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 He studied speech and drama under [[Joyce Burch]], [[Marguerite de Villiers]] and [[Hermione Roux]] at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]’s Conservatoire of Music, and was appointed a speech teacher at the  Conservatoire in 1948, taking over from [[Hermione Roux]] to head the speech and drama course. He went on to developed this into a fully fledged BA course, and also directed a number of major plays for the University. At the same time he continued doing freelance work as actor and director for the [[National Theatre Organisation]] and other companies.
-In 1960 he left Stellenbosch to become a lecturer at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|Department of Speech and Drama, University of Cape Town]]. Towards the end of 1964 Professor Corey of Shreveport University in Louisiana arrived in Cape Town with his traveling student company playing [[The Book of Job]]. At the same time [[Robert Mohr]] put on a production called [[J.B.]] which also dealt with Job. Inskip gave Corey a copy of  [[Flora Stohr]]’s [[Behind the Yellow Door]] and he arranged that [[Robert Mohr]] should go to the University of Shreveport, Louisiana to produce it. This was done in 1966 with Corey’s students.
+In 1960 he left Stellenbosch to become a lecturer at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|Department of Speech and Drama, University of Cape Town]]. Towards the end of 1964 Professor Corey of Shreveport University in Louisiana arrived in Cape Town with his traveling student company playing ''[[The Book of Job]]''. At the same time [[Robert Mohr]] put on a production called [[J.B.]] which also dealt with Job. Inskip gave Corey a copy of [[Flora Stohr]]’s ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'' and he arranged that [[Robert Mohr]] should go to the University of Shreveport, Louisiana to produce it. This was done in 1966 with Corey’s students.
 Mohr was appointed head of the department in 1971, remaining there till his retirement in 198*, but maintaining his profile as one of the leading theatre directors in the country.

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	1984: At the time of his death he was directing a production of ''[[Les Nonnes\|The Nuns]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town.		1984: At the time of his death he was directing a production of ''[[Les Nonnes\|The Nuns]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town.
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 : ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'' (the first theatre-in-the-round production in South Africa, [[University of Stellenbosch]])
 : ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department|University of Stellenbosch Speech Training Department]]
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 : ''[[The Lesson]]'' ([[NTO]])
 : ''[[Julius Caesar]]''
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 : ''[[La Mandragola]]'' ([[Little Theatre Players]])
 : ''[[Rashomon]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 : ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[Die Effek van Gammastrale op Goudgeel Afrikaners]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 : At the time of his death he was directing a production of ''[[Les Nonnes|The Nuns]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town.
-Among his major professional works were original texts for  (19**), ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (19**)
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 He adapted ''[[Dracula]]'' for [[CAPAB]] (1976).
 == Awards, etc. ==

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	He devised/compiled ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' (1967) and ''[[Ons Hou Konsert II]]'' (1983) from the writings of [[Melt Brink]].		He devised/compiled ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' (1967) and ''[[Ons Hou Konsert II]]'' (1983) from the writings of [[Melt Brink]].
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		+	He adapted ''[[Dracula]]'' for [[CAPAB]] (1976).

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

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 : ''[[Barnstable]]'' and ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[Charley se Tante]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 : ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[PACT]])
 : ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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 : ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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-Among his major professional works were original texts for ''[[Dracula]]'' (19**), ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (19**) and the hugely popular compilations of [[Melt Brink]] works – and ''[[Ons Hou Weer Konsert]]'' ("We have another concert" - 19**).
+Among his major professional works were original texts for  (19**), ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (19**)
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-He started out his theatrical career as a talented bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor, appearing in numerous productions for [[NTO]]  and for the [[Performing Arts Councils]]. He appeared in the Pirandello plays ''[[Il Berretto a Sonagli|Die Narrekap]]'' (1948?), ''[[Lumie di Sicilia|Sitroene uit Sicilië]]'' (1948?). He also appeared in ''[[The Man of Destiny]]'' (1949), ''[[The Merchant of Venice|Die Koopman van Venesië]]'' (1951), ''[[The Lesson]]'' ([[NTO]], 1959), ''[[Roméo et Jeanette|Romeo en Jeanette]]'' ([[NTO]], 1960), ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Little Theatre Players]], 1963).
+He started out his theatrical career as a talented bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor, appearing in numerous productions for [[NTO]]  and for the [[Performing Arts Councils]]. He appeared in the Pirandello plays ''[[Il Berretto a Sonagli|Die Narrekap]]'' (1948?), ''[[Lumie di Sicilia|Sitroene uit Sicilië]]'' (1948?). He also appeared in ''[[The Man of Destiny]]'' (1949), ''[[The Merchant of Venice|Die Koopman van Venesië]]'' (1951), ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' (1952), ''[[The Lesson]]'' ([[NTO]], 1959), ''[[Roméo et Jeanette|Romeo en Jeanette]]'' ([[NTO]], 1960), ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Little Theatre Players]], 1963).
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 Some of the productions he directed include:
 : ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'' (the first theatre-in-the-round production in South Africa, [[University of Stellenbosch]])
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 :  ''[[The Physicists]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Barnstable]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
+: ''[[Barnstable]]'' and ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[Charley se Tante]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 /1968: ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 : ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[PACT]])
 : ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 Among his major professional works were original texts for ''[[Dracula]]'' (19**), ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (19**) and the hugely popular compilations of [[Melt Brink]] works – and ''[[Ons Hou Weer Konsert]]'' ("We have another concert" - 19**).
-Other productions include ''[[J.B.]]'', ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1964), ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'', ''[[Mr Gotz's Elite Cafe]]'', ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds]]'', , , ,
+Other productions include ''[[J.B.]]'', ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'',
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 : ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'' (the first theatre-in-the-round production in South Africa, [[University of Stellenbosch]])
 : ''[[Vergelegen]]'' ([[K.A.T.]])
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 : ''[[Salad Days]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'' ([[EOAN Group]])
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 : ''[[Rashomon]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 : ''[[Barnstable]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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 : ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
+/1968: ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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 : ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Black Comedy]]''
+: ''[[Black Comedy]]'' and ''[[The Hole]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
 : ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[PACT]])
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 : ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[CAPAB]], [[PACOFS]])
 : ''[[Enemy!]]'' ([[PACT]])
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 : ''[[The Tempest]]'' ([[PACT]])
 : ''[[Dracula]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 : ''[[As You Like It]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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 : ''[[Die Kersietuin]]'' ([[PACT]])
-: ''[[Black Comedy|Donkerwerk is Konkelwerk]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
+: ''[[Black Comedy|Donkerwerk is Konkelwerk]]'' and ''[[El Grande de Coca Cola]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 : ''[[Ons Hou Konsert II]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 : At the time of his death he was directing a production of ''[[Les Nonnes|The Nuns]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town.
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 Among his major professional works were original texts for ''[[Dracula]]'' (19**), ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (19**) and the hugely popular compilations of [[Melt Brink]] works – and ''[[Ons Hou Weer Konsert]]'' ("We have another concert" - 19**).
-Other productions include ''[[J.B.]]'', ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1964), ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'', ''[[Mr Gotz's Elite Cafe]]'', ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds]]'', ''[[The Fantasticks]]'', ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'', ''[[El Grande de Coca Cola]]'', ''[[Getting Out]]'', ''[[Die Physiker|Die Fisici]]'', ''[[Verkiesing sonder politiek!]]'', ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]'', ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'', ''[[The Hole]]'', ''[[Offending the Audience]]'', ''[[Street Scene]]'', ''[[Talking Deafman]]'', ''[[The Philanthropist]]''
+Other productions include ''[[J.B.]]'', ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1964), ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'', ''[[Mr Gotz's Elite Cafe]]'', ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds]]'', , , ,
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		+	1961: ''[[The Grass Harp]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])

	1962: ''[[Die Hemelbed]]''		1962: ''[[Die Hemelbed]]''