Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom - Revision history

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Training

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Training

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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Awards, etc

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Awards, etc

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Sources

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 == Training ==
-After school he registered for a BSc at [[University of Witwatersrand]] but soon decided to embark on a career that straddled his passions for film and writing instead. While at university he met [[Percy Langa]], playwright and television director and producer, who taught him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, he was introduced to [[John Rogers]], who trained him to write for television. His next mentors were [[Aubrey Sekhabi]] and [[Barney Simon]].
+After school he registered for a BSc at [[University of the Witwatersrand]] but soon decided to embark on a career that straddled his passions for film and writing instead. While at university he met [[Percy Langa]], playwright and television director and producer, who taught him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, he was introduced to [[John Rogers]], who trained him to write for television. His next mentors were [[Aubrey Sekhabi]] and [[Barney Simon]].
 == Career ==

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 [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] ("Cosmo") (1975-), writer and director for stage, film and television.
-'''(Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]])'''.
+'''''(Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]])'''''.
 == Biography ==

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 == Training ==
-After school he registered for a BSc at University of Witwatersrand but soon decided to embark on a career that straddled his passions for film and writing instead. While at university he met [[Percy Langa]], playwright and television director and producer, who taught him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, he was introduced to [[John Rogers]], who trained him to write for television. His next mentors were [[Aubrey Sekhabi]] and [[Barney Simon]].
+After school he registered for a BSc at [[University of Witwatersrand]] but soon decided to embark on a career that straddled his passions for film and writing instead. While at university he met [[Percy Langa]], playwright and television director and producer, who taught him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, he was introduced to [[John Rogers]], who trained him to write for television. His next mentors were [[Aubrey Sekhabi]] and [[Barney Simon]].
 == Career ==

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 His first work for the stage, ''[[Enigma]]'', was commissioned by the [[North West Arts Council]].
-As playwright, titles include: ''[[Not With My Gun]]'' co-written with Aubrey Sekhabi (1998), ''[[Urban Reality]]'' (1998), ''[[Cards]]'', a re-writing of [[Mothusi Mokoto]]’s script (2002 & 2004), ''[[Relativity: Township Stories]]'' (2005), ''[[Telling Stories]]''(2007), ''[[Interracial]]'' co-written with Aubrey Sekhabi (2007), ''[[Maru]]'', an adaptation of the [[Bessie Head]] novel (2008), ''[[Foreplay]]'' ,an adaptation of [[Arthur Schnitzler]]’s ''Der Reigen/La Ronde'' (2008) and ''[[Welcome to Rocksburg]]'' (2009).
+As playwright, titles include: ''[[Not With My Gun]]'' co-written with Aubrey Sekhabi (1998), ''[[Urban Reality]]'' (1998), ''[[Cards]]'', a re-writing of [[Mothusi Mokoto]]’s script (2002 & 2004), ''[[Relativity: Township Stories]]'' (2005), ''[[Telling Stories]]''(2007), ''[[Interracial]]'' co-written with [[Aubrey Sekhabi]] (2007), ''[[Maru]]'', an adaptation of the [[Bessie Head]] novel (2008), ''[[Foreplay]]'' ,an adaptation of [[Arthur Schnitzler]]’s ''[[Der Reigen]]/[[La Ronde]]'' (2008) and ''[[Welcome to Rocksburg]]'' (2009).
 As theatre director productions include: ''[[Urban Reality]]'' (1998), ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]'' (2001), ''[[King Lear]]'' (2002), ''[[Cards]]'' (2002–2008), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (2003), ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (2003), ''[[In this Life]]'' (2004), later re-directed and re-titled ''[[Relativity]]'' (2005), ''[[Township Stories]]'' for a tour in the UK (2006), ''[[Telling Stories]]'' (2007), ''[[Interracial]]'' (2007), ''[[Maru]]''(2008), ''[[Foreplay]]'' (2008), and ''[[Welcome To Rocksburg]]'' (2009).

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−	[[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] ("Cosmo") (1975-), writer and director for stage, film and television. (Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]]).	+	[[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] ("Cosmo") (1975-), writer and director for stage, film and television.
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		+	'''(Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]])'''.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 == Awards, etc ==
-[[Vita Award]] (Gauteng region), best play ''[[Not With My Gun]]'';  1999[[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards|Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] for Drama (2005).
+[[Vita Award]] (Gauteng region), best play ''[[Not With My Gun]]''  1999; [[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards|Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] for Drama (2005).
 [[Naledi Award]] for Best Director, for ''[[Relativity : Township Stories]]'' (2006).
 [[Herald Angel Award]] for Best Fringe Production at the [[Edinburgh Theatre Festival]] (2006).

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	http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/mpumelelo-paul-cosmo-grootboom		http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/mpumelelo-paul-cosmo-grootboom
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		+	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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−	~~'''GROOTBOOM''',~~ Mpumelelo Paul "Cosmo" (1975-), writer and director for stage, film and television. (Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]]).	+	[[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] ("Cosmo") (1975-), writer and director for stage, film and television. (Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]]).

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-'''GROOTBOOM''', Mpumelelo Paul "Cosmo" (1975-), writer and director for stage and television. (Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]]).
+'''GROOTBOOM''', Mpumelelo Paul "Cosmo" (1975-), writer and director for stage, film and television. (Not to be confused with the actor [[Mbulelo Grootboom]]).
 == Biography ==
-Born in 1975 in Meadowlands, Soweto.
+Paul was born in 1975 in Meadowlands, Soweto.
 == Training ==
-After school studied medicine and the arts at University of Witwatersrand. Did not graduate. While at university met [[Percy Langa]], playwright and television director and producer, who taught him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, he was introduced to [[John Rogers]], who trained him to write for television. His next mentor was [[Barney Simon]].
+After school he registered for a BSc at University of Witwatersrand but soon decided to embark on a career that straddled his passions for film and writing instead. While at university he met [[Percy Langa]], playwright and television director and producer, who taught him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, he was introduced to [[John Rogers]], who trained him to write for television. His next mentors were [[Aubrey Sekhabi]] and [[Barney Simon]].
 == Career ==
-Was appointed to the position of Development Officer at the [[State Theatre]] in 2002.
+He was appointed to the position of Development Officer at the [[State Theatre]] in 2002.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities  N]]
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  G]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]