Peter Terry - Revision history

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For more information

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 He was married to theatre-maker, drama teacher and researcher [[Paddy Terry]] for a number of years.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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 He was written a number of stage plays including ''[[Teer-en-veer: The Lamont Case]]'', a documentary play produced by [[PACT Drama]] in 1974; ''[[Rapid Eye Movements]]'' ([[PACT Drama]], 1987; the [[UCT Drama School]], 1989 and the Wits University Drama School in 1990; ''[[Danny and the Desert Girl]]'', a play for children about cross-cultural understanding ([[PACT Drama]], 1987); ''[[Evadne, White Princess of The Kurumbu]]'', a satirical play about the rise of colonial racism ([[PACT Drama]], 1992) and ''[[Next of Kin]]'' (completed in August 1994).
 He adapted ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' for the stage and co-wrote the children's play ''[[Gedoentes op/Goings on at Dingamalerie-Donga-Dell]]''.
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 [[Beeld]] Plus, 26 July 2007.
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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−	[[Peter Terry]] (1950-) ~~is an~~ actor, dramatist, poet, voice artist and theatre administrator.	+	[[Peter Terry]] (1950-2026) - actor, dramatist, poet, voice artist and theatre administrator.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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−	~~== For more information ==~~
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 == Awards, etc ==
+He was nominated for a [[Vita Award]] for Best Supporting Actor for the role of "Don" in [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[Daar Leef Mense Daar]]'' (1985) and was awarded the [[Hanekom Bursary]] for outstanding service to [[PACT Drama]] in 1988.
 == Sources ==

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	He had roles in ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'', ''[[Daar Leef Mense Daar]]'', ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'', ''[[The Lady from Dubuque]]'', ''[[Emigrante\|Die Emigrante]]'', ''[[Wild Honey]]'', ''[[Tom Jones]]''. ''[[The Princess of Kurumbu]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[Leonce en Lena\|Die Opstand van die Narre]]'', ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', ''[[Animal Farm]]'', ''[[Translations]]'', ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' (1971), ''[[Richard Gush of Salem]]'', ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'', ''[[Pantagleize]]'', ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]'', ''[[Dream of the Dog]]'' (2007).		He had roles in ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'', ''[[Daar Leef Mense Daar]]'', ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'', ''[[The Lady from Dubuque]]'', ''[[Emigrante\|Die Emigrante]]'', ''[[Wild Honey]]'', ''[[Tom Jones]]''. ''[[The Princess of Kurumbu]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[Leonce en Lena\|Die Opstand van die Narre]]'', ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', ''[[Animal Farm]]'', ''[[Translations]]'', ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' (1971), ''[[Richard Gush of Salem]]'', ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'', ''[[Pantagleize]]'', ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]'', ''[[Dream of the Dog]]'' (2007).
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−	and was nominated for a Vita Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Don in Athol Fugard's Daar Leef Mense Daar, in 1985. He was also awarded the Hanekom Bursary for outstanding service to PACT Drama in 1988.

	===Role as director===		===Role as director===

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 Born on  22 November 1950, he grew up in Grahamstown, going to school at St Andrew's Preparatory School and St Andrew's College there, completing his matriculation in 1967. He then studied at Rhodes University, completing a B.A. in English and Speech and Drama in 1971. In 1980 he also completed a B.A. (Honours) degree in the Theory of Drama at the [[University of Pretoria]].
-He was married to theatremaker [[Paddy Terry]] for a number of years.
+He was married to theatre-maker, drama teacher and researcher [[Paddy Terry]] for a number of years.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 He also recorded two 13-part wildlife documentary series for ''Discovery'' and ''National Geographic''.
-His radio work included a stint as broadcaster for [[Classic FM].
+His radio work included a stint as broadcaster for [[Classic FM]].
 ===Television and film work===

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 ===Voice work===
-Peter has been very active for many years as a voice artist for hundreds of radio and television commercials, documentaries, magazine programmes and corporate videos.
+He has been very active as a voice artist, doing hundreds of radio and television commercials, documentaries, magazine programmes and corporate videos.
-He narrated the documentary film Lions of the Kalahari, which was accepted for exhibition at the 12th International Festival of the Ornithologique Film of Menigoute in France, and the 100th Anniversary Video for the Kruger Park, which won a gold medal at a Documentary Video Festival in the USA.
+For example he narrated the documentary film ''[[Lions of the Kalahari]]'', which was accepted for exhibition at the 12th International Festival of the Ornithologique Film of Menigoute in France, and the 100th Anniversary Video for the Kruger Park, which won a gold medal at a Documentary Video Festival in the USA.
-He also recorded two 13-part wildlife documentary series for Discovery and National Geographic.
+He also recorded two 13-part wildlife documentary series for ''Discovery'' and ''National Geographic''.
-Broadcaster on [[Classic FM]], 2017.
+His radio work included a stint as broadcaster for [[Classic FM].
 ===Television and film work===