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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-As a student he and [[Fiona Ramsay]] founded the influential [[Troupe Theatre Company]] in 1978, for which he performed and directed a number of plays, including ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Claw]]'' and ''[[Summit Conference]]''. Also worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, co-directing Gerould’s ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and G.M. Green’s  ''[[Dolls]]'' in 197* (with [[Michael O’Brien]]).
+As a student he and [[Fiona Ramsay]] founded the influential [[Troupe Theatre Company]] in 1978, for which he performed and directed a number of plays, including ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Claw]]'' and ''[[Summit Conference]]''. Also worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, co-directing Gerould’s ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and G.M. Green’s  ''[[Dolls]]'' in 1978 (with [[Michael O’Brien]]).
 He played Henry Carr in ''[[Travesties]]'' (1977), Orlando in ''[[As You Like It]]'' (1977), Father in ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'', Haimon in ''[[Antigone]]'', Slift in ''[[Saint Joan of the Stockyards]]'', Rimbaud in ''[[Total Eclipse]]'' (1979), Hou in ''[[Fanshen]]'' (1980).

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-As a student he and [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Henry Goodman]] founded the influential [[Troupe Theatre Company]] in 1979/1980, for which he performed and directed a number of plays, including ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Claw]]'' and ''[[Summit Conference]]''. Also worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, co-directing Gerould’s ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and G.M. Green’s  ''[[Dolls]]'' in 197* (with [[Michael O’Brien]]), **.
+As a student he and [[Fiona Ramsay]] founded the influential [[Troupe Theatre Company]] in 1978, for which he performed and directed a number of plays, including ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Claw]]'' and ''[[Summit Conference]]''. Also worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, co-directing Gerould’s ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and G.M. Green’s  ''[[Dolls]]'' in 197* (with [[Michael O’Brien]]).
 He played Henry Carr in ''[[Travesties]]'' (1977), Orlando in ''[[As You Like It]]'' (1977), Father in ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'', Haimon in ''[[Antigone]]'', Slift in ''[[Saint Joan of the Stockyards]]'', Rimbaud in ''[[Total Eclipse]]'' (1979), Hou in ''[[Fanshen]]'' (1980).

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 As a boy, he went to primary school at St Mark's, a local government school in Mbabane, Swaziland. He attended secondary school at Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa (UWCSA)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Kamhlaba], an independent school just outside Mbabane.
-Trained at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] under [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], [[Robert Mohr]] and [[Mavis Taylor]]. and became involved with the [[Space Theatre]] om Cape Town, inter alia as co-founder of the [[Troupe Theatre Company]], as actor, director and designer.
+Trained at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] under [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], [[Robert Mohr]] and [[Mavis Taylor]]. He became involved with the [[Space Theatre]] in Cape Town, inter alia as co-founder of the [[Troupe Theatre Company]], as actor, director and designer.
 In 1982 he left South Africa to work in the United Kingdom, where he gradually established himself as a prominent actor. In 1987 he and friends conceived and made the cult film ''Withnail and I'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I], which established him as a major film talent. By the mid 1990s he had become a major Hollywood star (see his complete filmography on ''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Grant#Filmography].

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 In 1980 he played the title role in [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[The Defloration of Miles Koekemoer]]'' opposite [[Marcel van Heerden]] and [[Fiona Ramsay]] in The Studio at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Paul Slabolepszy|Slabolepszy]].
-Together with [[Michael O’Brien]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He directed ''[[East]]'', ''[[Dolls]]'' and in 1980 ''[[Chinchilla]]'' at the [[People's Space]].
+Together with [[Michael O’Brien]] he directed the [[Troupe Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He directed ''[[East]]'', ''[[Dolls]]'' and in 1980 ''[[Chinchilla]]'' at the [[People's Space]].
 [[People's Space]] Theatre (1976 to 1981) where he directed ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'' in 1981.

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-'''[[Richard E. Grant]]''' (1957- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Grant] is a stage, film and television actor.
+'''[[Richard E. Grant]]''' (1957- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Grant] is a stage, film and television actor, director and designer.
-Born Also known as '''[[Richard Grant]]'''.
+Also known as '''[[Richard Grant]]'''.
 == Biography ==
-Born [[Richard Grant Esterhuysen]] in Mbabane, Swaziland in 1957, he later adopted Richard E. Grant as his stage name.
+Born [[Richard Grant Esterhuysen]] in Mbabane, Swaziland in 1957, he later adopted [[Richard E. Grant]] (or [[Richard Grant]]) as his stage name.
 As a boy, he went to primary school at St Mark's, a local government school in Mbabane, Swaziland. He attended secondary school at Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa (UWCSA)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Kamhlaba], an independent school just outside Mbabane.

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	''The Wah-Wah Diaries: The Making of a Film''. 2006. ISBN 0-330-44196-5 (hardcover).		''The Wah-Wah Diaries: The Making of a Film''. 2006. ISBN 0-330-44196-5 (hardcover).
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−	~~His autobiography, ***, appeared in 19.~~

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	[[People's Space]] Theatre (1976 to 1981) where he directed ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'' in 1981.		[[People's Space]] Theatre (1976 to 1981) where he directed ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'' in 1981.
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		+	He appeared in ''[[Othello]]'' at Maynardville in January 1982.

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-As a student he and [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Henry Goodman]] founded the influential [[Troupe Theatre Company]] in 1980, for which he performed and directed a number of plays, including ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' and ''[[Summit Conference]]''. Also worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, co-directing Gerould’s ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and G.M. Green’s  ''[[Dolls]]'' in 197* (with [[Michael O’Brien]]), **.
+As a student he and [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Henry Goodman]] founded the influential [[Troupe Theatre Company]] in 1980, for which he performed and directed a number of plays, including ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Claw]]'' and ''[[Summit Conference]]''. Also worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] Theatre, co-directing Gerould’s ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and G.M. Green’s  ''[[Dolls]]'' in 197* (with [[Michael O’Brien]]), **.
 He played Henry Carr in ''[[Travesties]]'' (1977), Orlando in ''[[As You Like It]]'' (1977), Father in ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'', Haimon in ''[[Antigone]]'', Slift in ''[[Saint Joan of the Stockyards]]'', Rimbaud in ''[[Total Eclipse]]'' (1979), Hou in ''[[Fanshen]]'' (1980).