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[[Willem van der Walt]] (?-) is an author, playwright, poet and teacher.

==Biography==

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

== Sources ==

Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Willem has written a number of musicals and radio plays in English and Afrikaans.  Two of his plays were performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown (''[[Kaapse Blues]]'' and ''[[Jonah]]'') and ''[[Animals]]'' (co-written with [[Allan Stephenson]] and [[Michael Williams]], and based on Orwell’s classic, ''[[Animal Farm]]'') has been performed in South African schools.
+Willem has written a number of musicals and radio plays in English and Afrikaans.  Two of his plays were performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown (''[[Kaapse Blues]]'' in 2003 and ''[[Jonah]]'' in 2005) and ''[[Animals]]'' co-written with [[Allan Stephenson]] and [[Michael Williams]], and based on Orwell’s classic, ''[[Animal Farm]]'') has been performed in South African schools.
 of Willem’s radio plays have been broadcast by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] ([[SABC]]).   One of his radio plays, ''[[The Edge of Silence]]'', dealing with the first man in space, has been broadcast many times since 1986.  Another, ''[[Mwindo]]'', dramatizing an ancient Congolese ritual, won the Best Production prize.

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 Willem has written a number of musicals and radio plays in English and Afrikaans.  Two of his plays were performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown (''[[Kaapse Blues]]'' and ''[[Jonah]]'') and ''[[Animals]]'' (co-written with [[Allan Stephenson]] and [[Michael Williams]], and based on Orwell’s classic, ''[[Animal Farm]]'') has been performed in South African schools.
-of Willem’s radio plays have been broadcast by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] [[(SABC]]).   One of his radio plays, ''[[The Edge of Silence]]'', dealing with the first man in space, has been broadcast many times since 1986.  Another, ''[[Mwindo]]'', dramatizing an ancient Congolese ritual, won the Best Production prize.
+of Willem’s radio plays have been broadcast by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] ([[SABC]]).   One of his radio plays, ''[[The Edge of Silence]]'', dealing with the first man in space, has been broadcast many times since 1986.  Another, ''[[Mwindo]]'', dramatizing an ancient Congolese ritual, won the Best Production prize.
 == Sources ==

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		+	Willem has written a number of musicals and radio plays in English and Afrikaans. Two of his plays were performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown (''[[Kaapse Blues]]'' and ''[[Jonah]]'') and ''[[Animals]]'' (co-written with [[Allan Stephenson]] and [[Michael Williams]], and based on Orwell’s classic, ''[[Animal Farm]]'') has been performed in South African schools.
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		+	16 of Willem’s radio plays have been broadcast by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] [[(SABC]]). One of his radio plays, ''[[The Edge of Silence]]'', dealing with the first man in space, has been broadcast many times since 1986. Another, ''[[Mwindo]]'', dramatizing an ancient Congolese ritual, won the Best Production prize.

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 == Sources ==
+https://willemvanderwalt.wordpress.com/the-playwright/
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]