Mavis Taylor - Revision history

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 Maintaining links with international artists, even during the cultural boycott (e.g. director and theorist Richard Schechner and author Steven Berkoff), allowed her to do work not always possible for others. Ever respondent to her times, dynamically embracing the complexity of South African social and political issues in both her professional and personal life, she opened her home to young people in need of nurturing and support, made theatre about the political situation, and demanded that the Drama Department actively grapple with the social change in the country.
-In the early 1990's Mavis argued for a theatre for healing for South Africa. She initiated an outreach programme [[Little Theatre Tours]] which took mobile, low budget theatre productions into the townships dissolving the barriers of segregated urban planning and in 1987 founded the [[New Africa Theatre Project]], with which she worked till the end of her life. In 198/9* she took over the reigns of [[CAPAB Drama]] at a time when artistic and theatrical directions were both unclear and under constant challenge on issues of legitimacy and relevance??*.
+In the early 1990's Mavis argued for a theatre for healing for South Africa. She initiated an outreach programme [[Little Theatre Tours]] which took mobile, low budget theatre productions into the townships dissolving the barriers of segregated urban planning and in 1987 founded the [[New Africa Theatre Association|New Africa Theatre Project]], with which she worked till the end of her life. In 198/9* she took over the reigns of [[CAPAB Drama]] at a time when artistic and theatrical directions were both unclear and under constant challenge on issues of legitimacy and relevance??*.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 Over the years she received numerous awards for her work. Besides a range of [[Three Leaf Awards]],  (Winner of two [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] as Best Director (1980, 1985)), [[Vita Awards]], these include the [[Cape Tercentenary Foundation Award of Merit]] for her contribution to South African Theatre (1986), a [[Vita Honorary Award]] for her contribution to theatre in South Africa and the 1987 [[Distinguished Woman Award]] from [[UCT]].
-In 1993 she received the [[Fleur du Cap]] Lifetime Award for her contribution to the industry.
+In 1993 she received the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award]] for her contribution to the industry.
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 Tribute by [[ESAT Bibliography Hau|Temple Hauptfleisch]], 1997a.
-Theare programmes of the various productions.
+Theatre programmes of the various productions.
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-== As lecturer and mentor ==
+=== As lecturer and mentor ===
-Among her numerous students were [[Gay Morris]], [[Chris Weare]], [[Tjaart Potgieter]], [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Jamie Bartlett]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] and [[Mark Fleishman]].
+Much of her influence came through her numerous students, who included [[Gay Morris]], [[Chris Weare]], [[Tjaart Potgieter]], [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Jamie Bartlett]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] and [[Mark Fleishman]].
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 Mavis Taylor was one of the major forces in the formation of [[Theatre Action Group]] in 1990.
 Among her students were [[Chris Weare]], [[Tjaart Potgieter]], [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Jamie Bartlett]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] and [[Mark Fleishman]].
 ==Awards==

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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
-Tribute written by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] published in ''[[Insig]]'', 31 December 1997.
+Tribute by [[ESAT Bibliography Hau|Temple Hauptfleisch]], 1997a.
 Theare programmes of the various productions.

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 In October 1977 she directed the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] (Leonard Bernstein’s ''[[Candide]]''). Subsequent productions at the [[Baxter Theatre]] include ''[[Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe|St Joan of the Stockyards]]'' (1979), ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' (1980), ''[[Tom Paine]]'' (1981), ''[[The Orange Earth]]'' (1985), ''[[Greek]]'' (1985) and at the [[Market Theatre]] the following year, ''[[West]]'', ''[[Kvetch]]'' (1988),  ''[[Crossing the Line]]'' (1989), ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' 1990).
-For [[CAPAB]] she directed productions of ''[[Suite in Three Keys]]'' (1968), ''[[Don't Let Summer Come]]'' (1968), ''[[My Poor Marat|Arme Marat]]'' (1968), ''[[Fadren|Die Vader]]'' (1969), ''[[Tango]]'' (1970), [[Police]] (1971), [[The Real Inspector Hound]] 1971 (and designed costumes), ''[[After Magritte]]'' (1971), ''[[The Zoo Story]]'', ''[[Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie|Don Juan]]'' (1975), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1978), [[The Government Inspector]] (1980), ''[[The Form]]'' (lunch-hour, early 1980s),''[[Can't Pay? Won't Pay!]]'' (1993), ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' (1994).
+For [[CAPAB]] she directed productions of ''[[Suite in Three Keys]]'' (1968), ''[[Don't Let Summer Come]]'' (1968), ''[[My Poor Marat|Arme Marat]]'' (1968), ''[[Fadren|Die Vader]]'' (1969), ''[[Tango]]'' (1970), ''[[Police]]'' (1971), [[The Real Inspector Hound]] 1971 (and designed costumes), ''[[After Magritte]]'' (1971), ''[[The Zoo Story]]'', ''[[Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie|Don Juan]]'' (1975), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1978), ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' (1980), ''[[The Form]]'' (lunch-hour, early 1980s),''[[Can't Pay? Won't Pay!]]'' (1993), ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' (1994).
 Other productions include ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1986, [[Nico Malan Theatre]]), ''[[Emgxobhozweni]]'' (1996), a [[Cape Flats Players]] production of ''[[Aluta Continua]]'' with [[Peter Braaf]] in 1987, ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (1976). ''[[Not For The Deserving]]'' (1976), (Proteus Theatre 1976), ''[[People Like Us]]'' ([[NAF]] 1993), ''[[Dankie Auntie]]'' [[NAF]] 1989, ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' ([[Labia Theatre]] 1967).

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 At the [[Little Theatre]] her many productions include ''[[The Knight of the Burning Pestle]]'' (1953), ''[[Caligula]]'' (1955), ''[[Les Femmes Savantes|The Learned Ladies]]'' (1956), ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'' (1957), ''[[The Country Wife]]'' (1957), ''[[A Clearing in the Woods]]'' (1959), ''[[The Egg]]'' (date unknown), ''[[King Lear]]'' (1962), ''[[One Way Pendulum]]'' (1962), ''[[The Skin of our Teeth]]'' (1963), ''[[The Tree That Sat Down]]'' (1964), ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]'' (1965), ''[[Once in a Lifetime]]'' (1966), ''[[Little Malcolm and his Struggle against the Eunuchs]]'' (1967), ''[[A Lily in Little India]]'' (1967), ''[[You Never Can Tell]]'' (1968), ''[[Peer Gynt]]'' (1968), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1969), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (1969-1970), ''[[The Knack]]'' (1970), ''[[The Alchemist]]'' (1970), ''[[Henry V]]'' (1971), ''[[You Can't Take it With You]]'', ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (1975), ''[[I am Herbert]]'' (1978), ''[[America Hurrah]]'', [[The Jero Plays|The Trials of Brother Jero]] 1980s, ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' (1983), ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (1985), ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1985), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Trumpets and Raspberries]]'' (1990), ''[[A Little Life Like This]]'' (1992).
-For [[The Space]] she directed ''[[Balls]]'', ''[[Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi]]'', ''[[Female Transport]]'' (1975), ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'', ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'' (1976), ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'' (1973), ''[[Revenge]]'', ''[[Sing a Song of Empire]]'' and ''[[Slag]]'' (1973), ''[[We Bombed in New Haven]]'' with [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] taking over when she fell ill (1973),.
+For [[The Space]] she directed ''[[Balls]]'', ''[[Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi]]'', ''[[Female Transport]]'' (1975), ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'', ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'' (1976), ''[[The Indian wants the Bronx]]'' (1973), ''[[Revenge]]'', ''[[Sing a Song of Empire]]'' and ''[[Slag]]'' (1973), ''[[We Bombed in New Haven]]'' with [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] taking over when she fell ill (1973).
 She directed ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1979 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club [1] in New York.
 In October 1977 she directed the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] (Leonard Bernstein’s ''[[Candide]]''). Subsequent productions at the [[Baxter Theatre]] include ''[[Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe|St Joan of the Stockyards]]'' (1979), ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' (1980), ''[[Tom Paine]]'' (1981), ''[[The Orange Earth]]'' (1985), ''[[Greek]]'' (1985) and at the [[Market Theatre]] the following year, ''[[West]]'', ''[[Kvetch]]'' (1988),  ''[[Crossing the Line]]'' (1989), ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' 1990).

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-=As director=
+===As director===
 At the [[Little Theatre]] her many productions include ''[[The Knight of the Burning Pestle]]'' (1953), ''[[Caligula]]'' (1955), ''[[Les Femmes Savantes|The Learned Ladies]]'' (1956), ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'' (1957), ''[[The Country Wife]]'' (1957), ''[[A Clearing in the Woods]]'' (1959), ''[[The Egg]]'' (date unknown), ''[[King Lear]]'' (1962), ''[[One Way Pendulum]]'' (1962), ''[[The Skin of our Teeth]]'' (1963), ''[[The Tree That Sat Down]]'' (1964), ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]'' (1965), ''[[Once in a Lifetime]]'' (1966), ''[[Little Malcolm and his Struggle against the Eunuchs]]'' (1967), ''[[A Lily in Little India]]'' (1967), ''[[You Never Can Tell]]'' (1968), ''[[Peer Gynt]]'' (1968), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1969), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (1969-1970), ''[[The Knack]]'' (1970), ''[[The Alchemist]]'' (1970), ''[[Henry V]]'' (1971), ''[[You Can't Take it With You]]'', ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (1975), ''[[I am Herbert]]'' (1978), ''[[America Hurrah]]'', [[The Jero Plays|The Trials of Brother Jero]] 1980s, ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' (1983), ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (1985), ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1985), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Trumpets and Raspberries]]'' (1990), ''[[A Little Life Like This]]'' (1992).
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 For [[CAPAB]] she directed productions of ''[[Suite in Three Keys]]'' (1968), ''[[Don't Let Summer Come]]'' (1968), ''[[My Poor Marat|Arme Marat]]'' (1968), ''[[Fadren|Die Vader]]'' (1969), ''[[Tango]]'' (1970), [[Police]] (1971), [[The Real Inspector Hound]] 1971 (and designed costumes), ''[[After Magritte]]'' (1971), ''[[The Zoo Story]]'', ''[[Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie|Don Juan]]'' (1975), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' (1978), [[The Government Inspector]] (1980), ''[[The Form]]'' (lunch-hour, early 1980s),''[[Can't Pay? Won't Pay!]]'' (1993), ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' (1994).
-Other productions include ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1986, [[Nico Malan Theatre]]), ''[[Emgxobhozweni]]'' (1996).
+Other productions include ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1986, [[Nico Malan Theatre]]), ''[[Emgxobhozweni]]'' (1996), a [[Cape Flats Players]] production of ''[[Aluta Continua]]'' with [[Peter Braaf]] in 1987, ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (1976). ''[[Not For The Deserving]]'' (1976), (Proteus Theatre 1976), ''[[People Like Us]]'' ([[NAF]] 1993), ''[[Dankie Auntie]]'' [[NAF]] 1989, ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' ([[Labia Theatre]] 1967).
-=As designer=
+She helped to create and directed two productions of ''[[Thina Bantu - We People]]'' 1980s.
-Although she on occasion designed costumes or sets for productions that she also directed, there were productions where she was involved in her capacity as designer only. These include ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'' costumes 1955, ''[[Back to Methuselah]]'' 1956, [[Androcles and the Lion]] 1956, Costumes ''[[Die Goue Kring]]'' 1958, ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'' (1958), ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' (1958), Directed and designed ''[[Revenge]]'' (Space 1972) and ''[[Slag]]'' (1973), Set designed ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1956), ''[[The Knight of the Burning Pestle]]'' (with [[Doreen Graves]] 1953), décor ''[[Don't Let Summer Come]]'', costumes for ''[[Die Koopman van Venesië]]'' (for [[Fred Engelen]], [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town,1960). [[Der Prozess|The Trial]] costumes 1960, [[Dark is a Way]] (1966).
+===As designer===
-Directed a Cape Flats Players production of ''[[Aluta Continua]]'' with [[Peter Braaf]] in 1987.
+Although she on occasion designed costumes or sets for productions that she also directed, there were productions where she was involved in her capacity as designer only. These include ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'' costumes 1955, ''[[Back to Methuselah]]'' 1956, ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'' 1956, costumes for ''[[Die Goue Kring]]'' 1958, ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' (1958), designed ''[[Revenge]]'' (Space 1972) and ''[[Slag]]'' (1973), set designed ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1956), ''[[The Knight of the Burning Pestle]]'' (with [[Doreen Graves]] 1953), décor ''[[Don't Let Summer Come]]'', costumes for ''[[Die Koopman van Venesië]]'' (for [[Fred Engelen]], [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, 1960), ''[[Der Prozess|The Trial]]'' costumes 1960, ''[[Dark is a Way]]'' (1966).
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 ==Awards==
-Over the years she received numerous awards for her work. Besides a range of [[Three Leaf Awards]],  (Winner of two [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] as Best Director (1980, 1985))., [[Vita Awards]], these include the [[Cape Tercentenary Foundation Award of Merit]] for her contribution to South African Theatre (1986), a [[Vita Honorary Award]] for her contribution to theatre in South Africa and the 1987 [[Distinguished Woman Award]] from [[UCT]].
+Over the years she received numerous awards for her work. Besides a range of [[Three Leaf Awards]],  (Winner of two [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] as Best Director (1980, 1985)), [[Vita Awards]], these include the [[Cape Tercentenary Foundation Award of Merit]] for her contribution to South African Theatre (1986), a [[Vita Honorary Award]] for her contribution to theatre in South Africa and the 1987 [[Distinguished Woman Award]] from [[UCT]].
 In 1993 she received the [[Fleur du Cap]] Lifetime Award for her contribution to the industry.
 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Met-Miz|Liz Mills]].