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	[[Johan Nell]] (19**-1967) ) was a superb [[Afrikaans]] actor		[[Johan Nell]] (19**-1967) ) was a superb [[Afrikaans]] actor

−	(Note the spelling of first and last names: This actor not to be confused with the actor and voice artist [[Johann Nel]])	+	(Note the spelling of first and last names: This actor not to be confused with the actor and voice artist '''[[Johann Nel]]''')

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 Henry Eighth theatre programme, 1953.
 ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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 == Biography ==
-Born in ***, he was blessed with a fine physique, good looks, and a splendid and resonant voice. He was seen as the natural successor to [[André Huguenet]]. His life and career were ultimately destroyed by alcoholism.
+Born in ***, he was blessed with a fine physique, good looks, and a splendid and resonant voice. He was seen as the natural successor to [[André Huguenet]]. His life and career were ultimately destroyed by alcoholism. He died after an operation in March 1967.
 == Training ==

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	''[[The Climax\|Die Nagtegaal]]'' (1940s), ''[[Xmas Box]]'' (1949), ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' as Oedipus the King (1950), ''[[Macbeth]]'' in Afrikaans (as Macduff) in 1950, ''[[I Remember Mama\|Ek Onthou vir Mamma]]'' ([[NTO]] 1954), ''[[The Rainmaker]]'' (1956), ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1956), ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' ([[NTO]] 1961), ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1963), ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 1965), ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear ([[Maynardville]] 1966), ''[[The Queen and the Rebels\| Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' (1967).		''[[The Climax\|Die Nagtegaal]]'' (1940s), ''[[Xmas Box]]'' (1949), ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' as Oedipus the King (1950), ''[[Macbeth]]'' in Afrikaans (as Macduff) in 1950, ''[[I Remember Mama\|Ek Onthou vir Mamma]]'' ([[NTO]] 1954), ''[[The Rainmaker]]'' (1956), ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1956), ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' ([[NTO]] 1961), ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1963), ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 1965), ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear ([[Maynardville]] 1966), ''[[The Queen and the Rebels\| Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' (1967).

−	Performed in and directed [[[[The Witch]]]] ([[Labia Theatre]] 1951).	+	Performed in and directed ''[[The Witch]]'' ([[Labia Theatre]] 1951).

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	He also acted in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]''.		He also acted in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]''.
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		+	''[[The Climax\|Die Nagtegaal]]'' (1940s), ''[[Xmas Box]]'' (1949), ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' as Oedipus the King (1950), ''[[Macbeth]]'' in Afrikaans (as Macduff) in 1950, ''[[I Remember Mama\|Ek Onthou vir Mamma]]'' ([[NTO]] 1954), ''[[The Rainmaker]]'' (1956), ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1956), ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' ([[NTO]] 1961), ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1963), ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 1965), ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear ([[Maynardville]] 1966), ''[[The Queen and the Rebels\| Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' (1967).
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		+	Performed in and directed [[[[The Witch]]]] ([[Labia Theatre]] 1951).
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	Films include ''[[Die Skerpioen]]'' (1946) and ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' (1949).		Films include ''[[Die Skerpioen]]'' (1946) and ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' (1949).

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-In a career of fine performances included *** in ''[[By die ou Meulstroom]]'', ''[[Geleende Vere]]'' ****, ''[[Henry VIII]]''  (directed by [[Will Jamieson]], with  [[Johan Nell]] & [[Margaret Inglis]]), *** in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s  ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' ([[NTO]], 1961), ****. NELL, Johann. Performed in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' in 1946. Played the brooding Heathcliff opposite [[Elizabeth Renfield]]’s Cathy in 1946. Starred in ''[[The Witch]]'', staged by the [[Johannesburg Reps]] in 1948, together with [[Berdine Grunewald]], [[Sam Moss]] and [[Doreen Mantle]]. Starred in [[Leon Gluckman]]’s revue ''[[Xmas Box]]'' at the [[Library Theatre]] towards the end of 1949. [[Herbert Kretzmer]] composed five of the songs and the cast included [[Marjorie Gordon]]. He played the lead in ''[[Oedipus Rex|King Oedipus]]'' in 1950 in Johannesburg. Starred in an Afrikaans translation of [[John Van Druten]]’s ''[[I Remember Mama]]'' in 1954. It was directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and also starred [[Wena Naudé]] and [[Mathilde Hanekom]].
+In a career of fine performances included *** in ''[[By die ou Meulstroom]]'', ''[[ Absalom my Seun!]]'', ''[[Geleende Vere]]'' ****, ''[[Henry VIII]]''  (directed by [[Will Jamieson]], with  [[Johan Nell]] & [[Margaret Inglis]]), *** in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s  ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' ([[NTO]], 1961), ****. NELL, Johann. Performed in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' in 1946. Played the brooding Heathcliff opposite [[Elizabeth Renfield]]’s Cathy in 1946. Starred in ''[[The Witch]]'', staged by the [[Johannesburg Reps]] in 1948, together with [[Berdine Grunewald]], [[Sam Moss]] and [[Doreen Mantle]]. Starred in [[Leon Gluckman]]’s revue ''[[Xmas Box]]'' at the [[Library Theatre]] towards the end of 1949. [[Herbert Kretzmer]] composed five of the songs and the cast included [[Marjorie Gordon]]. He played the lead in ''[[Oedipus Rex|King Oedipus]]'' in 1950 in Johannesburg. Starred in an Afrikaans translation of [[John Van Druten]]’s ''[[I Remember Mama]]'' in 1954. It was directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and also starred [[Wena Naudé]] and [[Mathilde Hanekom]].
 He was seen as Anton Hegelmann in ''[[So praat die ou rivier]]'' ([[NTO]] 1954). Other roles for NTO include ''[[Hassan]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' and ''[[Iepekonders]]''.

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 He starred in [[Clive Hirschhorn]]’s ''[[A State of Innocence]]'' which was staged at the [[Library Theatre]] in 1960. [[Ruth Oppenheim]] directed and it also starred [[Marjorie Gordon]]. Performed in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''  together with [[Marda Vanne]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1961. [[Margaret Webster]] directed this play for the [[National Theatre]]. He starred in [[Toerien-Rubin Company]] production of [[James Ambrose Brown]]’s ''[[The Years of the Locust]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1966. It also starred [[Frank Shelley]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]]. NELL, Johan,   ''[[Henry VIII]]'', [[Will Jamieson]] (dir), [[Ronnie Davis]] & [[Margaret Inglis]].
-He also acted in [[Cyrano de Bergerac]].
+He also acted in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]''.
 Films include ''[[Die Skerpioen]]'' (1946) and ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' (1949).

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-(19**-1967) ) A superb Afrikaans actor, seen as the natural successor to [[André Huguenet]].
+[[Johan Nell]] (19**-1967) ) was a superb [[Afrikaans]] actor
 (Note the spelling of first and last names: This actor not to be confused with the actor and voice artist [[Johann Nel]])
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 == Biography ==
-Born in ***, he was blessed with a fine physique, good looks, and a splendid and resonant voice. His life and career were ultimately destroyed by alcoholism.
+Born in ***, he was blessed with a fine physique, good looks, and a splendid and resonant voice. He was seen as the natural successor to [[André Huguenet]]. His life and career were ultimately destroyed by alcoholism.
 == Training ==

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 == Career ==
-He started his career with Wena Naudé and André Huguenet and first started acting circa 1933.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 In a career of fine performances included *** in ''[[By die ou Meulstroom]]'', ''[[Geleende Vere]]'' ****, ''[[Henry VIII]]''  (directed by [[Will Jamieson]], with  [[Johan Nell]] & [[Margaret Inglis]]), *** in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s  ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' ([[NTO]], 1961), ****. NELL, Johann. Performed in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' in 1946. Played the brooding Heathcliff opposite [[Elizabeth Renfield]]’s Cathy in 1946. Starred in ''[[The Witch]]'', staged by the [[Johannesburg Reps]] in 1948, together with [[Berdine Grunewald]], [[Sam Moss]] and [[Doreen Mantle]]. Starred in [[Leon Gluckman]]’s revue ''[[Xmas Box]]'' at the [[Library Theatre]] towards the end of 1949. [[Herbert Kretzmer]] composed five of the songs and the cast included [[Marjorie Gordon]]. He played the lead in ''[[Oedipus Rex|King Oedipus]]'' in 1950 in Johannesburg. Starred in an Afrikaans translation of [[John Van Druten]]’s ''[[I Remember Mama]]'' in 1954. It was directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and also starred [[Wena Naudé]] and [[Mathilde Hanekom]].
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 He starred in [[Clive Hirschhorn]]’s ''[[A State of Innocence]]'' which was staged at the [[Library Theatre]] in 1960. [[Ruth Oppenheim]] directed and it also starred [[Marjorie Gordon]]. Performed in [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''  together with [[Marda Vanne]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1961. [[Margaret Webster]] directed this play for the [[National Theatre]]. He starred in [[Toerien-Rubin Company]] production of [[James Ambrose Brown]]’s ''[[The Years of the Locust]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1966. It also starred [[Frank Shelley]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]]. NELL, Johan,   ''[[Henry VIII]]'', [[Will Jamieson]] (dir), [[Ronnie Davis]] & [[Margaret Inglis]].
 Films include ''[[Die Skerpioen]]'' (1946) and ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' (1949).
 ==Awards==
 [[Three Leaf Arts Award]] for Best Supporting Actor, 1966, for his role in ''[[The Lower  Depths]]''.
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 == Sources ==
 ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969