Johan Bernard - Revision history

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Bloemfontein, went to [[Grey College]], then went on to study drama at [[University of Cape Town]].
+Born in Bloemfontein, went to [[Grey College]], matriculating in 1962, then went on to study drama at [[University of Cape Town]].
 He passed away in Arlanc, France on Tuesday 11 September 2012.
 == Career ==

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 He passed away in Arlanc, France on Tuesday 11 September 2012.
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 At school he was involved in school plays and was in fact a key figure in a final year class (1962) that would produce  a number of individuals who would make a mark for themselves in the performing arts, among them the theatre practitioner [[Johan Geyser]], the journalists and critics [[John-Murray Viljoen]] and [[Braam Muller]], the theatre researcher, lecturer and playwright [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], and the playwright and script writer [[Kobus Louw]].

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Bloemfontein, went to [[Grey College]], and studied drama at [[University of Cape Town]].
+Born in Bloemfontein, went to [[Grey College]], then went on to study drama at [[University of Cape Town]].
 He passed away in Arlanc, France on Tuesday 11 September 2012.
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 === Career ===
 He had a short lived children's theatre company called [[Kindertoneel]], funded by his mother, in Port Elizabeth vicinity in 1968, the company including [[Johan Geyser]] (stage manager) and [[Lydia Theron]] (actress). After a stint as an actor for [[PACOFS]], he became the founder-lecturer of the Drama Department at the [[University of Zululand]] in 1978. He then returned to Bloemfontein to become Head of Drama at the performing arts council - [[PACOFS]], doing most of the works of Chekhov (except ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''), usually employing his former teacher [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] as director, before he left.

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 He had a short lived children's theatre company called [[Kindertoneel]], funded by his mother, in Port Elizabeth vicinity in 1968, the company including [[Johan Geyser]] (stage manager) and [[Lydia Theron]] (actress). After a stint as an actor for [[PACOFS]], he became the founder-lecturer of the Drama Department at the [[University of Zululand]] in 1978. He then returned to Bloemfontein to become Head of Drama at the performing arts council - [[PACOFS]], doing most of the works of Chekhov (except ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''), usually employing his former teacher [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] as director, before he left.
-From there moved to the [[SABC]] to become a television producer (''inter alia'' of such successful series as ''[[Konings]]'' ["Kings"] and ''[[Onder Engele]]'' ["Among Angels"]) and later head of Television Drama (19**-1999). He also made one film,  ''[['n Pot Vol inter]]'' (1992).
+From there moved to the [[SABC]] to become a television producer (''inter alia'' of such successful series as ''[[Konings]]'' ["Kings"] and ''[[Onder Engele]]'' ["Among Angels"]) and later head of Television Drama (19**-1999). He also made one film,  ''[['n Pot Vol Winter]]'' (1992).
 In 1999 he and [[Pierre Knoesen]] retired to France to found and run a successful guest house, ''Ma Cachette'', in Arlanc, Bernard acting a chef. He died there in 2012.

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 He had a short lived children's theatre company called [[Kindertoneel]], funded by his mother, in Port Elizabeth vicinity in 1968, the company including [[Johan Geyser]] (stage manager) and [[Lydia Theron]] (actress). After a stint as an actor for [[PACOFS]], he became the founder-lecturer of the Drama Department at the [[University of Zululand]] in 1978. He then returned to Bloemfontein to become Head of Drama at the performing arts council - [[PACOFS]], doing most of the works of Chekhov (except ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''), usually employing his former teacher [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] as director, before he left.
-From there moved to the [[SABC]] to become a television producer (''inter alia'' of such successful series as ''[[Konings]]'' ["Kings"] and ''[[Onder Engele]]'' ["Among Angels"]) and later head of Television Drama (19**-1999). He also made one film,  ''[[’n Pot vol winter]]'' (1992).
+From there moved to the [[SABC]] to become a television producer (''inter alia'' of such successful series as ''[[Konings]]'' ["Kings"] and ''[[Onder Engele]]'' ["Among Angels"]) and later head of Television Drama (19**-1999). He also made one film,  ''[['n Pot Vol inter]]'' (1992).
 In 1999 he and [[Pierre Knoesen]] retired to France to found and run a successful guest house, ''Ma Cachette'', in Arlanc, Bernard acting a chef. He died there in 2012.

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 From there moved to the [[SABC]] to become a television producer (''inter alia'' of such successful series as ''[[Konings]]'' ["Kings"] and ''[[Onder Engele]]'' ["Among Angels"]) and later head of Television Drama (19**-1999). He also made one film,  ''[[’n Pot vol winter]]'' (1992).
-In 1999 he and [[Pierre Knoesen]] retired to France to found and run a successful guest house, ''Ma Cachette'', in Arlanc. Bernard died there in **
+In 1999 he and [[Pierre Knoesen]] retired to France to found and run a successful guest house, ''Ma Cachette'', in Arlanc, Bernard acting a chef. He died there in 2012.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	He translated two children's plays into [[Afrikaans]], ''[[Pippi Langstrump]]'' (Lindström) as ''[[Pippi Langkous]]'') and ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (James Russel Brown) as ''[[Die Drie Wense]]''.		He translated two children's plays into [[Afrikaans]], ''[[Pippi Langstrump]]'' (Lindström) as ''[[Pippi Langkous]]'') and ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (James Russel Brown) as ''[[Die Drie Wense]]''.
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 He directed ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1975), ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1975), ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1973 and 1976) and the [[PACOFS]] production of ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', February 1978.
-He translated two children's plays into [[Afrikaans]], ''[[Pippi Langstrump]]'' (as ''[[Pippi Langkous]]'') and ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (James Russel Brown)  as  ''[[Die Drie Wense]]'' and directed them for
+He translated two children's plays into [[Afrikaans]], ''[[Pippi Langstrump]]'' (Lindström) as ''[[Pippi Langkous]]'') and ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (James Russel Brown)  as  ''[[Die Drie Wense]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==