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[[Jerzy Grotowski]]. (19**-) Hugely influential Polish director and theorist.

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
His ideas about the actor and the art of training the performer influenced a large number of South African performers in the 1970-1990 period, reinforced by the work of [[Peter Brook]] and others **** Many directors and training schools sought to emulate his improvisational laboratory approach and the stripped down style of his theatre after reading his influential essays in ''Towards a Poor Theatre'' (19**). One aknowledged, and commanding, influence was on [[Athol Fugard]], for it led him directly to the initial experimental work which would produce ''[[The Coat]]'', ''[[The Island]]'', ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' and finally ''[[Orestes]]'' (which, in its turn, led to the founding of [[Space Theatre]] and its legacy of experimental theatre.) The notion of “poor theatre” became a fundamental one in South African theatre from the 1970s, though perhaps a little differently interpreted than either Brook or Grotowsky meant.

== Sources ==
Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with Athol Fugard. ''English in Africa'', 41(2):115-144.Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 115-144, 2014.

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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with [[Athol Fugard]]. ''''English in Africa'''', 41(2):115-144.
-[[Jerzy Grotowsky]]. 1969. ''Towards A Poor Theatre''. London, [[Methuen]].
+[[Jerzy Grotowski]]. 1969. ''Towards A Poor Theatre''. London, [[Methuen]].
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 == Sources ==
-Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with [[Athol Fugard]]. ''English in Africa'', 41(2):115-144.
+Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with [[Athol Fugard]]. ''''English in Africa'''', 41(2):115-144.
 Return to [[ESAT Personalities G]]

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−	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with Athol Fugard. ''English in Africa'', 41(2):115-144~~.Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 115-144, 2014~~.	+	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with [[Athol Fugard]]. ''English in Africa'', 41(2):115-144.

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 [[Jerzy Grotowski]]. (19**-) Hugely influential Polish director and theorist.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 His ideas about the actor and the art of training the performer influenced a large number of South African performers in the 1970-1990 period, reinforced by the work of [[Peter Brook]] and others **** Many directors and training schools sought to emulate his improvisational laboratory approach and the stripped down style of his theatre after reading his influential essays in ''Towards a Poor Theatre'' (19**). One aknowledged, and commanding, influence was on [[Athol Fugard]], for it led him directly to the initial experimental work which would produce ''[[The Coat]]'', ''[[The Island]]'', ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' and finally ''[[Orestes]]'' (which, in its turn, led to the founding of [[Space Theatre]] and its legacy of experimental theatre.) The notion of “poor theatre” became a fundamental one in South African theatre from the 1970s, though perhaps a little differently interpreted than either Brook or Grotowski meant.