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−	All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. ''Please '''do not''' attempt to register an account to contribute directly to ESAT, as only formally appointed researchers on the project may make changes to the website.''	+	All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. ''Please '''do not''' attempt to register an account to contribute directly to [[ESAT]], as only formally appointed researchers on the project may make changes to the website.''

	If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below.		If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below.

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-All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below.
+All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. ''Please '''do not''' attempt to register an account to contribute directly to ESAT, as only formally appointed researchers on the project may make changes to the website.''
 === The [[ESAT]] address ===
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 Please use the headings outlined in the appropriate category to write up your entry/entries for inclusion in ESAT. Do so in a ''Word'' document, and then mail it back to us as an e-mail attachment '''satj@sun.ac.za''', or in a letter to the address given above, and we will upload it onto the website.
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 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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← Older revision		Revision as of 09:00, 24 March 2014
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−	~~= Version 1 =~~
−
−
−	~~== Updating ESAT ==~~
−
−	The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.
−
−	However, as any reader will no doubt quickly realize, a project such as this can hardly be complete or even fully correct, in all the details about the thousands of performances, people, organizations and places involved in South African theatre and performance over the course of the ages. Besides the sheer bulk of potential material to be fitted into our database , there are also problems with the availability and reliability of our sources and our information. To add to the confusion we have found that authors often contradict themselves and each other, at times taking speculation as fact, or turning to speculation themselves to fill in gaps. We have sought to indicate where such disparities or doubts occur. (See [[A Warning to Readers of ESAT]])
−
−	Thus the [[ESAT]] database can only really provide a sample of the more prominent information available at a given time, nor can it ever really be completed as a project. There are no doubt many gaps and inaccuracies of our own in this first version of ESAT and for this reason we would like to stress that it ''is'' a first version, one to be updated and corrected on an ongoing basis. To help us in this process, we would like to invite readers to supply us with any information we might require to improve the Companion for later editions.
−
−	~~=== Submitting contributions to [[ESAT]] ===~~
−
−	All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below.
−
−	~~=== The [[ESAT]] address ===~~
−
−	~~'''''The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''~~
−
−	~~'''E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za'''~~
−
−	~~'''Fax number: (+ 27) 21 882 9141'''~~
−
−
−	~~=== The [[ESAT Templates]] ===~~
−
−	We have devised the following templates for the varous categories in the encylopaedia (see next section), and we invite you to use them when preparing material to submit to us. To find the appropriate '''[[ESAT]] Template''' for your purposes, click on the category below:
−
−	~~#[[Film ESAT Template]]~~
−	~~#[[Personalities ESAT Template]]~~
−	~~#[[Radio Plays & series ESAT Template]]~~
−	~~#[[Stage Plays ESAT Template]]~~
−	~~#[[Themes and definitions ESAT Template]]~~
−	~~#[[TV Drama & series ESAT Template]]~~
−	~~#[[Venues, Companies, Institutions etc ESAT Template]]~~
−
−	Please use the headings outlined in the appropriate category to write up your entry/entries for inclusion in ESAT. Do so in a ''Word'' document, and then mail it back to us as an e-mail attachment '''satj@sun.ac.za''', or in a letter to the address given above, and we will upload it onto the website.
−
−
−	~~= Version 2 =~~
	The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.		The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.

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		+
		+	= Version 1 =
		+
		+
		+	== Updating ESAT ==
		+
		+	The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.
		+
		+	However, as any reader will no doubt quickly realize, a project such as this can hardly be complete or even fully correct, in all the details about the thousands of performances, people, organizations and places involved in South African theatre and performance over the course of the ages. Besides the sheer bulk of potential material to be fitted into our database , there are also problems with the availability and reliability of our sources and our information. To add to the confusion we have found that authors often contradict themselves and each other, at times taking speculation as fact, or turning to speculation themselves to fill in gaps. We have sought to indicate where such disparities or doubts occur. (See [[A Warning to Readers of ESAT]])
		+
		+	Thus the [[ESAT]] database can only really provide a sample of the more prominent information available at a given time, nor can it ever really be completed as a project. There are no doubt many gaps and inaccuracies of our own in this first version of ESAT and for this reason we would like to stress that it ''is'' a first version, one to be updated and corrected on an ongoing basis. To help us in this process, we would like to invite readers to supply us with any information we might require to improve the Companion for later editions.
		+
		+	=== Submitting contributions to [[ESAT]] ===
		+
		+	All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below.
		+
		+	=== The [[ESAT]] address ===
		+
		+	'''''The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''
		+
		+	'''E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za'''
		+
		+	'''Fax number: (+ 27) 21 882 9141'''
		+
		+
		+	=== The [[ESAT Templates]] ===
		+
		+	We have devised the following templates for the varous categories in the encylopaedia (see next section), and we invite you to use them when preparing material to submit to us. To find the appropriate '''[[ESAT]] Template''' for your purposes, click on the category below:
		+
		+	#[[Film ESAT Template]]
		+	#[[Personalities ESAT Template]]
		+	#[[Radio Plays & series ESAT Template]]
		+	#[[Stage Plays ESAT Template]]
		+	#[[Themes and definitions ESAT Template]]
		+	#[[TV Drama & series ESAT Template]]
		+	#[[Venues, Companies, Institutions etc ESAT Template]]
		+
		+	Please use the headings outlined in the appropriate category to write up your entry/entries for inclusion in ESAT. Do so in a ''Word'' document, and then mail it back to us as an e-mail attachment '''satj@sun.ac.za''', or in a letter to the address given above, and we will upload it onto the website.
		+
		+
		+	= Version 2 =
	The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.		The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.

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 The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.
-However, as any reader will no doubt quickly realize, a project such as this can hardly be complete or even fully correct, in all the details about the thousands of performances, people, Organisations and places involved in South African theatre and performance over the course of the ages. Besides the sheer bulk of potential material to be fitted into our database , there are also problems with the availability and reliability of our sources and our information. To add to the confusion we have found that authors often contradict themselves and each other, at times taking speculation as fact, or turning to speculation themselves to fill in gaps. We have sought to indicate where such disparities or doubts occur.  (See [[A Warning to Readers of ESAT]])
 Thus the [[ESAT]] database can only really provide a sample of the more prominent information available at a given time, nor can it ever really be completed as a project. There are no doubt many gaps and inaccuracies of our own in this first version of ESAT and for this reason we would like to stress that it ''is'' a first version, one to be updated and corrected on an ongoing basis. To help us in this process, we would like to invite readers to supply us with any information we might require to improve the Companion for later editions.

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:57, 24 March 2014
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		+	== Return to ==
		+
		+
		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]


	Return to [[Main Page]]		Return to [[Main Page]]

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-All researchers are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address:
+All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us expand, improve, update and correct ESAT. Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address. If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below.
-The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.
+=== The [[ESAT]] address ===
-E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za
+'''''The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''
-Fax number: (+ 27) 21 882 9141
+'''E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za'''

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:08, 27 May 2012
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−	The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose. However, as any reader will no doubt quickly realize, a project such as this can hardly be complete or even fully correct, in all the details about the thousands of performances, people, Organisations and places involved in South African theatre and performance over the course of the ages. Besides the sheer bulk of potential material to be fitted into our database , there are also problems with the availability and reliability of our sources and our information. To add to the confusion we have found that authors often contradict themselves and each other, at times taking speculation as fact, or turning to speculation themselves to fill in gaps. We have sought to indicate where such disparities or doubts occur.	+	The [[ESAT]] database – and indeed the project as a whole - is intended to be, above anything else, a resource for the theatre scholar, researcher, practitioner, critic and/or theatre lover. Something to be dipped into and used as the need arises. We trust that in its present Wiki-based format it serves that purpose.
		+
		+	However, as any reader will no doubt quickly realize, a project such as this can hardly be complete or even fully correct, in all the details about the thousands of performances, people, Organisations and places involved in South African theatre and performance over the course of the ages. Besides the sheer bulk of potential material to be fitted into our database , there are also problems with the availability and reliability of our sources and our information. To add to the confusion we have found that authors often contradict themselves and each other, at times taking speculation as fact, or turning to speculation themselves to fill in gaps. We have sought to indicate where such disparities or doubts occur. [[See A Warning to Readers of ESAT]]

	Thus the [[ESAT]] database can only really provide a sample of the more prominent information available at a given time, nor can it ever really be completed as a project. There are no doubt many gaps and inaccuracies of our own in this first version of ESAT and for this reason we would like to stress that it ''is'' a first version, one to be updated and corrected on an ongoing basis. To help us in this process, we would like to invite readers to supply us with any information we might require to improve the Companion for later editions.		Thus the [[ESAT]] database can only really provide a sample of the more prominent information available at a given time, nor can it ever really be completed as a project. There are no doubt many gaps and inaccuracies of our own in this first version of ESAT and for this reason we would like to stress that it ''is'' a first version, one to be updated and corrected on an ongoing basis. To help us in this process, we would like to invite readers to supply us with any information we might require to improve the Companion for later editions.