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 == Awards, etc ==
-The  Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for his contribution to SA theatre  in the 1950s, the [[Erepenning vir Toneelkuns]] of the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] in 1957, die [[Stewart Leith-trophy]] twice, the Order for Meritorious Service (Gold class, 1989) and various other awards as best performer.
+The  Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for his contribution to SA theatre  in the 1950s, the [[Erepenning vir Toneelkuns]] of the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] in 1957, die [[Stewart Leith Trophy]] twice, the Order for Meritorious Service (Gold class, 1989) and various other awards as best performer.
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 '''As director''': He produced ''[[Mademoiselle]]'' in 1942,  he directed ''[[Laura]]'' for the Reps in 1947, directed ''[[As ons twee eers getroud is]]'' (1952) and the famous Ben Travers farce, ''[[Rookery Nook]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for [[PACT]] in December 1963.
-[[Anthony Farmer]] designed an intimate dinner theatre in the place of the [[Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre]] (the old [[Academy]]) which was ravaged by fire circa 1984.  The opening production was ''[[Oh! La! La!]]'' conceived and directed by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]].
+[[Anthony Farmer]] designed an intimate dinner theatre in the place of the [[Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre]] (the old [[Academy Theatre]]) which was ravaged by fire circa 1984.  The opening production was ''[[Oh! La! La!]]'' conceived and directed by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]].
 ===Film===

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 The 1960s, after the demise of [[NTO]], he initially worked for a wider range of companies, though later working more frequently for the [[Transvaal Performing Arts Council]]'s prestigious main company. His many roles included appearances in  ''[[The Caretaker]]'' (1960), ''[[Rookery Nook]]'' (Cockpit Players 1960), in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in 1960, in the [[Cockpit Players]] productions of [[Harold Pinter]]’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' and Paddy Chayefsky's prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with actors [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]]. He also appeared in ''[[Wie de drommel is Paskwaal?]]''  (NTO 1961), ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' (Cockpit Players, opening October 1961), Harold Pinter's ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by [[Tennessee Williams]]’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the [[Cockpit Players]] in 1962, ''[[Dear Liar]]'' (1962), ''[[The Affair]]'' (PACT 1963), ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963), ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' (PACT 1963), ''[[Roméo et Jeanette|Romeo and Jeanette]]'' (PACT 1963), ''[[L'Avare|The Miser]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1964, ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACT 1964), ''[[A Sleep of Prisoners]]'' (PACT 1965), ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (PACT 1965), ''[[Rashomon]]'' (PACT 1965), ''[[The Devils]]'' (PACT 1966), ''[[Faust]]'' ([[H.B. Thom Theatre]] 1966), ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' (PACT 1966), ''[[The Mask and the Face]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[[[Le Malade imaginaire|The Imaginary Invalid]]]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (PACT 1968) ''[[You Never Can Tell]]'' (PACT 1968), ''[[The Fighting Cock]]'' (PACT 1968), ''[[Hadrian VII]]'', directed by [[Robert Mohr]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1969, ''[[A Month in the Country]]'', which [[Leonard Schach]] directed for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1969, ''[[The Magistrate]]'' (PACT 1969).
-From 1970 onwards followed ''[[The Proposal|Ouers-Vra]]'' (CAPAB]] 1970), ''[[King John]]'' (PACT 1970), ''[[Child's Play]]'' (PACT 1971), ''[[King Lear|Koning Lear]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1971), ''[[Hotel Paradiso]]'' (1971), ''[[Gentlemen]]'' (1972), ''[[Kennen Sie Die Milchstrasse|Do You Know the Milky Way?]]'' (PACT 1972), ''[[Black Comedy]]'' (PACT 1972), ''[[Gentlemen]]'', ''[[Skoene-skoene]]'' ([[PACT]], 1973) ''[[Sagmoedige Neelsie]]'' (1973), ''[[Iemand Om voor Nag Te Sê]]'' (PACT 1973), ''[[Die Verhoor]]'' (PACT 1973), ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (PACT 1973), ''[[A Macbeth]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1973, ''[[Twigs]]'' (PACT 1974), ''[[Three Sisters|Drie Susters]]'' (KRUIK 1976), ''[[Die Nag van Legio]]'' (CAPAB 1976), ''[[Plaston: DNS-Kind]]'', 1981, ''[[Comrades]]'' (PACT 1986).
+From 1970 onwards followed ''[[The Proposal|Ouers-Vra]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1970), ''[[King John]]'' (PACT 1970), ''[[Child's Play]]'' ([[PACT]] 1971), ''[[King Lear|Koning Lear]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1971), ''[[Hotel Paradiso]]'' (1971), ''[[Gentlemen]]'' (1972), ''[[Kennen Sie Die Milchstrasse|Do You Know the Milky Way?]]'' ([[PACT]] 1972), ''[[Black Comedy]]'' ([[PACT]] 1972), ''[[Gentlemen]]'', ''[[Skoene-skoene]]'' ([[PACT]], 1973) ''[[Sagmoedige Neelsie]]'' (1973), ''[[Iemand Om voor Nag Te Sê]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[Die Verhoor]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[A Macbeth]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1973, ''[[Twigs]]'' ([[PACT]] 1974), ''[[Three Sisters|Drie Susters]]'' ([[KRUIK]] 1976), ''[[Die Nag van Legio]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1976), ''[[Plaston: DNS-Kind]]'', ([[PACT]], 1981), ''[[Comrades]]'' ([[PACT]] 1986).
 ===His work as director===

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 Later on he also performed in plays put on by the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]] , 1947-1961), for example serving as part of their first touring company throughout 1948, working with people like [[André Huguenet]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Lorna Cowell]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilda Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].
-He also did work for the [[Cockpit Players]] and the newly established [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]] ([[PACT]].
+He also did work for the [[Cockpit Players]] and the newly established [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]] ([[PACT]]).
 ===Plays performed in===

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 Later on he also performed in plays put on by the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]] , 1947-1961), for example serving as part of their first touring company throughout 1948, working with people like [[André Huguenet]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Lorna Cowell]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilda Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].
-He also did work for the [[Cockpit Players]] and the newly established [[Transvaal Performing Arts Council]] ([[PACT]].
+He also did work for the [[Cockpit Players]] and the newly established [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]] ([[PACT]].
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 He then appeared a number of productions in the [[NTO]]'s inaugural season, including ''[[Minna von Barnhelm|Altyd my Liefste]]'' (NTO 1947/8), ''[[Dear Brutus]]'' (NTO 1948), ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' (1948/49) and ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (1948/49).
-During the 1950s he continued working for [[NTO]] and other companies, appearing in ''[[Macbeth]]'' (in [[Afrikaans]], 1950), ''[[Hassan]]'' (NTO 1950), ''[[L'Avare|Die Vrek]]'' (NTO 1951), ''[[Volpone]]'' (1952), (''[[Volpone]]'' enjoyed another run at the [[Benoni Town Hall]] later that same year), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1953), ''[[Someone Waiting]]'' ([[Johannesburg Reps]] 1954), Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced, directed and played in by [[Margaret Inglis]] at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955, ''[[Periandros van Korinthe]]'' ([[NTO]] 1956), ''[[Bitter Einde]]'' ([[NTO]] 1956-7), ''[[A Hundred Years Old|Oupa Kanniedood]]'' ([[NTO]] 1957), ''[[Krach um Jolanthe|Bohaai oor .n Otjie]]'' ([[NTO]] 1956), ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' ([[NTO]] 1958), ''[[Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'', ([[NTO]] 1958), ''[[Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis]]'' (NTO 1958), he played Dauphin in Shaw's ''[[Saint Joan]]'', which [[Leon Gluckman]] directed for the [[National Theatre]] in 1959, also starring [[Kita Redelinghuys]] and in ''[[Moeder Hanna]]'' (1959).
+During the 1950s he continued working for [[NTO]] and other companies, appearing in ''[[Macbeth]]'' (in [[Afrikaans]], 1950), ''[[Hassan]]'' ([[NTO]] 1950), ''[[L'Avare|Die Vrek]]'' ([[NTO]] 1951), ''[[Volpone]]'' (1952), (''[[Volpone]]'' enjoyed another run at the [[Benoni Town Hall]] later that same year), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1953), ''[[Someone Waiting]]'' ([[Johannesburg Reps]] 1954), Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced, directed and played in by [[Margaret Inglis]] at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955, ''[[Periandros van Korinthe]]'' ([[NTO]] 1956), ''[[Bitter Einde]]'' ([[NTO]] 1956-7), ''[[A Hundred Years Old|Oupa Kanniedood]]'' ([[NTO]] 1957), ''[[Krach um Jolanthe|Bohaai oor .n Otjie]]'' ([[NTO]] 1956), ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' ([[NTO]] 1958), ''[[Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'', ([[NTO]] 1958), ''[[Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis]]'' ([[NTO]] 1958), he played Dauphin in Shaw's ''[[Saint Joan]]'' (which [[Leon Gluckman]] directed for [[NTO]] in 1959, also starring [[Kita Redelinghuys]]) and in ''[[Moeder Hanna]]'' ([[NTO]], 1959).
 The 1960s, after the demise of [[NTO]], he initially worked for a wider range of companies, though later working more frequently for the [[Transvaal Performing Arts Council]]'s prestigious main company. His many roles included appearances in  ''[[The Caretaker]]'' (1960), ''[[Rookery Nook]]'' (Cockpit Players 1960), in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in 1960, in the [[Cockpit Players]] productions of [[Harold Pinter]]’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' and Paddy Chayefsky's prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with actors [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]]. He also appeared in ''[[Wie de drommel is Paskwaal?]]''  (NTO 1961), ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' (Cockpit Players, opening October 1961), Harold Pinter's ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by [[Tennessee Williams]]’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the [[Cockpit Players]] in 1962, ''[[Dear Liar]]'' (1962), ''[[The Affair]]'' (PACT 1963), ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963), ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' (PACT 1963), ''[[Roméo et Jeanette|Romeo and Jeanette]]'' (PACT 1963), ''[[L'Avare|The Miser]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1964, ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACT 1964), ''[[A Sleep of Prisoners]]'' (PACT 1965), ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (PACT 1965), ''[[Rashomon]]'' (PACT 1965), ''[[The Devils]]'' (PACT 1966), ''[[Faust]]'' ([[H.B. Thom Theatre]] 1966), ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' (PACT 1966), ''[[The Mask and the Face]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[[[Le Malade imaginaire|The Imaginary Invalid]]]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' (PACT 1967), ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (PACT 1968) ''[[You Never Can Tell]]'' (PACT 1968), ''[[The Fighting Cock]]'' (PACT 1968), ''[[Hadrian VII]]'', directed by [[Robert Mohr]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1969, ''[[A Month in the Country]]'', which [[Leonard Schach]] directed for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1969, ''[[The Magistrate]]'' (PACT 1969).

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 [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] initially worked for most of the [[Afrikaans]] companies in the 1930s, including the [[Die André Huguenet Geselskap|André Huguenet Company]] (1933) and the [[Hanekom Geselskap]]. Later founded his own company in the 1940s.
-Before the war he went to England for a while, where he worked for the Charles Hickman Company and performed at London's Old Vic. During the war years, he returned to South Africa however, to perform for in both [[Afrikaans]] and English for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] ([[KMDOS]]), the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]]  (at the [[Standard Theatre]]) and his own company between 1941 and 1946. (The latter was formed in 1941, its first production being ''[[Die Rooi Pruik]]'' in that year).
+Before the war he went to England for a while, where he worked for the Charles Hickman Company and performed at London's [[Old Vic]]. During the war years, he returned to South Africa however, to perform in both [[Afrikaans]] and English for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] ([[KMDOS]]), the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]] (at the [[Standard Theatre]]) and his own company between 1941 and 1946. (The latter was formed in 1941, its first production being ''[[Die Rooi Pruik]]'' in that year).
 Later on he also performed in plays put on by the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]] , 1947-1961), for example serving as part of their first touring company throughout 1948, working with people like [[André Huguenet]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Lorna Cowell]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilda Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].

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−	'''Siegfried Mynhardt''' (1909-1996) was a venerated bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actor and director. (Often known simply as “[[Siegie]]”).	+	'''Siegfried Mynhardt''' (1909-1996) was a venerated bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actor and director.
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		+	Often known simply as '''"[[Siegie]]"'''.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==