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(1925-1984) Actor, dramatist, innovative director and enormously influential lecturer and head of the [[UCT Drama Department]]. Born in 1925 he studied speech at the [[University of Stellenbosch’s Conservatoire of Music]] under **. In 19** he became speech teacher at the [[University of Stellenbosch Conservatoire of Music]], taking over from *** and heading the speech and drama course. He developed this into a fully fledged BA course, and directed a number of major plays for the University. (regie), ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'', [[Ugo Betti]] ([[Alewyn Lee]]) (vertaal), [[Berdine Grünewald]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[San de Lange]], [[Louis/e/a Aucamp]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Salie Vermaak]], [[Doreen Graves]] (kostuums), [[Frank Graves]] (dekor), 1958. At the same time he worked for [[NTO]]. In 1960 he left Stellenbosch to become a lecturer at the [[Department of Speech and Drama, University of Cape Town]]. In 1971 he became head of the department there till his retirement in 198*. He died tragically in 199*. His influence as teacher has been enormous and his graduate students have made their mark in all facets of the industry. As a free-lance professional writer and director Mohr had a major influence on South African theatre as , his interest in Eastern theatre and the work of [[Chekhov]] in particular influencing many directors. He staged [[Christopher Fry]]'s ''[[Boy with a Cart]]'' as the first theatre-in-the-round production in South Africa for the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in 19**. Among his major professional works were original texts for ''[[Dracula]]'' (19**), ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (19**) and the hugely popular compilations of [[Melt Brink]] works – ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' ("We have a concert" - 19**) and ''[[Ons Hou Weer Konsert]]'' ("We have another concert" - 19**). Translations into Afrikaans include ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (19**),  ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (19**), ''[[The Three Sisters]]'' (19**) and [[Purcell]]'s ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'', adaptations of plays such as the Japanese ''[[Chuchingara]]'' (19**), ****. Over the years he worked with many student, amateur, semi-professional and professioal companies, offering courses and directing. For example in June 1971 he conducted the first Drama Course for the Department of Coloured Affairs in Bellville South. His community theatre directing endeavours included work with the [[EOAN Group]] (e.g. ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'' by [[Flora Stohr]], at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1962?*, and in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1966),  ** and ** . He did a number of productions for [[NTO]] including ** and **, while he did *** , ***, *** for the [[Performing Arts Councils]] (**, **, **)   Also directed for opera, film and radio, and was guest director in Canada, the USA and Great Britain a number of times. For example Mohr was invited to direct [[Flora Stohr]]’s play, ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'', at The University of Shreveport in Louisiana in 1966. Due to its success he was invited back again in 1968 to direct [[Shakespeare]]’s ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', for which he received a special award. Awarded a Honorary Pendant ("Erepennning") for his contribution to theatre by the [[SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] in 19**. He directed ''[[King Lear]]'', starring [[Joe Stewardson]] and [[Hadrian VII]] starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1969. He directed [[Robin Maugham]]’s ''[[Enemy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1974. He also directed ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1974. He directed ''[[The Tempest]]'' with [[Patrick Magee]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Bill Flynn]] and [[Michael Richard]] at the [[Alexander]] for [[PACT]] in 1975. He directed [[Michael Richard]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'' for [[PACT]] in March 1978. He directed the Afrikaans translations ''[[Die Kersietuin]]'' ([[Chekhov]]’s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'') with [[Wilna Snyman]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Rika Sennett]] and [[Carel Trichardt]] for [[PACT]] in 1979. His production of ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]'' with [[Etienne Puren]], [[Louise Saint Claire]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Tobie Cronje]] was staged during the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]] in 1981.  
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[[Robert Mohr|Robert Wilhelm Mohr]] (1925-1984). Actor, dramatist, innovative director and enormously influential lecturer and head of the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]].
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== Biography ==
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Born Robert Wilhelm Mohr in 1925, 
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He studied speech and drama under [[Joyce Burch]], [[Marguerite de Villiers]] and [[Hermione Roux]] at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]’s Conservatoire of Music, and was appointed a speech teacher at the  Conservatoire in 1948, taking over from [[Hermione Roux]] to head the speech and drama course. He went on to developed this into a fully fledged BA course, and also directed a number of major plays for the University. At the same time he continued doing freelance work as actor and director for the [[National Theatre Organisation]] and other companies. 
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In 1960 he left Stellenbosch to become a lecturer at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|Department of Speech and Drama, University of Cape Town]]. Towards the end of 1964 Professor Corey of Shreveport University in Louisiana arrived in Cape Town with his traveling student company playing ''[[The Book of Job]]''. At the same time [[Robert Mohr]] put on a production called [[J.B.]] which also dealt with Job. Inskip gave Corey a copy of [[Flora Stohr]]’s ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'' and he arranged that [[Robert Mohr]] should go to the University of Shreveport, Louisiana to produce it. This was done in 1966 with Corey’s students.
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Mohr was appointed head of the department in 1971, remaining there till his retirement in 198*, but maintaining his profile as one of the leading theatre directors in the country.
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He died in 1984.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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===As teacher and mentor===
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His influence as teacher was enormous and his graduate students have made their mark in all facets of the industry. As a free-lance professional writer and director Mohr likewise had a major influence on South African theatre, his interest in Eastern theatre and the work of Chekhov in particular influencing many directors in the heyday of the big state funded companies.
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Besides his formal teaching, he also he worked with many student, amateur, semi-professional and professioal companies, offering courses and directing. In June 1971 he conducted the first Drama Course for the Department of Coloured Affairs in Bellville South. His community theatre directing endeavours included work with the [[EOAN Group]] (e.g. ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'' by [[Flora Stohr]], at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1963 and in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1966).
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===As actor===
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He started out his theatrical career as a talented bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor, appearing in numerous productions for [[NTO]] and for the [[Performing Arts Councils]]. He appeared in the Pirandello plays ''[[Il Berretto a Sonagli|Die Narrekap]]'' (1948?), ''[[Lumie di Sicilia|Sitroene uit Sicilië]]'' (1948?). He also appeared in ''[[The Man of Destiny]]'' (1949), ''[[The Merchant of Venice|Die Koopman van Venesië]]'' (1951), ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' (1952), ''[[The Lesson]]'' ([[NTO]], 1959), ''[[Roméo et Jeanette|Romeo en Jeanette]]'' ([[NTO]], 1960), ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Little Theatre Players]], 1963).
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===As director/producer===
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Mohr was a prolific director. Besides the formal stage plays, he also directed works for opera, film and radio, and besides his work in South Africa, he was often invited to countries like Canada, the USA and Great Britain to serve as a guest director. For example he had done [[Flora Stohr]]’s play, ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'', in South Africa, and was then invited to direct it at The University of Shreveport in Louisiana in 1966. Due to its success he was invited back again in 1968 to direct Shakespeare’s ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', a production for which for which he received a special award.
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Some of the productions he directed include:
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1950: ''[[Mr Gotz's Elite Cafe]]''
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1951: ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'' (the first theatre-in-the-round production in South Africa, [[University of Stellenbosch]])
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1952: ''[[Cockpit]]'' [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department|University of Stellenbosch Speech Training Department]]
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1953: ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department|University of Stellenbosch Speech Training Department]]
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1955: ''[[Verkiesing sonder politiek!]]'' ([[NTO]])
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1956: ''[[Vergelegen]]'' ([[K.A.T.]])  
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1957: ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[University of Stellenbosch]])
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1958: ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' ([[NTO]])
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1958: ''[[Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder|Mother Courage and her Children]]'' ([[University of Stellenbosch]])
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1959: ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' ([[University of Stellenbosch]]'s Arena '59)
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1959: ''[[The Lesson]]'' ([[NTO]])
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1959: ''[[Opdrifsels]]''
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1960: ''[[Julius Caesar]]''  
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1961: ''[[The Sport of My Mad Mother]]''
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1961: ''[[The Grass Harp]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1962: ''[[Die Hemelbed]]''
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1962: ''[[Salad Days]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1962:  ''[[Straat Loop Dood]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1963: ''[[Behind the Yellow Door]]'' ([[EOAN Group]])
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1963: ''[[La Mandragola]]'' ([[Little Theatre Players]])
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1963: ''[[Kennen Sie Die Milchstrasse|Do you know the Milky Way?]]'' ([[ICTB]])
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1964: ''[[Rashomon]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1964:  ''[[The Physicists]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1964: ''[[Barnstable]]'' and ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1964: ''[[J.B.]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1965: ''[[Charley se Tante]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1965: ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' UCT
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1965: ''[[Pa, Maak vir my 'n Vlieër Pa]]''
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1965: ''[[Barry]]''
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1967: ''[[Supplement au Voyage de Cook|Cook's Tour Special]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1967: ''[[Seppuku]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1967: ''[[Uit Die Oude Doos]]''
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1967: ''[[Die Paradysboot]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1967: ''[[Oom Wanja]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1967: ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1967/1968: ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1968: ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1968: ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]''
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1968/1969: ''[[Richard III]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1969: ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1969: ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1969: ''[[Black Comedy]]'' and ''[[The Hole]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1969: ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1969: ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1970: ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1970: ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1970: ''[[ Drie Susters]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1971:  ''[[Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1972: ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1972: ''[[Ritual 2378]]''
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1973: ''[[Die Effek van Gammastrale op Goudgeel Afrikaners]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1973: ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[CAPAB]], [[PACOFS]])
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1974: ''[[Offending the Audience]]''
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1974: ''[[Enemy!]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1974: ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1975: ''[[The Tempest]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1975: ''[[The Philanthropist]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1976: ''[[Dracula]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1976: ''[[Talking Deafman]]''
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1977: ''[[As You Like It]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1978: ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1978: ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' ([[UCT Drama Department]])
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1978: ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]''
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1979: ''[[Die Kersietuin]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1980: ''[[Black Comedy|Donkerwerk is Konkelwerk]]'' and ''[[El Grande de Coca Cola]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1980: ''[[Die Fisici]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1980:  ''[[Rashomon]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1981: ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ([[PACT]], for the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]]).
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1982: ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
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1983: ''[[Ons Hou Konsert II]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1983: ''[[Getting Out]]''
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1984: At the time of his death he was directing a production of ''[[Les Nonnes|The Nuns]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town.
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===As translator, writer===
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He translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including:
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* ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' is an adaptation in a bilingual version (English and Afrikaans) of ''[[Our Town]]'' (1938) by Thornton Wilder. Mohr produced the adapted play in 1959 for the University of Stellenbosch's Arena '59.
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* ''[[Rashomon]]'' by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (directed  by Mohr for [[CAPAB]] 1964, [[PACT]] 1980).
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* ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' as ''[[Charley se Tante]]'' (a [[CAPAB]] production directed by him, 1965).
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* Chekov's  ''[[Three Sisters]]'' as ''[[ Drie Susters]]'', produced by [[PACT]] in 1970 under Mohr's direction.
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* ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds]]'' by Paul Zindel as ''[[Die Effek van Gammastrale op Goudgeel Afrikaners]]'' was staged at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1973. 
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* Chekov's ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''  as ''[[Die Kersietuin]]'' ([[PACT]] 1979).
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* ''[[Black Comedy]]'' by Peter Shaffer as ''[[Donkerwerk is Konkelwerk]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1980).
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* English composer Henry Purcell's opera ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' (date unknown).
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* Chekov's  ''[[The Seagull]]'' as ''[[Die Seemeeu]]'' (date unknown).
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He also translated works into English, including:
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* Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's  ''[[Nathan der Weise]]'' into English as ''[[Nathan the Wise]]'', (script held by [[NELM]]:  [Collection: [[DALRO]]]: 2001. 41. 188).
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* He did adaptations of plays such as the Japanese ''[[Chūshingura]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūshingura].
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He devised/compiled ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' (1967) and ''[[Ons Hou Konsert II]]'' (1983) from the writings of [[Melt Brink]].
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He adapted ''[[Dracula]]'' for [[CAPAB]] (1976).
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He wrote/adapted? ''[[The Trials of St Joan]]'' (date unknown)
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He co-wrote (with [[Ian Ferguson]]) ''[[Double Trouble]]''.
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== Awards, etc. ==
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[[Three Leaf Arts Award|Drie Blare Award]] for Best Director for his direction of ''[[Richard III]]'' in Afrikaans and ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk|The Good Soldier Schweik]]'' for the year 1968. (Source: ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969).
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He was awarded an Honorary Pendant ("Erepennning") for his contribution to theatre by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] in 19**.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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(See Inskip, 197*)*** (Tucker, 1997)
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip, Donald P.]], 1972.
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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''New Theatre Quarterly'' 75: Volume 19, Part 3 (Dec 2003)
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edited by Simon Trussler, Clive Barker[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-rpFmwcrG5IC&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=robert+mohr+theatre+director&source=bl&ots=9_XfbAphl6&sig=ACfU3U1fsRhk_f3ZxgI_2ptW7gqSGiDLqw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwirPh2bP2AhXKQ_EDHR7hDJgQ6AF6BAgZEAM#v=onepage&q=robert%20mohr%20theatre%20director&f=false]
  
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Three Leaf Arts Award for Best Director for his direction of ''[[Richard III]]'' in Afrikaans and ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk|The Good Soldier Schweik]]'' for the year 1968. (Source: ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969).
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[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
  
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
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Robert Wilhelm Mohr (1925-1984). Actor, dramatist, innovative director and enormously influential lecturer and head of the University of Cape Town Drama Department.

Biography

Born Robert Wilhelm Mohr in 1925,

He studied speech and drama under Joyce Burch, Marguerite de Villiers and Hermione Roux at the University of Stellenbosch’s Conservatoire of Music, and was appointed a speech teacher at the Conservatoire in 1948, taking over from Hermione Roux to head the speech and drama course. He went on to developed this into a fully fledged BA course, and also directed a number of major plays for the University. At the same time he continued doing freelance work as actor and director for the National Theatre Organisation and other companies.

In 1960 he left Stellenbosch to become a lecturer at the Department of Speech and Drama, University of Cape Town. Towards the end of 1964 Professor Corey of Shreveport University in Louisiana arrived in Cape Town with his traveling student company playing The Book of Job. At the same time Robert Mohr put on a production called J.B. which also dealt with Job. Inskip gave Corey a copy of Flora Stohr’s Behind the Yellow Door and he arranged that Robert Mohr should go to the University of Shreveport, Louisiana to produce it. This was done in 1966 with Corey’s students.

Mohr was appointed head of the department in 1971, remaining there till his retirement in 198*, but maintaining his profile as one of the leading theatre directors in the country.

He died in 1984.

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

As teacher and mentor

His influence as teacher was enormous and his graduate students have made their mark in all facets of the industry. As a free-lance professional writer and director Mohr likewise had a major influence on South African theatre, his interest in Eastern theatre and the work of Chekhov in particular influencing many directors in the heyday of the big state funded companies.

Besides his formal teaching, he also he worked with many student, amateur, semi-professional and professioal companies, offering courses and directing. In June 1971 he conducted the first Drama Course for the Department of Coloured Affairs in Bellville South. His community theatre directing endeavours included work with the EOAN Group (e.g. Behind the Yellow Door by Flora Stohr, at the Little Theatre in 1963 and in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1966).

As actor

He started out his theatrical career as a talented bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor, appearing in numerous productions for NTO and for the Performing Arts Councils. He appeared in the Pirandello plays Die Narrekap (1948?), Sitroene uit Sicilië (1948?). He also appeared in The Man of Destiny (1949), Die Koopman van Venesië (1951), The Government Inspector (1952), The Lesson (NTO, 1959), Romeo en Jeanette (NTO, 1960), Uncle Vanya (Little Theatre Players, 1963).

As director/producer

Mohr was a prolific director. Besides the formal stage plays, he also directed works for opera, film and radio, and besides his work in South Africa, he was often invited to countries like Canada, the USA and Great Britain to serve as a guest director. For example he had done Flora Stohr’s play, Behind the Yellow Door, in South Africa, and was then invited to direct it at The University of Shreveport in Louisiana in 1966. Due to its success he was invited back again in 1968 to direct Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing, a production for which for which he received a special award.

Some of the productions he directed include:

1950: Mr Gotz's Elite Cafe

1951: The Boy With A Cart (the first theatre-in-the-round production in South Africa, University of Stellenbosch)

1952: Cockpit University of Stellenbosch Speech Training Department

1953: The Man Who Came to Dinner University of Stellenbosch Speech Training Department

1955: Verkiesing sonder politiek! (NTO)

1956: Vergelegen (K.A.T.)

1957: Hamlet (University of Stellenbosch)

1958: Skrikkeljaar (NTO)

1958: Mother Courage and her Children (University of Stellenbosch)

1959: Our Town/Ons Dorp (University of Stellenbosch's Arena '59)

1959: The Lesson (NTO)

1959: Opdrifsels

1960: Julius Caesar

1961: The Sport of My Mad Mother

1961: The Grass Harp (UCT Drama Department)

1962: Die Hemelbed

1962: Salad Days (UCT Drama Department)

1962: Straat Loop Dood (UCT Drama Department)

1963: Behind the Yellow Door (EOAN Group)

1963: La Mandragola (Little Theatre Players)

1963: Do you know the Milky Way? (ICTB)

1964: Rashomon (CAPAB)

1964: The Physicists (CAPAB)

1964: Barnstable and The Maids (UCT Drama Department)

1964: J.B. (UCT Drama Department)

1965: Charley se Tante (CAPAB)

1965: Waiting for Godot UCT

1965: Pa, Maak vir my 'n Vlieër Pa

1965: Barry

1967: Cook's Tour Special (UCT Drama Department)

1967: Seppuku (UCT Drama Department)

1967: Uit Die Oude Doos

1967: Die Paradysboot (PACT)

1967: Oom Wanja (PACT)

1967: Ons Hou Konsert (CAPAB)

1967/1968: The Fantasticks (UCT Drama Department)

1968: Tartuffe (CAPAB)

1968: The Good Soldier Svejk

1968/1969: Richard III (CAPAB)

1969: Hamlet (UCT Drama Department)

1969: Cyrano de Bergerac (CAPAB)

1969: Black Comedy and The Hole (UCT Drama Department)

1969: King Lear (PACT)

1969: Hadrian the Seventh (PACT)

1970: Brecht on Brecht (UCT Drama Department)

1970: The Cherry Orchard (CAPAB)

1970: Drie Susters (PACT)

1971: Kinkels in die Kabel (UCT Drama Department)

1972: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (UCT Drama Department)

1972: Ritual 2378

1973: Die Effek van Gammastrale op Goudgeel Afrikaners (CAPAB)

1973: Hamlet (CAPAB, PACOFS)

1974: Offending the Audience

1974: Enemy! (PACT)

1974: Elizabeth I (PACT)

1975: The Tempest (PACT)

1975: The Philanthropist (UCT Drama Department)

1976: Dracula (CAPAB)

1976: Talking Deafman

1977: As You Like It (UCT Drama Department)

1978: Hamlet (PACT)

1978: Elizabeth I (UCT Drama Department)

1978: Pleasure and Repentance

1979: Die Kersietuin (PACT)

1980: Donkerwerk is Konkelwerk and El Grande de Coca Cola (CAPAB)

1980: Die Fisici (CAPAB)

1980: Rashomon (PACT)

1981: A Midsummer Night's Dream (PACT, for the opening season of the Pretoria State Theatre).

1982: Uncle Vanya (Baxter Theatre)

1983: Ons Hou Konsert II (CAPAB)

1983: Getting Out

1984: At the time of his death he was directing a production of The Nuns at the Little Theatre in Cape Town.

As translator, writer

He translated a number of plays into Afrikaans, including:

He also translated works into English, including:

He devised/compiled Ons Hou Konsert (1967) and Ons Hou Konsert II (1983) from the writings of Melt Brink.

He adapted Dracula for CAPAB (1976).

He wrote/adapted? The Trials of St Joan (date unknown)

He co-wrote (with Ian Ferguson) Double Trouble.

Awards, etc.

Drie Blare Award for Best Director for his direction of Richard III in Afrikaans and The Good Soldier Schweik for the year 1968. (Source: Teater SA, 1(3), 1969).

He was awarded an Honorary Pendant ("Erepennning") for his contribution to theatre by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns in 19**.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

Inskip, Donald P., 1972.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

New Theatre Quarterly 75: Volume 19, Part 3 (Dec 2003) edited by Simon Trussler, Clive Barker[2]

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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