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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Teddy has directed the musicals ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]'', ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' (in 2000 and again in 2011), ''[[Ruddigore]]'', ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[The Mikado]]'', ''[[Chicago]]'' and others in Cape Town from the 1980s onwards, mostly for the [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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Over several decades, Teddy directed a large number of musicals and operettas for the amateur theatre communities in Cape Town. These include:
  
 
1981: ''[[A Song For You]]'' for [[Festival Players]].
 
1981: ''[[A Song For You]]'' for [[Festival Players]].
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1984: ''[[Grease]]'' for [[Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society]].
 
1984: ''[[Grease]]'' for [[Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society]].
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1984: ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1985: ''[[Ruddigore]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1986: ''[[The Mikado]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1987: ''[[Iolanthe]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1989: ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1991: ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''
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1993: ''[[Patience]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1995:  ''[[West Side Story]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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1997:  ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
  
 
1999: ''[[Chicago]]'' for [[Festival Players]].
 
1999: ''[[Chicago]]'' for [[Festival Players]].
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2000: ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2002: ''[[Carousel]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2004: ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
  
 
2004: ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' for [[Festival Players]].
 
2004: ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' for [[Festival Players]].
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2005: ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2006: ''[[Trial by Jury]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2007: ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2009: ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2011: ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2012: ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
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2014: ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' for [[Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society]].
  
 
== Sources ==  
 
== Sources ==  

Revision as of 16:47, 20 May 2025

Teddy Davies (19**-2024). Director.

Biography

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

Over several decades, Teddy directed a large number of musicals and operettas for the amateur theatre communities in Cape Town. These include:

1981: A Song For You for Festival Players.

1982: Archy and Mehitabel for Festival Players.

1984: Grease for Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society.

1984: H.M.S. Pinafore for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1985: Ruddigore for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1986: The Mikado for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1987: Iolanthe for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1989: The Gondoliers for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1991: The Pirates of Penzance

1993: Patience for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1995: West Side Story for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1997: The Yeomen of the Guard for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

1999: Chicago for Festival Players.

2000: Fiddler on the Roof for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2002: Carousel for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2004: Annie Get Your Gun for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2004: The Boy Friend for Festival Players.

2005: The Pirates of Penzance for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2006: Trial by Jury for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2007: The Gondoliers for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2009: H.M.S. Pinafore for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2011: Fiddler on the Roof for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2012: The Yeomen of the Guard for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

2014: Oklahoma! for Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

Sources

Cape Times, 24 August 2011.

Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987. Cape Town: The Baxter Theatre.

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