Ron Fenton - Revision history

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−	[[Ron Fenton]] (1935-) is an actor, playwright and theatre personality, best known for his contribution to South African theatre in the 1960s and 1970s.	+	[[Ron Fenton]] (1935-2018) was an actor, playwright and theatre personality, best known for his contribution to South African theatre in the 1960s and 1970s.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 The family went back to England in 1980, where he got a job in planning, and generally lived a conventional life. Initially he did not participate in theatrical activities, but after two years he gradually started writing again and participating in local drama groups, though never again to the extent that he had done in South Africa.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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 == Sources ==
-E-mail correspondence from [[Frazer Fenton]] (April-November, 2016)
+E-mail correspondence from [[Frazer Fenton]] (April-November, 2016, and 4 June, 2018)
 https://www.facebook.com/RonFenton/

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−	His roles for the [[Maynardville]] open-air theatre included "Cornwall's servant" (''[[King Lear]]'' 1966); "Sergeant" (''[[Macbeth]]'', 1967), "Pistol" (''[[Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', 1969), "Senators, Ofﬁces, Messenger and Attendents" (''[[Othello]]'', 1970), "Messenger" (''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', 1972), "First Gravedigger" (''[[Hamlet]]'',1975)	+	His roles for the [[Maynardville]] open-air theatre included "Cornwall's servant" (''[[King Lear]]'' 1966); "Sergeant" (''[[Macbeth]]'', 1967), "Pistol" (''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', 1969), "Senators, Ofﬁces, Messenger and Attendents" (''[[Othello]]'', 1970), "Messenger" (''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', 1972), "First Gravedigger" (''[[Hamlet]]'',1975)

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 == Sources ==
-E-mail correspondence from [[Frazer Fenton]] (April, 2016)
+E-mail correspondence from [[Frazer Fenton]] (April-November, 2016)
 https://www.facebook.com/RonFenton/

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 Cast list:  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eywLZnNNjTzKHBv7jOuxbR-G5sTvyYpIb-mSsrTlq1k/edit?usp=sharing]
-Cast list:  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4UiQ_DD67qiL0D7tRYHxTbB0cDFWoE07N9Hl2qDq34/edit?usp=sharing
+Cast list:  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4UiQ_DD67qiL0D7tRYHxTbB0cDFWoE07N9Hl2qDq34/edit?usp=sharing]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Anonymous reviewer. 1978. Review of ''[[The Chess Mistress]]'',  ''[[Cape Times]]'' (5 April 1978) Reviewer unknown
-Cast list:  ''[[Don't Utter A Note]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O1rOCezcCZ80H0uffE_yiTXwabuJeah0KE8ajSi1S68/edit?usp=sharing]
+Cast list:  ''[[Don't Utter a Note]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O1rOCezcCZ80H0uffE_yiTXwabuJeah0KE8ajSi1S68/edit?usp=sharing]
 Cast list:  ''[[Laughing Dandino]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__40XgHEPvhZm13aVBZfapbnvpLEYIW8qKzb6ajoCV0/edit?usp=sharing]

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 Anonymous reviewer. 1978. Review of ''[[The Chess Mistress]]'',  ''[[Cape Times]]'' (5 April 1978) Reviewer unknown
 Cast list:  ''[[Laughing Dandino]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__40XgHEPvhZm13aVBZfapbnvpLEYIW8qKzb6ajoCV0/edit?usp=sharing] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WT6NWF7b7y3z38r51LYFZ84ynQ3f4EqGUuoYFJLS2EQ/edit?usp=sharing]
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 Cast list:  ''[[Don't Utter a Note]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gmZI0xYiXNwdY2kwMIEhahZBCtmUYybsOKCCfw5xDQ8/edit?usp=sharing]
-Cast list:  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/12D3uaC3ieWbpgrk4jEyjpiPFQDJwWFNZ4l5sEsdcz2k/edit?usp=sharing]
+Cast list:  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eywLZnNNjTzKHBv7jOuxbR-G5sTvyYpIb-mSsrTlq1k/edit?usp=sharing]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 He was also in ''[[The Coral King]]'', a play by [[James Ambrose Brown]]).
 === As director ===
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 === As playwright ===
-While in South Africa he wrote the plays ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]'', ''[[A Cowardly Season]]'',  ''[[Burleigh Nicotinus]]'',  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (1974), ''[[Three Knives for the Puppet Master]]'' (197*?) and  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (1976). On his return to the UK he wrote a few more plays, including...
+While in South Africa he wrote the plays ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]'', ''[[A Cowardly Season]]'',  ''[[Burleigh Nicotinus]]'',  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (1974), ''[[Three Knives for the Puppet Master]]'' (197*?) and  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (1976). On his return to the UK he wrote a few more plays, including  ''[[Booze and Baccy]]'', ''[[Toc-H]]'' and ''[[Fireman at the Pentecost]]'',  as well a number short sketches and monologues.
 == Awards, accolades, etc ==