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−	'''Matthew Pamm''' (1914-79) was the theatre, ballet, film (and occasionally music) critic of the daily newspaper [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)	+	'''Matthew Pamm''' (1914-79) was the theatre, ballet, film (and occasionally music) critic of the daily newspaper [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s and 50s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)

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−	'''Matthew Pamm''' (1914-79) was the theatre, ballet, film (and occasionally music) critic of the daily ~~newswpaper~~ [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)	+	'''Matthew Pamm''' (1914-79) was the theatre, ballet, film (and occasionally music) critic of the daily newspaper [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)

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−	(1914-79) ~~Theatre~~ , ballet , film and occasionally music critic of the [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)	+	'''Matthew Pamm''' (1914-79) was the theatre, ballet, film (and occasionally music) critic of the daily newswpaper [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)

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 == Criticism and the promotion of the arts ==
-His reviews of performances and films were subject to the constraints of  writing for a general daily newspaper and not a specialised publication. He was very conscious of the general level of theatrical literacy of his readership, and the need for his writings to be intelligible to , and adequately  inform , the "woman on the Kloof Street bus".
+His reviews of performances and films were subject to the constraints of  writing for a general daily newspaper and not a specialised publication. He was very conscious of the general level of theatrical literacy of his readership, and the need for his writings to be intelligible to , and adequately  inform , the "woman on the Kloof Street bus". In the words of [[Eve Borland]] "He was known for the literacy of his reviews and for his natural feel for good taste , artistry and quality " ([[Cape Times]] Obituary: Matthew Pamm, 1979).
 During his journalistic career he had contact  with a  variety of Capetonian arts  organisations whose gratitude he earned by his efforts to assist with , and promote their endeavours   through his position in the press . These include the [[Cape Town Ballet Club]] ( the forerunner of [[CAPAB]] Ballet ).
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 In 1944-45 he attempted ( initially in partnership with Neville H. Romain and thereafter on his own, when Romain pulled out of the venture in favour of safer paid employment)  to found and publish a monthly magazine ( to have been titled the "South African Arts Review"), a journal devoted to the advancement of the Arts and Creative Writing in South Africa. Unfortunately, despite receiving the recommendations and support of various prominent persona, this venture did not get off the ground due to wartime paper rationing and the refusal of a government paper usage permit due to uncertainties of paper supplies at the time.
 In 1951 he contributed  a chapter  entitled "Ballet visits South Africa" (pp 16-27) to ''Ballet in South Africa'' (edited by John Worrall and published in 1951 with a foreword by Anton Dolin.).
 == Creative work ==

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	(1914-79) Theatre , ballet , film and occasionally music critic of the [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)		(1914-79) Theatre , ballet , film and occasionally music critic of the [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)
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		+	== Biography ==
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	He was born in Cape Town to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. A second cousin of his was the ballerina [[Phyllis Spira]].		He was born in Cape Town to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. A second cousin of his was the ballerina [[Phyllis Spira]].

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-(1914-79)  Theatre , ballet , film and occasionally music critic of the [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time.
+(1914-79)  Theatre , ballet , film and occasionally music critic of the [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time. (He had apparently felt obliged to insert the "S" to avoid confusion with another writer who also used the initials "MP" as his pen name)
 He was born in Cape Town to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. A second cousin of his was the ballerina [[Phyllis Spira]].
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 After having volunteered for World War Two military service in early 1940 and having been found medically unfit for military duties, he engaged in a journalistic career with the [[Cape Times]] from 1941 to 1953, during which time he was their ballet , theatre , film and music critic,  and would also a from time to time locum for the Entertainments Editor. As his circumstances did not permit of a fulltime University Degree education in Literature and the Performing Arts, he was entirely self educated in these spheres.
-By 1953 his  personal and family circumstances had changed to such a degree, ''inter alia''  with marriage and the birth of his two children, that he left journalism entirely, to enter into a fulltime occupation in commerce and industry.  [Possiblly just a line or two to explain what this new career entailed??]
+By 1953 his  personal and family circumstances had changed to such a degree, ''inter alia''  with marriage and the birth of his two children, that he left journalism entirely, to enter into a fulltime occupation in commerce and industry,  becoming a manufacturers' representative and then a Director of the "Hellas" and "Tavetta" clothing manufacturing firms.
 == Criticism and the promotion of the arts ==
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 Of great importance to researchers is a collection of Matthew Pamm’s  critical writing for the Cape Times, was been edited by his son Anthony Pamm (with help from Mrs Joan Pamm and Mrs Marjorie Evelyn Gregory)  and was donated to the South African Library in Cape Town by the Pamm family. (It originally appeared in their catalogue under Clippings References 09551 and 09552.)  The original cuttings were then presented  to the [[Centre for South African Theatre Research]] ([[CESAT]])  at  the [[Human Sciences Research Council]]  by the Pamm Family  and were catalogued by them under Reference 1000 / 1-6.
-Matthew Pamm also retained all the programmes of performances that he had seen and thesewere given  to [[Percy Tucker]]  to use in writing his book on South African theatre, and later to be entrusted to the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grahamstown.
+Matthew Pamm also retained all the programmes of performances that he had seen and these were sold to [[Percy Tucker]], who indicated that they would later be entrusted to the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grahamstown.
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 A biography written by Anthony Pamm , Cape Town , January 2014 ( an extract from a fuller biography covering his entire life experience.)
-Obituary: Matthew Pamm   ([[Cape Times]], 1979) [details?]
+''Who's Who of Southern Africa'' ,  1966 Edition , page 661.
-Obituary: Matthew Pamm   ([[The Argus]], 1979) [details?]
+Obituary: Matthew Pamm , [[Cape Times]], 5 November, 1979 and 6 November, 1979 (the latter a correction of an incorrect photograph that was published on 5 November )
 E-mail correspondence [[Brent Meersman]] 06 January 2014 11:18 AM

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 (1914-79)  Theatre , ballet , film and occasionally music critic of the [[Cape Times]] in the 1940s. He wrote under the pseudonym [[MP]] or [[MSP]], a common practice at the time.
-He was born in Cape Town to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. After having volunteered for World War Two military service in early 1940 and having been found medically unfit for military duties, he engaged in a journalistic career with the " Cape Times " from 1941 to 1953 , during which time he was their Ballet , Theatre , Film and Music Critic and also a from time to time locum for the Entertainments Editor. As his circumstances did not permit of a fulltime University Degree education in Literature and the Performing Arts, he was entirely self educated in these spheres.
+He was born in Cape Town to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. A second cousin of his was [[Phyllis Spira]].
-By 1953 his  personal  family circumstances had changed to such a degree, inter alia  with marriage and the birth of two children, that he left journalism entirely, to enter into a fulltime occupation in commerce and industry.  [Possiblly just a line or two to explain what this new career entailed??]
+After having volunteered for World War Two military service in early 1940 and having been found medically unfit for military duties, he engaged in a journalistic career with the [[Cape Times]] from 1941 to 1953, during which time he was their ballet , theatre , film and music critic,  and would also a from time to time locum for the Entertainments Editor. As his circumstances did not permit of a fulltime University Degree education in Literature and the Performing Arts, he was entirely self educated in these spheres.
 == Criticism and the promotion of the arts ==
-His reviews of performances and films were subject to the constraints of  writing for a general daily newspaper and not a specialised publication. He was very conscious of the general level of theatrical literacy of his readership, and the need for his writings to be intelligible to , and adequately  inform , the " woman on the Kloof Street bus".
+His reviews of performances and films were subject to the constraints of  writing for a general daily newspaper and not a specialised publication. He was very conscious of the general level of theatrical literacy of his readership, and the need for his writings to be intelligible to , and adequately  inform , the "woman on the Kloof Street bus".
-During his journalistic career he had contact  with a  variety of Capetonian arts  organisations whose gratitude he earned by his efforts to assist with , and promote their endeavours   through his position in the press . These include the Cape Town Ballet Club ( the forerunner of CAPAB Ballet ) ,
+During his journalistic career he had contact  with a  variety of Capetonian arts  organisations whose gratitude he earned by his efforts to assist with , and promote their endeavours   through his position in the press . These include the [[Cape Town Ballet Club]] ( the forerunner of [[CAPAB]] Ballet ).
 He also befriended and sought to foster upcoming younger talent  in the field of criticism where possible.
-In 1944-45 he attempted ( initially in partnership with Neville H.Romain and thereafter on his own  when Romain pulled out of the venture in favour of safer paid employment )  to found and publish a monthly magazine ( to be entitled the "South African Arts Review ")  to be devoted to the furtherence of the Arts and Creative Writing in South Africa. Unfortunately, despite receiving the recommendations and support of various prominent persona, this venture did not get off the ground due to wartime paper rationing and the refusal of a government paper usage permit due to uncertainties of paper supplies at the time.
+In 1944-45 he attempted ( initially in partnership with Neville H. Romain and thereafter on his own, when Romain pulled out of the venture in favour of safer paid employment)  to found and publish a monthly magazine ( to have been titled the "South African Arts Review"), a journal devoted to the advancement of the Arts and Creative Writing in South Africa. Unfortunately, despite receiving the recommendations and support of various prominent persona, this venture did not get off the ground due to wartime paper rationing and the refusal of a government paper usage permit due to uncertainties of paper supplies at the time.
-In 1951 he contributed  a chapter  entitled " Ballet visits South Africa " (pp 16-27) to " Ballet in South Africa " (edited by John Worrall and published in 1951 with a foreword by Anton Dolin.).
+In 1951 he contributed  a chapter  entitled "Ballet visits South Africa" (pp 16-27) to ''Ballet in South Africa'' (edited by John Worrall and published in 1951 with a foreword by Anton Dolin.).
 == Creative work ==
-In 1944 he wrote the book for the Ballet " Fete Gallante " to the music of Prokofieff , This was produced  at the Alhambra Theatre in November and December 1944 , with choreography by Dulcie Howes, decor and costumes by John Dronsfield. It was repeated in December 1945  ,
+In 1944 he wrote the book for the ballet ''[[Fete Gallante]]''  to the music of Prokofieff. This was produced  at the [[Alhambra Theatre]], Cape Town,  in November and December 1944 , with choreography by [[Dulcie Howes]], decor and costumes by [[John Dronsfield]]. It was repeated in December 1945.
-He also wrote draft scenarios for filmlets for African Consolidated Films Limited in 1946
+He also wrote draft scenarios for filmlets for [[African Consolidated Films]] Limited in 1946
 == The Matthew Pamm collection of peforming arts materials ==
-Of great importance to researchers is a collection of Matthew Pamm’s  critical writing for the Cape Times, was been edited by his son Anthony Pamm (with help from Mrs Joan Pamm and Mrs Marjorie Evelyn Gregory)  and was donated to the South African Library in Cape Town by the Pamm family. (It originally appeared in their catalogue under Clippings References 09551 and 09552.)  The original cuttings were then presented  to the Centre for South African Theatre Research (CESAT)  at  the Human Sciences Research Council  by the Pamm Family  and were catalogued by them under Reference 1000 / 1-6.
+Of great importance to researchers is a collection of Matthew Pamm’s  critical writing for the Cape Times, was been edited by his son Anthony Pamm (with help from Mrs Joan Pamm and Mrs Marjorie Evelyn Gregory)  and was donated to the South African Library in Cape Town by the Pamm family. (It originally appeared in their catalogue under Clippings References 09551 and 09552.)  The original cuttings were then presented  to the [[Centre for South African Theatre Research]] ([[CESAT]])  at  the [[Human Sciences Research Council]]  by the Pamm Family  and were catalogued by them under Reference 1000 / 1-6.
-Matthew Pamm also retained all the programmes of performances that he had seen and thesewere given  to Percy Tucker  to use in writing his book on South African theatre, and later to be entrusted to the National English Literary Museum in Grahamstown.
+Matthew Pamm also retained all the programmes of performances that he had seen and thesewere given  to [[Percy Tucker]]  to use in writing his book on South African theatre, and later to be entrusted to the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grahamstown.

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