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 [[W.E.G. Louw|William Ewart Gladstone Louw]] (1913-1980) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._G._Louw]. Poet, playwright, translator, epicurean and renowned and influential theatre, literary and music critic.
-Among his writer friends and colleagues he was usually simply called [[Gladstone Louw]]
+Among his writer friends and colleagues, he was usually simply referred to as "Gladstone".
 == Biography ==

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	[[W.E.G. Louw\|William Ewart Gladstone Louw]] (1913-1980) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._G._Louw]. Poet, playwright, translator, epicurean and renowned and influential theatre, literary and music critic.		[[W.E.G. Louw\|William Ewart Gladstone Louw]] (1913-1980) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._G._Louw]. Poet, playwright, translator, epicurean and renowned and influential theatre, literary and music critic.
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		+	Among his writer friends and colleagues he was usually simply called [[Gladstone Louw]]

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-In the time he was involved in theatre in a number of ways, notably as a translator into [[Afrikaans]]. Among the translations were Sacha Guitry's '''''[[Huis te Koop]]''''' and [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s '''''[[Die Indringer]]''''' (done with his brother), and Sudermann's '''''[[Fritsie]]''''' -  all in 1935 (and also acting as stage manager for the three productions by students of the university).
+In the time he was involved in theatre in a number of ways, notably as a translator into [[Afrikaans]]. Among the translations were Sacha Guitry's '''''[[Huis te Koop]]''''' and Maurice Maeterlinck's '''''[[Die Indringer]]''''' (done with his brother), and Sudermann's '''''[[Fritsie]]''''' -  all in 1935 (and also acting as stage manager for the three productions by students of the university).
 In 1942 he translated '''''[[Monna Vanna]]''''' by Maurice Maeterlinck (produced by [[Volksteater]] in 1942) and in the same year wrote a prologue for [[Volksteater]]'s production of a devised Nativity play (known simply as '''''[[Die Kersspel]]'''''). In 1960 he translated [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s '''''[[Saint Joan]]''''' for [[NTO]]

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-In the time he was involved in theatre in a number of ways, notably as a translator into [[Afrikaans]]. Among the translations were Sacha Guitry's '''''[[Huis te Koop]]''''' and Maurice Maeterlinck's '''''[[Die Indringer]]''''' (done with his brother), and Sudermann's '''''[[Fritsie]]''''' -  all in 1935 (and also acting as stage manager for the three productions by students of the university).
+In the time he was involved in theatre in a number of ways, notably as a translator into [[Afrikaans]]. Among the translations were Sacha Guitry's '''''[[Huis te Koop]]''''' and [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s '''''[[Die Indringer]]''''' (done with his brother), and Sudermann's '''''[[Fritsie]]''''' -  all in 1935 (and also acting as stage manager for the three productions by students of the university).
 In 1942 he translated '''''[[Monna Vanna]]''''' by Maurice Maeterlinck (produced by [[Volksteater]] in 1942) and in the same year wrote a prologue for [[Volksteater]]'s production of a devised Nativity play (known simply as '''''[[Die Kersspel]]'''''). In 1960 he translated [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s '''''[[Saint Joan]]''''' for [[NTO]]

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 In the time he was involved in theatre in a number of ways, notably as a translator into [[Afrikaans]]. Among the translations were Sacha Guitry's '''''[[Huis te Koop]]''''' and Maurice Maeterlinck's '''''[[Die Indringer]]''''' (done with his brother), and Sudermann's '''''[[Fritsie]]''''' -  all in 1935 (and also acting as stage manager for the three productions by students of the university).
-In 1942 he translated ''[[Monna Vanna]]'' by Maurice Maeterlinck (produced by [[Volksteater]] in 1942) and in the same year wrote a prologue for [[Volksteater]]'s production of a devised Nativity play (known simply as ''[[Die Kersspel]]''). In 1960 he translated [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Saint Joan]]'' for [[NTO]]
+In 1942 he translated '''''[[Monna Vanna]]''''' by Maurice Maeterlinck (produced by [[Volksteater]] in 1942) and in the same year wrote a prologue for [[Volksteater]]'s production of a devised Nativity play (known simply as '''''[[Die Kersspel]]'''''). In 1960 he translated [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s '''''[[Saint Joan]]''''' for [[NTO]]
 In his capacity as critic and arts editor, Louw became perhaps the most prominent and influential critic of his time, reviewing plays and productions for ''[[Die Burger]]'', being lauded as one who wrote authoritative and well-grounded reviews and championed the preservation and elaboration of professional standards in the professional theatre.

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	[[Deon Joubert]] 1972. ''[[W.E.G. Louw]] as toneelkritikus''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Pretoria: [[Universiteit van Pretoria]].		[[Deon Joubert]] 1972. ''[[W.E.G. Louw]] as toneelkritikus''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Pretoria: [[Universiteit van Pretoria]].
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	[[Deon Joubert]] 1974. ''Rigtings en figure in die toneelkritiek van Suid-Afrika, 1963-1972.'' Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of Pretoria]].		[[Deon Joubert]] 1974. ''Rigtings en figure in die toneelkritiek van Suid-Afrika, 1963-1972.'' Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of Pretoria]].

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 [[Deon Joubert]] 1972. ''[[W.E.G. Louw]] as toneelkritikus''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Pretoria: [[Universiteit van Pretoria]].
-[[ESAT Bibliography Jo-Jz|Joubert, G.J.]] 1974.
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