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	1972: ''[[Skyvers/Jollers]]'' (Malan's own adaptation, [[Space Theatre]])		1972: ''[[Skyvers/Jollers]]'' (Malan's own adaptation, [[Space Theatre]])
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		+	1972: ''[[Tom Thumb, or The Tragedy of Tragedies]]'' ([[CAPAB]])

	1973: ''[[The Fall and Redemption of Man]]'' ([[University Theatre Stellenbosch]])		1973: ''[[The Fall and Redemption of Man]]'' ([[University Theatre Stellenbosch]])

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	He acted as a judge for the one-act play competition held in 1972-3.		He acted as a judge for the one-act play competition held in 1972-3.
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−	~~He directed children’s plays such as ''[[Old King Cole]]'' (written by [[Ken Campbell]])~~

	===As playwright===		===As playwright===

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	1975: ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'' ([[PACT Playwork]])		1975: ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'' ([[PACT Playwork]])
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		+	1975: ''[[Old King Cole]]'' ([[PACT Playwork]])

	1976: ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' ([[PACT Playwork]])		1976: ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' ([[PACT Playwork]])

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 : ''[[Skyvers/Jollers]]'' (Malan's own adaptation, [[Space Theatre]])
-: ''[[The Fall and Redemption of Man]]'' (University Theatre Stellenbosch)
+: ''[[The Fall and Redemption of Man]]'' ([[University Theatre Stellenbosch]])
 :  ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'' ([[PACT Playwork]])

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 : ''[[Les Fourberies de Scapin|That Skelm Scapino]]'' ([[PACT]])
-''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', ''[[When Thou Art King]]'', ''[[The Angry Old Man]]'',
+''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', ''[[When Thou Art King]]''
 He acted as a judge for the one-act play competition held in 1972-3.

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	[[Robin Malan]] (1940-2024). Actor, writer, editor, director, teacher, publisher.		[[Robin Malan]] (1940-2024). Actor, writer, editor, director, teacher, publisher.
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−	~~<big>'''BEING EDITED'''</big>~~

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 He wrote and adapted a number of works for theatre. These include:
-* ''[[Workplay]]'' (1972).
+* ''[[Workplay]]'' (1972)
-* ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' (a bilingual South African adaptation of ''[[Lysistrata]]'' (1972)
+* ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' (a bilingual South African adaptation of ''[[Lysistrata]]'', 1972)
 * ''[[iHamlet]]'' (2012)

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 * ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' (a bilingual South African adaptation of ''[[Lysistrata]]'' (1972)
-Wrote and adapted the texts for ''[[iHamlet]]'' (2012),
+* ''[[iHamlet]]'' (2012)
 === Plays and Theatre publications===

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 ===Work in theatre===
-Since 1959 he has played many roles at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town. He was very active in youth theatre and was one of the forces behind the organising of the Theatre for Youth Winter School of Drama in 1964.
+Since 1959 he played many roles at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town. He was very active in youth theatre and was one of the forces behind the organising of the [[Theatre for Youth]] Winter School of Drama in 1964.
 He appeared on stage in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1962-3), ''[[Periandros van Korinthe]]'', ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]'', ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 1966), ''[[Major Barbara]]''. He acted in ''[[Les Fourberies de Scapin|That Skelm Scapino]]'' (1976).
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-He devised ''[[Workplay]]'' (1972).
+He wrote and adapted a number of works for theatre. These include:
-He adapted ''[[Lysistrata]]'' for the South African context as a bilingual (Afrikaans & English) text called ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' (1972).
+* ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' (a bilingual South African adaptation of ''[[Lysistrata]]'' (1972)
 Wrote and adapted the texts for ''[[iHamlet]]'' (2012),
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 One of the founding editors of the short-lived theatre journal ''[[Teater/Theatre SA]]'' (1968/69).
-Play collections are ''[[Play Workshop. Ten One Act Plays]]'', ''[[The Distance Remains and Other Plays]]'', 	S.A. Gay Plays 1: The Artscape Dublin Festival Plays, Short, Sharp & Snappy 1: Southern African Plays for High Schools
+His play collections are ''[[Play Workshop. Ten One Act Plays]]'', ''[[The Distance Remains and Other Plays]]'', 	S.A. Gay Plays 1: The Artscape Dublin Festival Plays, Short, Sharp & Snappy 1: Southern African Plays for High Schools
 Books about theatre matters, ''[[Drama-teach; drama-in-education and theatre for young people]]'',

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 ==Publication==
-A prolific author, famous for his satirical book on South African English called ''Ah Big Yaws?: A Guard to Sow Theffricun Innglissh'', the famous poetry anthologies ''Inscapes'', ''New Inscapes'' and ''Worldscapes''; prose collections such as ''Being here: Modern short stories from Southern Africa'', ''New Beginnings: Short Stories from Southern Africa'' and ''No Place Like and Other Short Stories'' by Southern African Women Writers, as well as various collections of writings by and about Gay men.
+A prolific author, famous for his satirical book on South African English called ''Ah Big Yaws?: A Guard to Sow Theffricun Innglissh'', the famous poetry anthologies ''Inscapes'', ''New Inscapes'' and ''Worldscapes''; prose collections such as ''Being here: Modern short stories from Southern Africa'', ''New Beginnings: Short Stories from Southern Africa'' and ''No Place Like and Other Short Stories'' by Southern African Women Writers, as well as various collections of writings by and about gay men.
-Contributions to literary history include ''Ourselves in Southern Africa: An Anthology of Southern African Writing'', ''Burning a Hole in the Page: A Reader's Guide to 70 South African Writers'',
+Contributions to literary history include ''Ourselves in Southern Africa: An Anthology of Southern African Writing'', ''Burning a Hole in the Page: A Reader's Guide to 70 South African Writers''.
-In 2005 he founded [[Junkets]], a small-scale publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa, in association with [[Snailpress]], in order to publish his novel ''Rebel Angel''. Since the Malan has made an invaluable contribution by being instrumental in publishing numerous volumes of poetry, plays and novels under the [[Junkets]] imprint that may never have appeared in print.
+In 2005, he founded [[Junkets]], a small-scale publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa, in association with [[Snailpress]], in order to publish his novel ''Rebel Angel''. Since the Malan made an invaluable contribution by being instrumental in publishing numerous volumes of poetry, plays and novels under the [[Junkets]] imprint that may never have appeared in print.
 '''For a listing of some of his many books, see the ''[[Goodreads]]''[https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/63667.Robin_Malan?page=1&per_page=30] website.'''