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'''Peter du Preez''' (19??-??). Dramatist.
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[[Peter du Preez]] (19??-??) is a playwright.  
 
 
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
  
According to [[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]] (1988) he was the author of a play called ''[[A Place of Safety]]'', first performed in 1963 and two scenes of the play then published in Vol.1, no. 3 of ''[[The Classic]]'' (1964). .
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According to [[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]] (1988) he was the author of a play called ''[[A Place of Safety]]'', first performed at Rhodes University in 1963 and two scenes of the play then published in Vol.1, no. 3 of ''[[The Classic]]'' (1964). .
  
 
Given the theme of the play (a look at "the changed values and developments occurring as the result of a nuclear holocaust"), the author '''could''' possibly be the [[Peter du Preez]] (-2017)[], who was a Professor of Psychology at UCT from 1977 to 1999. According to his obituary[http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/news/emeritus-professor-peter-du-preez-dies-0], he had been at Rhodes University for a period in his career - quite possibly in the 1960s - and may in this way have become involved in the playwriting project run by a small group of Rhodes University staff and students round about 1963-4.  
 
Given the theme of the play (a look at "the changed values and developments occurring as the result of a nuclear holocaust"), the author '''could''' possibly be the [[Peter du Preez]] (-2017)[], who was a Professor of Psychology at UCT from 1977 to 1999. According to his obituary[http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/news/emeritus-professor-peter-du-preez-dies-0], he had been at Rhodes University for a period in his career - quite possibly in the 1960s - and may in this way have become involved in the playwriting project run by a small group of Rhodes University staff and students round about 1963-4.  
  
 
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 10:55, 20 January 2021

Peter du Preez (19??-??) is a playwright.

Biography

According to Gosher (1988) he was the author of a play called A Place of Safety, first performed at Rhodes University in 1963 and two scenes of the play then published in Vol.1, no. 3 of The Classic (1964). .

Given the theme of the play (a look at "the changed values and developments occurring as the result of a nuclear holocaust"), the author could possibly be the Peter du Preez (-2017)[], who was a Professor of Psychology at UCT from 1977 to 1999. According to his obituary[1], he had been at Rhodes University for a period in his career - quite possibly in the 1960s - and may in this way have become involved in the playwriting project run by a small group of Rhodes University staff and students round about 1963-4.

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Sources

Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A Historical and Critical Survey of the South African One-Act Play Written in English. Unpublished D.Litt. et Phil. Thesis, University of South Africa, 1988.

http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/news/emeritus-professor-peter-du-preez-dies-0

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