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-[[Percy Baneshik]] (1915-1999) was an influential critic, author, broadcast producer and playwright.
+[[Percy Baneshik]] (6th November, 1915 - 1999) was an influential critic, author, broadcast producer and playwright.
 ==Biography==
-Born [[Percival Leon Baneshik]], on 6th November, 1915, he was an auto-didact, wjho would go on to become one of the most esteemed, articulate and influential music, film and theatre critics in the country.
+Born [[Percival Leon Baneshik]], on 6th November, 1915, he was an autodidact, who would go on to become one of the most esteemed, articulate and influential music, film and theatre critics in the country.
 The [[African Broadcasting Company]] (ABC) started broadcasting on 1st of July 1924. During the 1930s, Baneshik was appointed Assistant News Editor with the station and, known as "Uncle Percy", started the ''Children's Hour''. When the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] (SABC) was established by an Act of Parliament as the new public service broadcaster in 1936, he continued in the same position with them.
-He also worked for a number of Johannesburg newspapers, notably ''[[The Star]]'' and became the chief columnist for the ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'' from 1962 till 1964 and an Executive member of the [[SA PEN Centre]]. He was an Assistant Editor in charge of the Arts and Entertainments section and dramatic critic, of the [[Sunday Chronicle]] in Johannesburg. Between 1947-48 he served as a Radio Officer with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in Washington DC, USA.
+He also worked for a number of Johannesburg newspapers, notably ''[[The Star]]'' and became the chief columnist for the ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'' from 1962 till 1964 and an Executive member of the [[SA PEN Centre]]. He was an Assistant Editor in charge of the Arts and Entertainments section and dramatic critic, of the [[Sunday Chronicle]] in Johannesburg.
-[[Des Lindberg]] said of him: "Percy Baneshik was physically a small man, cruelly challenged by the disability that polio had inflicted on him. But his intellect matched and even dwarfed the finest scholars, broadcasters, racconteurs , orators and scribes of our land. His wit was legendary, an urbane and cultured gentleman, whose very presence at an opening night lent stature to the event. His opinion was important to the Theatre. He provided respected and reliable benchmarks for excellence, courage, talent, and endeavour."
+Between 1947-48 he served as a Radio Officer with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in Washington DC, USA.
 He received the [[Thomas Pringle Award]] for journalism in 1974.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Baneshik also wrote a number of one-act plays, many of them performed at the [[FATSSA]] play festivals by the [[East Rand Theatre Club]], including ''[[Elizabeth Wears a Wig]]'' (1945, published 1947)  and ''[[The Garden at the Threshold]]'' (the Van Riebeeck Festival play) (1951, published 1965) and ''[[Hole in the Heart]]'', a radio presentation about a heart operation which was broadcast all over the world.  Full-lenth plays include ''[[Mr. Midas]]'' ([[Library Theatre]], 1945) and the  musical ''[[Eureka]]'' (with music by [[Bertha Egnos]], produced at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], 1968). Baneshik is also the author of radio features entitled ''[[Fugue for South African Voices]]'' (1952) and ''Portrait of Sammy Marks'' (1958).
+Baneshik also wrote a number of one-act plays, many of them performed at the [[FATSSA]] play festivals by the [[East Rand Theatre Club]], including ''[[Elizabeth Wears a Wig]]'' (1945, published 1947)  and ''[[The Garden at the Threshold]]'' (the Van Riebeeck Festival play) (1951, published 1965) and ''[[Hole in the Heart]]'', a radio presentation about a heart operation which was broadcast all over the world.  Full-length plays include ''[[Mr. Midas]]'' ([[Library Theatre]], 1945) and the  musical ''[[Eureka]]'' (with music by [[Bertha Egnos]], produced at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], 1968).
-Also wrote an ode to the [[Johannesburg REPS]]  which was read by [[Muriel Alexander]] during the inaugural ceremony of the new [[Johannesburg Repertory Theatre|Johannesburg REPS Theatre]] which opened in Johannesburg on the 7th of  November 1951.
+Also wrote an ode to the [[Johannesburg REPS]]  which was read by [[Muriel Alexander]] during the inaugural ceremony of the new [[Johannesburg Repertory Theatre|Johannesburg REPS Theatre]] which opened in Johannesburg on the 7th November, 1951.
 As a scriptwriter he wrote many features for radio.

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 [[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: [[Francolin Publishers]].
-[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
+[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].
 http://esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Baneshik,_Percy

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 [[Gideon Jacobus Joubert]],  1974. ''Rigtings en figure in die toneelkritiek van Suid-Afrika, 1963-1972''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of Pretoria]].
-[[Peter Joyce|Joyce, Peter]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: [[Francolin Publishers]].
+[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: [[Francolin Publishers]].
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

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 [[Gideon Jacobus Joubert]],  1974. ''Rigtings en figure in die toneelkritiek van Suid-Afrika, 1963-1972''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of Pretoria]].
-Joyce, 1999,
+[[Peter Joyce|Joyce, Peter]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: [[Francolin Publishers]].
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

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 "Tribute - Percy Baneshik" ''[[ArtsLink]]''
 [https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm.contentID=11892]
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 "Tribute - Percy Baneshik" ''[[ArtsLink]]''[]
-https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?]contentID=11892
+https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm.contentID=11892]
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 ''South African Jewry'', Edited by Leon Feldberg, 1965.
-"Tribute - Percy Baneshik" ''[[ArtsLink]]''[https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?]contentID=11892
+"Tribute - Percy Baneshik" ''[[ArtsLink]]''[https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?]contentID=11892]
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.