John Rogers - Revision history

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 ===As director===
-John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Season's King]]'' (1978).
+John directed a number of plays, including:
-He adapted and directed ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' for [[PACT Playwork]] (1977).
+: ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' ([[Theatre Workshop Company]]),
-He directed ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl]]'' presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1981. He directed ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' ([[Roodepoort Civic Theatre]], 1985).
+: ''[[Candida]]'' ([[Theatre Workshop Company]])
 He has been involved in the training of young black directors such as [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] for film and television since the 1990s.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Performed in
 ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'' (1968),
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 He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977, ''[[Journey's End]]'' (1977), ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1977), ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978), ''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (1979) and in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981).
 John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Season's King]]'' (1978).
 He directed ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl]]'' presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1981. He directed ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' ([[Roodepoort Civic Theatre]], 1985).

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 John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Season's King]]'' (1978).
-He directed ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl]]'' presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1981.
+He directed ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl]]'' presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1981. He directed ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' ([[Roodepoort Civic Theatre]], 1985).
 He has been involved in the training of young black directors such as [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] for film and television since the 1990s.

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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
-''City Press'', 27 August 1995.
+''[[City Press]]'', 27 August 1995.
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 He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977, ''[[Journey's End]]'' (1977), ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1977), ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978), ''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (1979) and in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981).
-John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Seasons's King]]'' (1978).
+John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Season's King]]'' (1978).
 He directed ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl]]'' presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1981.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Performed in
 ''[[Misalliance]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1978),
 ''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (for Toerien/Firth in 1979),
 ''[[Ross]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1979),
 ''[[Bodies]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980),
-''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980)
+''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980).
-He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977, in ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978), and in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981).
+He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977, ''[[Journey's End]]'' (1977), ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1977), ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978), ''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (1979) and in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981).
 John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Seasons's King]]'' (1978).

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 === Career ===
-Worked with the National Theatre (1963), [[NAPAC]] (1965-1967) and [[PACT]] (from 1968).
+Worked with the National Theatre (1963), [[NAPAC]] (1965-1967) and [[PACT]] (from 1968). Since the 1990s he has been with Bateleur Films.
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 He directed ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl]]'' presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1981.
-He has been involved in the training of young black directors for film and television in the 1990s.
+He has been involved in the training of young black directors such as [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] for film and television since the 1990s.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977, in ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978), and in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981).		He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977, in ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978), and in ''[[Amadeus]]'' (1981).
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		+	Other productions include ''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (1979), ''[[Tinker's Curse]]'' (circa 1970), ''[[In the Bag]]'' (1968), ''[[Journey's End]]'' (1977), ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1977), ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'' (1968).

	John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Seasons's King]]'' (1978).		John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Seasons's King]]'' (1978).