Friday'', a weekly show based on topical news items. The shows were successful enough for ITV to commission a networked second series ''Psst''. The best items from the two series were later combined and released on an album ''Jeremy Taylor, More Of His Songs''. More television work followed; Anglia requested songs for their Survival documentary series; the BBC used songs for the ''Birds Eye View'' series and Granada used a composition called ''Campaign'' as a theme for a number of social investigatory programmes. Jeremy then secured his own ITV series ''Songs From The Two Brewers'', regarded as a shop window for Britain's folk artists. Together with John Wells, he also wrote the theme to Joan Littlewood's long-running production ''Mrs Wilson's Diary''.

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 ''[[Wait a Minim]]'' (1961) is a music revue co-authored by Taylor with [[Andrew Tracey]] and [[Paul Tracey]]. The piece started out as some songs the musicians had written for two musical reviews that played in Johannesburg and in Rhodesia in 1961. It was first performed in its final form at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1962 and then toured the country for eleven months. 1962 saw Jeremy appearing in a second show ''[[Minim Bili]]'' (Zulu for Minim the second). The best items from the two shows were combined and the show, billed as '[[Wait a Minim]]'', moved to London, where it opened at the Fortune Theatre on April 9, 1964. The show then moved to Broadway, where it opened at the John Golden Theatre on 7 March 1966. Jeremy left ''[[Wait a Minim]]'' before it embarked on an American tour and for a short period taught English Language and Literature at Eton. His parting gesture for the pupils of Eton was a folk concert with Sydney Carter, which was recorded and released under the title of ''Live at Eton''. The cast album of ''Wait a Minim'' was released by Decca, during which time Jeremy, together with co-stars Paul and Andrew Tracy, made an album ''Always Something New Out of South Africa'', a variety of musical styles intermingled with unusual African musical instruments.
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+===As actor===
 He starred in [[Robert Hewett]]’s ''[[Gulls]]'' which [[Keith Grenville]] directed in 1987/1988. He starred in [[Harold Brooke]] and [[Kay Bannerman]]’s ''[[The Earl and the Pussycat]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne]] in 1992.
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 * ''Done at a Flash''
 * ''Live at the Vic''
 * ''Live at the Festival of Perth''
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 ==Biography==
-Born in Newbury. Taylor was educated at Newbury Grammar School from which he attained an open scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, reading French and Italian. When he left England in 1959 to take up a teaching post in Johannesburg, his evenings were spent singing in coffee bars and writing short stories and plays.  At the suggestion of painter [[Harold Rubin]], Jeremy began to write songs and went on to compose ''[[Wait A Minim]]'' (see below). The show's success escalated following his debut record release 'Ag Pleez Daddy', which became a South African No. 1. When the review went on tour, he left his teaching job and for two years toured South Africa and Rhodesia and, when time permitted, undertook numerous late-night cabaret appearances. He went on to achieve world-wide recognition in a variety of guises ranging from becoming one of South Africa's most popular solo performers to successful concert partnerships with Spike Milligan with whom he spent much of 1974/1975 touring.
+Born in Newbury. Taylor was educated at Newbury Grammar School from which he attained an open scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, reading French and Italian. When he left England in 1959 to take up a teaching post in Johannesburg, his evenings were spent singing in coffee bars and writing short stories and plays.  At the suggestion of painter [[Harold Rubin]], Jeremy began to write songs and went on to compose ''[[Wait a Minim]]'' (see below). The show's success escalated following his debut record release 'Ag Pleez Daddy', which became a South African No. 1. When the review went on tour, he left his teaching job and for two years toured South Africa and Rhodesia and, when time permitted, undertook numerous late-night cabaret appearances. He went on to achieve world-wide recognition in a variety of guises ranging from becoming one of South Africa's most popular solo performers to successful concert partnerships with Spike Milligan with whom he spent much of 1974/1975 touring.
 ===Work in the UK===
 He took to the folk circuit full time, released an album ''Jeremy Taylor, His Songs'' and in 1968 made regular appearances on BBC 2's late night line-up. His songs and humour prompted Granada Television to feature him in ''At Last It's Friday'', a weekly show based on topical news items. The shows were successful enough for ITV to commission a networked second series ''Psst''. The best items from the two series were later combined and released on an album ''Jeremy Taylor, More Of His Songs''. More television work followed; Anglia requested songs for their Survival documentary series; the BBC used songs for the ''Birds Eye View'' series and Granada used a composition called ''Campaign'' as a theme for a number of social investigatory programmes. Jeremy then secured his own ITV series ''Songs From The Two Brewers'', regarded as a shop window for Britain's folk artists. Together with John Wells, he also wrote the theme to Joan Littlewood's long-running production ''Mrs Wilson's Diary''.
 Jeremy has made frequent return concert trips to South Africa but, on arrival in 1970, was refused entry and turned away at Johannesburg airport. Since then, however, he has kept his foot in Africa by touring Nairobi once a year where audiences, comments Jeremy, "are very sharp and always keep me on the boil".
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-'''Jeremy Taylor''' (1937- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor_%28singer%29] is an English-born folk singer and songwriter who has spent much of his life in South Africa.
+'''Jeremy Taylor''' (1937- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor_%28singer%29] is an English-born teacher, guitarist, folk singer, songwriter and actor.
-Co-author, with [[Andrew Tracey]] and [[Paul Tracey]], of ''[[Wait a Minim]]''
+==Biography==
-(19*-) Teacher, guitarist, singer and actor. ** Was one of the performers in [[Leon Gluckman]]’s revue, ''[[Wait a Minim!]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1962.  TAYLOR, Jeremy. Teacher, guitarist, singer and actor. ** He starred in [[Leon Gluckman]]’s revue, ''[[Wait a Minim!]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1962 with musicians [[Andrew]] and [[Paul Tracey]], and [[Kendrew Lascelles]]. [[Anthony Farmer]] was the set designer. They toured the country for eleven months, visiting Durban’s [[Alhambra]], Rhodesia, Cape Town, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth before returning to Johannesburg to play at the [[Alexander Theatre]] and the [[Colony]] in Hyde Park Hotel. [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Basil Rubin]] brought him, together with [[Russ Conway]] and the American crooner [[Dick Haymes]] back to the Civic in 1967. [[Des and Dawn Lindberg]] presented his ''[[Back in Town]]'' at the [[Arena]] in 1979. He staged his one-man show ''[[Stuff]]'' at the [[Arena]] in March 1983.  [[Roger Leclercq]] presented his ''[[Stuff]]'' at the [[Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre]] in 1984 until a fire destroyed the venue and the show was moved to a restaurant next door and then the [[Intimate]]. He starred in [[Robert Hewett]]’s ''[[Gulls]]'' which [[Keith Grenville]] directed in 1987/1988. He starred in [[Harold Brooke]] and [[Kay Bannerman]]’s ''[[The Earl and the Pussycat]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne]] in 1992.
+Born in Newbury. Taylor was educated at Newbury Grammar School from which he attained an open scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, reading French and Italian. When he left England in 1959 to take up a teaching post in Johannesburg, his evenings were spent singing in coffee bars and writing short stories and plays.  At the suggestion of painter [[Harold Rubin]], Jeremy began to write songs and went on to compose ''[[Wait A Minim]]'' (see below). The show's success escalated following his debut record release 'Ag Pleez Daddy', which became a South African No. 1. When the review went on tour, he left his teaching job and for two years toured South Africa and Rhodesia and, when time permitted, undertook numerous late-night cabaret appearances. He went on to achieve world-wide recognition in a variety of guises ranging from becoming one of South Africa's most popular solo performers to successful concert partnerships with Spike Milligan with whom he spent much of 1974/1975 touring.
-Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Go for the Gap]]'' (a solo show of Taylor in 1980): 'Humorist, satirist, social and political commentator, composer/singer of songs and writer of monologues and poems, Jeremy Taylor is all of these. He has achieved world-wide recognition in a variety of guises ranging from becoming one of South Africa's most popular solo performers to successful concert partnerships with Spike Milligan. Born in Newbury over 40 years ago, Taylor was educated at Newbury Grammar School from which he attained an open scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, reading French and Italian. When he left England in 1959 to take up a teaching post in Johannesburg, his evenings were spent singing in coffee bars and writing short stories and plays. At the suggestion of painter [[Harold Rubin]], Jeremy began to write songs and went on to compose ''[[Wait A Minim]]''. The show's success escalated following his debut record release 'Ag Pleez Daddy', which became a South African No. 1. When the review went on tour, he left his teaching job and for two years toured South Africa and Rhodesia and, when time permitted, undertook numerous late-night cabaret appearances. In 1961, he released a solo album 'Jeremy Taylor', which proved an outright success in spite of being banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. 1962 saw Jeremy appearing in a second show ''[[Minim Bili]]'' (Zulu for Minim the second), and in 1963, the best items from the two shows were combined and brought to London under the original title of ''[[Wait a Minim]]''.  The cast album was released by Decca, during which time Jeremy, together with co-stars Paul and Andrew Tracy, made an album ''Always Something New Out of South Africa'', a variety of musical styles intermingled with unusual African musical instruments. Jeremy left ''[[Wait a Minim]]'' before it embarked on an American tour and for a short period taught English Language and Literature at Eton. His parting gesture for the pupils of Eton was a folk concert with Sydney Carter, which was recorded and released under the title of ''Live at Eton''. He took to the folk circuit full time, released an album ''Jeremy Taylor, His Songs'' and in 1968 made regular appearances on BBC 2's late night line-up. His songs and humour prompted Granada Television to feature him in ''At Last It's Friday'', a weekly show based on topical news items. The shows were successful enough for ITV to commission a networked second series ''Psst''. The best items from the two series were later combined and released on an album ''Jeremy Taylor, More Of His Songs''. More television work followed; Anglia requested songs for their Survival documentary series; the BBC used songs for the ''Birds Eye View'' series and Granada used a composition called ''Campaign'' as a theme for a number of social investigatory programmes. Jeremy then secured his own ITV series ''Songs From The Two Brewers'', regarded as a shop window for Britain's folk artists. Together with John Wells, he also wrote the theme to Joan Littlewood's long-running production ''Mrs Wilson's Diary''. Jeremy has made frequent return concert trips to South Africa but, on arrival in 1970, was refused entry and turned away at Johannesburg airport. Since then, however, he has kept his foot in Africa by touring Nairobi once a year where audiences, comments Jeremy, "are very sharp and always keep me on the boil". He released an album, - ''Piece of Ground'', in 1972, a gentle and introspective folk album, and, in 1974, teamed up with Spike Milligan to release a hilarious double album titled ''An Adult Entertainment - Spike Milligan And Jeremy Taylor Live At Cambridge''. Much of 74/75 was spent touring with Milligan in a show which was described "an intimate communication between the audience, two lunatics and a rag doll". Following their partnership, he recorded two albums ''Jobsworth'' and ''Come to Blackpool''. The latter was a reflection on the "old timers" of Blackpool and featured recordings of residents' conversations, linking songs and backed by a full orchestra. His other albums included "Done at a Flash", "Live at the Vic", "Live at the Festival of Perth" and two new albums just released in South Africa. Jeremy's late night TV show for the BBC was enthusiastically received in London, and he has a variety series up for SABC TV. Jeremy appears to have found new roots in South Africa - and is busy with recording contracts, new stage shows and movie ideas.'
+===Work in the UK===
 : ''[[Go for the Gap]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]].
-: ''[[Stuff]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]].
+: ''[[Stuff]]'' was performed at the [[Baxter Concert Hall]] and at the [[Arena]].
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 [[Brian Barrow]] and  [[Yvonne Williams-Short]] (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''. Cape Town: The [[Baxter Theatre]].
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