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(19**-) Building contractor, theatre owner and theatre impressario. Born in ***, He and his brother *** became building contractors, and later built cinemas and theatres on land they owned - such as the [[Luxurama]] and the [[Three Arts]], Under the name of [[Quibell Brothers]] they also brought numerous shows and performers to South Africa. For years Ronnie, the “active” producer, battled the restrictions of the apartheid laws to manoeuvre international musicians onto South African stages. He presented a programme with [[Anna Russel]] and the German pianist [[Horst Jankowski]] in 1967. [[Vera Lynn]] returned to South Africa in 1967 for the Quibells with the comedian [[Tommy Trinder]] on the supporting bill. They brougt [[Sidney James]] home to star in ''[[Wedding Fever]]'' at the [[Civic]] circa 1970. They also staged ''[[Don’t tell the Wife]]'', with an entire London cast, headed by [[Jack Douglas]] circa 1970. [[Spike Milligan]] performed at the [[Colosseum]] for the Quibells in 1975. He did so again in 1979, once again at the [[Colosseum]]. He staged ''[[Carnival à la District Six]]'', written and produced by [[David Bestman]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], at the [[Civic]] and later at [[His Majesty’s]] in 1980. He presented the comedian [[Shelley Berman]], with [[Judy Page]] as a special artist at the [[Civic]] in 1981

== Sources ==
Tucker, 1997

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He and his brother became building contractors, and later built cinemas and theatres on land they owned -  such as the [[Luxurama]] and the [[Three Arts]], Under the name of [[Quibell Brothers]] they also brought numerous shows and performers to South Africa. For years Ronnie, the “active” producer, battled the restrictions of the apartheid laws to manoeuvre international musicians onto South African stages.
+He and his brother became building contractors, and later built cinemas and theatres on land they owned -  such as the [[Luxurama]] (1963) and the [[Three Arts Theatre]] (1964). Under the name of [[Quibell Brothers]] they also brought numerous shows and performers to South Africa. For years Ronnie, the “active” producer, battled the restrictions of the apartheid laws to manoeuvre international musicians onto South African stages.
 He presented a programme with [[Anna Russel]] and the German pianist [[Horst Jankowski]] in 1967. [[Vera Lynn]] returned to South Africa in 1967 for the Quibells with the comedian [[Tommy Trinder]] on the supporting bill. They brought [[Sidney James]] home to star in ''[[Wedding Fever]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] circa 1970. They also staged ''[[Don’t tell the Wife]]'', with an entire London cast, headed by [[Jack Douglas]] circa 1970. [[Spike Milligan]] performed at the [[Colosseum]] for the Quibells in 1975. He did so again in 1979, once again at the [[Colosseum]]. He staged ''[[Carnival à la District Six]]'', written and produced by [[David Bestman]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], at the [[Civic Theatre]] and later at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in 1980. He presented the comedian [[Shelley Berman]], with [[Judy Page]] as a special artist at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1981.
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-(b. **/**/**** - d. 27/12/2011) Building contractor, theatre owner and theatre impressario. Born in ***, He and his brother *** became building contractors, and later built cinemas and theatres on land they owned -  such as the [[Luxurama]] and the [[Three Arts]], Under the name of [[Quibell Brothers]] they also brought numerous shows and performers to South Africa.  For years Ronnie, the “active” producer,  battled the restrictions of the apartheid laws to manoeuvre international musicians onto South African stages. He presented a programme with [[Anna Russel]] and the German pianist [[Horst Jankowski]] in 1967. [[Vera Lynn]] returned to South Africa in 1967 for the Quibells with the comedian [[Tommy Trinder]] on the supporting bill. They brougt [[Sidney James]] home to star in ''[[Wedding Fever]]'' at the [[Civic]] circa 1970. They also staged ''[[Don’t tell the Wife]]'', with an entire London cast, headed by [[Jack Douglas]] circa 1970. [[Spike Milligan]] performed at the [[Colosseum]] for the Quibells in 1975. He did so again in 1979, once again at the [[Colosseum]]. He staged ''[[Carnival à la District Six]]'', written and produced by [[David Bestman]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], at the [[Civic]] and later at [[His Majesty’s]] in 1980. He presented the comedian [[Shelley Berman]], with [[Judy Page]] as a special artist at the [[Civic]] in 1981
+(b. **/**/**** - d. 27/12/2011) Building contractor, theatre owner and theatre impressario.
 == Sources ==
-Tucker, 1997
+[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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