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Writer, actor and playwright. ** Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg REPS]] in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.

== Sources ==
See Tucker, 1997

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-[[Theo Aronson]] (1929-2004) Writer, actor and playwright.
+[[Theo Aronson]] (1929-2004) Writer, notably a royal biographer, actor and playwright.
-He was born in the Eastern Cape on 14 November 1929 and educated at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth. After school, Aronson spent four years at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. In 1979 he left his cottage in Kommetjie, Cape Town, and settled in the market town of Frome, Somerset, England where he died in May 2003 at the age of 73.
+He was born Theodore Ian Wilson Aronson as the son of a Latvian Jewish storekeeper at Kirkwood, in the Eastern Cape, on 14 November 1929. Educated at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth and then spent four years at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. While there he acted with [[Nigel Hawthorne]].
-He became one of the most successful and respected authors of books about European and British royalty.
+He became a commercial artist with J. Walter Thompson in Johannesburg, then transferred to London, where he also worked part-time as a waiter. He had acquired an interest in royalty at a young age and went on to become one of the most successful and respected authors of books about European and British royalty.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg Reps]]  in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.

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 Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg Reps]]  in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.
-He wrote the play ''[[Mr Rhodes and the Princess]]''.
+He wrote the play ''[[Mr Rhodes and the Princess]]'' (1976).
 == Sources ==

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-Writer, actor and playwright. ** Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg Reps]]  in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.
+[[Theo Aronson]] (1929-2004) Writer, actor and playwright.
 He wrote the play ''[[Mr Rhodes and the Princess]]''.
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 67.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 Writer, actor and playwright. ** Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg Reps]]  in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.
 == Sources ==
-[[Percy Tucker|Tucker]], 1997
+[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 67.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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-Writer, actor and playwright. ** Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg REPS]]  in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.
+Writer, actor and playwright. ** Starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'' for the [[Johannesburg Reps]]  in 1953. It was based on the life of Elizabeth I and was to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. He went on to make his mark with a series of biographies chronicling the lives of the British royals.
 == Sources ==
-See Tucker, 1997
 Return to [[ESAT Personalities A]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]