Ken Leach - Revision history

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	[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997.		[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997.
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		+	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 He directed Neil Simon’s ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]''  for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1983, ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1983), ''[[Falstaff]]''  ([[CAPAB]], 1984), ''[[On the Razzle]]'' ([[CAPAB]], 1984),
-He directed ''[[Fangs]]'',  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''([[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985), ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1986).
+He directed ''[[Fangs]]'',  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''([[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985), ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (Rhodes University production, 1986).
 He directed ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' (1986), ''[[The Business of Murder]]'' (1986), ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in August 1986, [[Simon Gray]]’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in 1987.

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 Was the artistic director at the [[Arena Theatre]] (19**), and for the [[PACT]] English company for three years (19**- 19**).
-He joined [[CAPAB]] as actor, then moved to [[PACT]] as director in 19**, becoming the Artistic Director of the English Company of [[PACT]] in 197*-* and in 1978 the first Resident Director of the [[Baxter Theatre]]. In this year he shifted from theatre to become a TV director for the [[SABC]].
+He joined [[CAPAB]] as actor, then moved to [[PACT]] as director in 19**, becoming the Artistic Director of the English Company of [[PACT]] in 197*-* and in 1978 the first Resident Director of the [[Baxter Theatre]]. In this year he shifted from theatre to become a TV director for the [[SABC]]. In 1984 he was the principal officer of Capab Drama.
 In 1993 he became a director, later head director, for [[Frans Marx]]’s TV soap ''Egoli''. As actor worked for [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre (doing **), the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]],  [[CAPAB]]

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 Won Best Director in 1975 for ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
-Winner of a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] as best director for three productions in 1978,  ***
+Winner of a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] as best director (1979) for three productions in 1978.
 Awarded the first [[Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] for Drama in 1984.

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 === As Actor ===
-He starred in [[Francois Swart]]’s production of ''[[King John]]'' in 1970.
+He starred in ''[[Don't Let the Summer Come]]'' (1968), [[Francois Swart]]’s production of ''[[King John]]'' in 1970.
 He starred in Charles Marowitz’s ''[[A Macbeth]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre |Alexander]] in 1973.
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 Other productions include ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (1978), ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'' (Baxter 1978), ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'' (1978),
-''[[The Tempest]]'', [[Maynardville]], 1982.
+''[[The Tempest]]'', [[Maynardville]], 1982, ''[[Bedroom Farce]]'' (1982).
-He directed Neil Simon’s ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]''  for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1983, ''[[Falstaff]]''  ([[CAPAB]], 1984), ''[[On the Razzle]]'' ([[CAPAB]], 1984),
+He directed Neil Simon’s ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]''  for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1983, ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1983), ''[[Falstaff]]''  ([[CAPAB]], 1984), ''[[On the Razzle]]'' ([[CAPAB]], 1984),
-He directed ''[[Fangs]]'',  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''([[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985).
+He directed ''[[Fangs]]'',  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''([[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985), ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1986).
-He directed ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in August 1986, [[Simon Gray]]’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in 1987.
+He directed ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' (1986), ''[[The Business of Murder]]'' (1986), ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in August 1986, [[Simon Gray]]’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in 1987.
 Memorable productions were his TV versions of Shakespeare, such as  ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' (1982), ''Hamlet'' (198*) and ''The Merchant of Venice'' (198*).

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-TO BE EDITED
+=== As Actor ===
-He directed ''[[Fangs]]'',  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''([[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985). [[Megan Kruskal]], trained UCT, [[Glass Theatre]] with [[Tjaart Potgieter]] & [[Chris Pretorius]]. ''[[The Tempest]]'', [[Maynardville]]  - dir: Ken Leach.  ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' with [[Joe Stewardson]] (dir: Ken Leach),
+He starred in [[Francois Swart]]’s production of ''[[King John]]'' in 1970.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 Winner of a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] as best director for three productions in 1978,  ***
-Awarded the first [[Standard Bank Young Artist’s Award]] for Drama in 1984.
+Awarded the first [[Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] for Drama in 1984.
 == Sources ==

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-(****-****). Actor and director. Was the artistic director at the [[Arena Theatre]] (19**), and for the [[PACT]] English company for three years (19**- 19**). Won Best Director in 1975 for ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''. ([[SACD]] 1974) ([[SACD]] 1975/76) ([[SACD]] 1977/78)
+[[Ken Leach]] (19*-) Actor, director for stage and TV, artistic director.
 LEACH, Ken. He starred in [[Francois Swart]]’s production of ''[[King John]]'' in 1970. He directed Shakespeare’s ''[[Richard III]]'' for [[PACT]]/[[TRUK]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1972. He starred in Charles Marowitz’s ''[[A Macbeth]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre |Alexander]] in 1973. It also starred [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Billy Matthews]] and [[Molly Seftel]. His production of ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]'' with [[Leonie Hofmeyer]] and [[Bill Flynn]] was presented as the opening production of [[PACT]]’s [[Arena Theatre]] in 1975. He directed the[[PACT]] production of Miller’s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' starring [[Joe Stewardson]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[Bill Flynn]] and [[Richard Haines]] in 1975. He directed ''[[The Story of an African Farm]]'', adapted by [[André P. Brink]] from [[Olive Schreiner]]’s novel starring [[Annelisa Weiland]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]]  for [[PACT]] in 1975. He directed Feydeau’s [[A Flea in her Ear]] with [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Annelisa Weiland]] and [[Lesley Nott]], and [[Pieter Fourie]]’s ''[[Conspiracy]]'', starring [[Patrick Mynhardt]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1976. He directed Frank Wedekind’s ''[[Lulu plays]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Rosebank Arena]] in 1976. His production of the musical ''[[Fangs]]'' with [[Michael Richard]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Annelisa Weiland]], [[Lesley Nott]] and [[Bill Flynn]] was staged by [[PACT]] in 1977. He directed Neil Simon’s ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]'' starring [[Michael McCabe]] and [[Erica Rogers]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1983. He directed ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in August 1986. He directed [[Simon Gray]]’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in 1987. ***(Tucker, 1997)
-LEACH, Ken, ''[[Fangs]]'', (director) ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' – [[Richard Haines]] & [[Sandra Duncan]], set design: [[Penny Simpson]]; costume design:  [[James Parker]], [[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985. [[Megan Kruskal]], trained UCT, [[Glass Theatre]] with [[Tjaart Potgieter]] & [[Chris Pretorius]]. ''[[The Tempest]]'', [[Maynardville]]  - dir: Ken Leach.  ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' with [[Joe Stewardson]] (dir: Ken Leach), Awarded the first [[Standard Bank Young Artist’s Award]] for Drama in 1984.
+He directed ''[[Fangs]]'',  ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''([[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]],  Aug. 1985). [[Megan Kruskal]], trained UCT, [[Glass Theatre]] with [[Tjaart Potgieter]] & [[Chris Pretorius]]. ''[[The Tempest]]'', [[Maynardville]]  - dir: Ken Leach.  ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' with [[Joe Stewardson]] (dir: Ken Leach),
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+Winner of a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] as best director for three productions in 1978,  ***
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