Nicholas Wright - Revision history

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

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-'''Nicholas Wright''' (1940-) South African born British actor, director and playwright.
+[[Nicholas Wright]] (1940-)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wright_(playwright)] South African born British actor, director and playwright.
 == Biography ==
-Born in Cape Town, 1940. He spent his first 18 years in South Africa.
+Born in Cape Town, 1940. He spent his first 18 years in South Africa, before moving to England.
 == Training ==

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 == Sources ==
-Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wright_(playwright)].
 http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/about-us/artistic-directors/nicholas-wright

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 He wrote the play ''[[Custom of the Country]]'' about the Jameson Raid. He also wrote ''[[One Fine Day]]'' and ''[[Mrs Klein]]''.
-Directed ''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] and subsequently ''[[Biography]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in August 1971.
+Directed ''[[Drums in the Night]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]], ''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] and subsequently ''[[Biography]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in August 1971.
 He wrote the plays ''[[Travelling Light]]'' in 2012, (performed at the Lyttleton Theatre, London, starring [[Antony Sher]] as Jacob) and ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''.

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-(1940-) South African born British actor, director and playwright.
+'''Nicholas Wright''' (1940-) South African born British actor, director and playwright.
 == Biography ==
-Born in Cape Town, 1940.
+Born in Cape Town, 1940. He spent his first 18 years in South Africa.
 == Training ==
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 He started his career as a child actor in ''[[The Innocents]]'' produced by [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] in 1953, followed by appearances in ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[Back to Methuselah]]'', ''[[Spring 1600]]''.
-He wrote the play ''[[Custom of the Country]]'' about the Jameson Raid. He also wrote ''[[One Fine Day]]''.
+He wrote the play ''[[Custom of the Country]]'' about the Jameson Raid. He also wrote ''[[One Fine Day]]'' and ''[[Mrs Klein]]''.
 Directed ''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] and subsequently ''[[Biography]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in August 1971.
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 http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/about-us/artistic-directors/nicholas-wright

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 Directed ''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] and subsequently ''[[Biography]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in August 1971.
-He wrote the plays ''[[Travelling Light]]'' in 2012, performed at the Lyttleton Theatre, London, starring [[Antony Sher]] as Jacob and ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''.
+He wrote the plays ''[[Travelling Light]]'' in 2012, (performed at the Lyttleton Theatre, London, starring [[Antony Sher]] as Jacob) and ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He started his career as a child actor in ''[[The Innocents]]'' produced by [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] in 1953, followed by appearnces in ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[Back to Methuselah]]'', ''[[Spring 1600]]''.
+He started his career as a child actor in ''[[The Innocents]]'' produced by [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] in 1953, followed by appearances in ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[Back to Methuselah]]'', ''[[Spring 1600]]''.
 He wrote the play ''[[Custom of the Country]]'' about the Jameson Raid. He also wrote ''[[One Fine Day]]''.

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		+	''[[Androcles and the Lion]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[Back to Methuselah]]'', ''[[Spring 1600]]''.
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	He wrote the play ''[[Custom of the Country]]'' about the Jameson Raid. He also wrote ''[[One Fine Day]]''.		He wrote the play ''[[Custom of the Country]]'' about the Jameson Raid. He also wrote ''[[One Fine Day]]''.

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 == Career ==
-He started his career as a child actor in ''[[The Innocents]]'' in 1953.
+He started his career as a child actor in ''[[The Innocents]]'' produced by [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] in 1953.
 Joined the Royal Court as Casting Director before becoming the first director of the Theatre Upstairs in 1969. From 1975 to 1977, he was Co-Artistic Director of the Royal Court along with Robert Kidd. He joined the National Theatre as Literary Manager in 1984 and was an Associate Director until 1998.