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DELIUS, Anthony. (19**-) Journalist, Poet, Author and playwright.  
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[[Anthony Delius]] (19**-) was a South African journalist, poet, author and playwright.  
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
He was born at Simonstown at the end of the first World War.
 
  
 
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He was born at Simonstown at the end of the first World War and was educated at St Aidan's College and Rhodes University in Grahamstown.
=== Youth ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Training ===
 
He was educated at St Aidan's College and Rhodes University in Grahamstown.
 
  
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
His  first play ''[[The Fall: A Play about Rhodes]]'' was published in 1960 and was the first English play to be done at the [[National Theatre]] in Pretoria in that year.
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His  first play ''[[The Fall|The Fall: A Play about Rhodes]]'' was published in 1960 and was the first English play to be done at the [[National Theatre]] in Pretoria in that year.
  
  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
''The Fall'' theatre programme (NTO) 1960.
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''[[The Fall]]'' theatre programme (NTO) 1960.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 05:53, 22 April 2016

Anthony Delius (19**-) was a South African journalist, poet, author and playwright.

Biography

He was born at Simonstown at the end of the first World War and was educated at St Aidan's College and Rhodes University in Grahamstown.


Career

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

His first play The Fall: A Play about Rhodes was published in 1960 and was the first English play to be done at the National Theatre in Pretoria in that year.


Awards, etc

Sources

The Fall theatre programme (NTO) 1960.

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