Difference between revisions of "Hansell Hewitt"
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Translated and directed ''[[The Birds]]'', 1973. ([[NELM]] [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 4. 14). | Translated and directed ''[[The Birds]]'', 1973. ([[NELM]] [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 4. 14). | ||
| − | He played in ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'', Cape Town, 1955. | + | He played in ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'', Cape Town, 1955, ''[[The Wake]]'', 1971.. |
He regularly acted in productions by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], among others in ''[[The Diary of Iris Vaughan]]'' (1969) and ''[[Bagasie]]'' ([[André P. Brink]], 1972). | He regularly acted in productions by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], among others in ''[[The Diary of Iris Vaughan]]'' (1969) and ''[[Bagasie]]'' ([[André P. Brink]], 1972). | ||
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''Akroterion'', 34(2), 1989. | ''Akroterion'', 34(2), 1989. | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:50, 4 January 2018
Hansell Hewitt (1922-1989) was a scholar and lecturer of Classics, an actor and director.
Contents
Biography
He was born in Cape Town on 5 April 1922 and died in Grahamstown on 5 April 1989.
Youth
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1955 he directed a multiracial version of The Three Wishes by James Ambrose Brown in Cape Town.
He translated Menaechmi by Plautus into English and directed a Rhodes University Drama Department production of the play in April 1969.
Translated and directed The Birds, 1973. (NELM [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 4. 14).
He played in Tiger at the Gates, Cape Town, 1955, The Wake, 1971..
He regularly acted in productions by the Rhodes University Drama Department, among others in The Diary of Iris Vaughan (1969) and Bagasie (André P. Brink, 1972).
Sources
Akroterion, 34(2), 1989.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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