Saira Essa - Revision history

Darryl: /* Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance */

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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As actress

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As playwright

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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As director

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As director

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As director

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=As actress

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-She founded the [[Upstairs Theatre in Education Company]] in 1979(?).
+She founded the [[Upstairs Theatre in Education Company]] in 1979.
 ===As playwright===

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 ===As actress===
-Saira has played leading roles in ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[The Primary English Class]]'', ''[[The Revenge]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[The Good Woman of Setzuan]]'', ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', ''[[In Camera]]'', ''[[Call me Woman]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Dutchman]]'', and her successful one woman play ''[[A Woman Alone]]''.
+Saira has played leading roles in ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[The Primary English Class]]'', ''[[The Revenge]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]], 1980), ''[[The Good Woman of Setzuan]]'', ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', ''[[In Camera]]'', ''[[Call me Woman]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Dutchman]]'', and her successful one woman play ''[[A Woman Alone]]''.
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 ===As director===

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 * ''[[You Can't Stop the Revolution]]'' (1987)
-* ''[[The James Commission]]'' (1989)
+* ''[[The James Commission]]'' (co-written with [[Charles Pillai]], 1989)
 * ''[[A Woman Alone]]'' (198*)

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-She founded the [[Upstairs Theatre in Education Company]] in 1982.
+She founded the [[Upstairs Theatre in Education Company]] in 1979(?).
 ===As playwright===

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 ===As playwright===
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 : ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' (adapted with [[Charles Pillai]] from ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'' by [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]).
 and a musical based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 ''[[The Island]]''
-: ''[[Pinocchio]]'' (1983)
+: ''[[The Snitcher Snatcher and the Naughty Child]]''
 : ''[[Bad Day at Black Frog Creek]]''
-and a musical based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. She wrote and directed ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''.
+: ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' (adapted with [[Charles Pillai]] from ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'' by [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]).
-She devised and directed ''[[The Snitcher Snatcher and the Naughty Child]]'' (1981).
+and a musical based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
 She founded the [[Upstairs Theatre in Education Company]] in 1982.

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 She devised and directed ''[[The Snitcher Snatcher and the Naughty Child]]'' (1981).
-As director she is best known for ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'' (by John Blair and [[Norman Fenton]]), done in Durban and at the [[Laager]] in 1985. (Also performed in Bombay in 1985).
+As director she is best known for ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'' (by [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]), done in Durban and at the [[Laager]] in 1985. (Also performed in Bombay in 1985).
 She founded the [[Upstairs Theatre in Education Company]] in 1982.