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(1932-2007) Gifted bilingual actor and enjoyable eccentric. Born in Bethulie in the Free State, he joined [[André Huguenet]] as actor?? ** In 195* he left for Britain to gain experience, working ***Returned to South Africa in 196* with the [[Langford-Inglis Company]]??*. * Most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of the stories of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]'s "Oom Schalk Louwrens" stories. The first programme, called ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', was devised by Mynhardt, directed by [[Michal Grobbelaar]] and opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] on 4th Novemeber 1969. It has had more that ** performances over the years. Others in the series were called ** and ***. He has also dramatised and performed his own biography (''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'', 19**). His more formal stage credits include **, ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963), **, ''[[Staircase]]'' by [[Charles Dyer]] (the [[Langford-Inglis Company]], 1967),  ** , ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (198*),  International film credits include ***, A Clockwork Orange, **. The brilliant local TV drama Vyfster made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom Suburban Bliss kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s. Died on stage in London in 2007. MYNHARDT, Patrick. Actor. He starred in [[John Fernald]]’s production of [[Chekhov]]’s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' which was staged for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1963. It also starred [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Jenny Laird]], [[Arthur Hall]], [[Estelle Kohler]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. He starred in [[PACT]]’s production of ''[[Rashomon]]'', directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] in 1965. He directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' for [[TRUK]] in 1965. He starred in the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] production of [[Charles Dyer]]’s ''[[Staircase]]'', also starring [[Robert Langford]] in 1967. He put together a one-man show in 1969, ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', based on the works of [[Herman Charles Bosman]] at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in the [[Civic]], which ended up running for two years. It was staged again by [[PACT]] in 1971. ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' played again at the [[Brooke]] in February 1972. He was seen in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1973. He starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of [[Arthur Miller]]’s ''[[The Crucible]]'' for [[PACT]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Michele Maxwell]] in 1975. He starred in [[Ken Leach]]’s  production of [[Pieter Fourie]]’s  ''[[Conspiracy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1976. He starred in [[Mannie Manim]]’s production of [[Larry Gelbart]]’s ''[[Sly Fox]]'' for [[The Company]] at the [[Market]] in 1979. It was directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] and also starred [[Graham Armitage]] and [[Peter J. Elliott]]. He starred in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Academy]] in 1980. He starred in [[Peter Shaffer]]’s ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'', directed by [[Leonard Schach]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[David Horner]], [[Keith Grenville]] and [[Bill Flynn]]. It was staged during the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]] in 1981. His one-man autobiographical piece ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' was staged at the [[Intimate]] by a group called [[A Teater]] as their first production in 1983. He starred in [[Bobby Heaney]]’s production of  [[Brian Friel]]’s ''[[Translations]]'' together with [[Michael Richard]] in 1985. His one-man show ''[[Another Sip of Jerepigo]]'' was staged at the [[Market]] in January 1990. He staged ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the [[Warehouse]] in May 1990. He returned to the [[Warehouse]] with ''[[Just Jerepigo]]'' in December of the same year. He starred in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1991. He presented ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in 1992. MYNHARDT,Patrick – .  [[Estelle Kohler]] was first cast in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' in 1965 by [[John Fernald]] (dir) from UK.  She & Patrick Mynhardt were cast.  ''[[Just jerepigo]]'' & ''[[Cold stone jug]]'' by die [[Groot Marico Kunstefees]], 2002
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MYNHARDT, Patrick (1932-2007) Gifted bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actor and enjoyable eccentric.
  
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Nominee 1991 Mynhardt, Patrick in `Die Sakeman van Venesie' (Anton de Waal Award for best actor in a leading role in Afrikaans);
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== Biography ==
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Born in Bethulie in the Free State, of an [[Afrikaans]] father and a Irish mother. He died on stage in London in 2007 at the age of 75 while performing in his one-man show ''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the
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West End.
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=== Youth ===
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He was educated at Bethulie School and De La Salle College in East London, South Africa. He then spent three “disastrous” years at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he did, however, discover that he had a flair for acting.
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=== Training ===
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In 1954 he left for London where he intended to spend three years at the Central School of Drama but left after only one term and pursued his drama studies privately.
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=== Career ===
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He joined the [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1953 as an actor and toured the country for a year and a half appearing in English and [[Afrikaans]] plays. In 1954 he left for Britain, where he eventually landed his first job in a repertory company.
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He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of the stories of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]'s "Oom Schalk Louwrens" stories. The first programme, called ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', was devised by Mynhardt, directed by [[Michal Grobbelaar]] and opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] on 4th Novemeber 1969. He starred in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Academy]] in 1980.It has had more that ** performances over the years. Others in the series were called ** and ***. He has also dramatised and performed his own biography (''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'', 19**).  He put together a one-man show in 1969, ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', based on the works of [[Herman Charles Bosman]] at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in the [[Civic]], which ended up running for two years. It was staged again by [[PACT]] in 1971. ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' played again at the [[Brooke]] in February 1972. He was seen in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1973. His one-man autobiographical piece ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' was staged at the [[Intimate]] by a group called [[A Teater]] as their first production in 1983. His one-man show ''[[Another Sip of Jerepigo]]'' was staged at the [[Market]] in January 1990. He staged ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the [[Warehouse]] in May 1990. He returned to the [[Warehouse]] with ''[[Just Jerepigo]]'' in December of the same year. He presented ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in 1992. ''[[Just jerepigo]]'' & ''[[Cold stone jug]]'' by die [[Groot Marico Kunstefees]], 2002
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His more formal stage credits include ''[[Montserrat]]'' (Equierdo), ''[[Playboy of the Western World]]'' (Sean Keogh), ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963),  ''[[Rashomon]]'', directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] in 1965, ''[[The Deputy]]'' (1965), ''[[Beaux’ Stratagem]]'' (Fiogard, 1966), ''[[War and Peace]]'' (Napoleon, 1966), ''[[Staircase]]'' (1967, Harry), ''[[Dodedans]]'' (Edgar, 1967), ''[[Die Spel van Liefde en Toeval]]'' (Pasqual, 1967), ''[[Staircase]]''  (the [[Langford-Inglis Company]], 1967 as Harry), ''[[The Crucible]]'' ([[PACT]]  1975),  ''[[Conspiracy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1976, ''[[Die Verminktes]]'' (1977), ''[[Die Vader]]'' (1978), ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (1978), ''[[Sly Fox]]'' for [[The Company]] at the [[Market]] in 1979, ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]''(1981), ''[[Translations]]'' (1985), ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1989). He starred in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1991.
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He directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' for [[TRUK]] in 1965.
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International film credits include ''A Clockwork Orange'', **.
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The brilliant local TV drama ''Vyfster'' made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom ''Suburban Bliss'' kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s.
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== Awards, etc ==
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Nominee 1991 Mynhardt, Patrick in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' (Anton de Waal Award for best actor in a leading role in Afrikaans
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== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
 
http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1
 
http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1
  
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''Boy from Bethulie'' programme notes, 1983.
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The Citizen, 26 October 2007.
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Revision as of 17:25, 19 January 2016

MYNHARDT, Patrick (1932-2007) Gifted bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor and enjoyable eccentric.

Biography

Born in Bethulie in the Free State, of an Afrikaans father and a Irish mother. He died on stage in London in 2007 at the age of 75 while performing in his one-man show Boy from Bethulie at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.

Youth

He was educated at Bethulie School and De La Salle College in East London, South Africa. He then spent three “disastrous” years at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he did, however, discover that he had a flair for acting.

Training

In 1954 he left for London where he intended to spend three years at the Central School of Drama but left after only one term and pursued his drama studies privately.

Career

He joined the National Theatre Organisation in 1953 as an actor and toured the country for a year and a half appearing in English and Afrikaans plays. In 1954 he left for Britain, where he eventually landed his first job in a repertory company.

He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960.

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

Most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of the stories of Herman Charles Bosman's "Oom Schalk Louwrens" stories. The first programme, called A Sip of Jerepigo, was devised by Mynhardt, directed by Michal Grobbelaar and opened at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre on 4th Novemeber 1969. He starred in More Jerepigo at the Academy in 1980.It has had more that ** performances over the years. Others in the series were called ** and ***. He has also dramatised and performed his own biography (Boy from Bethulie, 19**). He put together a one-man show in 1969, A Sip of Jerepigo, based on the works of Herman Charles Bosman at the Pieter Roos Theatre in the Civic, which ended up running for two years. It was staged again by PACT in 1971. A Sip of Jerepigo played again at the Brooke in February 1972. He was seen in More Jerepigo at the Alexander in 1973. His one-man autobiographical piece The Boy from Bethulie was staged at the Intimate by a group called A Teater as their first production in 1983. His one-man show Another Sip of Jerepigo was staged at the Market in January 1990. He staged The Boy from Bethulie at the Warehouse in May 1990. He returned to the Warehouse with Just Jerepigo in December of the same year. He presented A Sip of Jerepigo at the Pieter Roos Theatre in 1992. Just jerepigo & Cold stone jug by die Groot Marico Kunstefees, 2002

His more formal stage credits include Montserrat (Equierdo), Playboy of the Western World (Sean Keogh), The Cherry Orchard (PACT, 1963), Rashomon, directed by Joan Brickhill in 1965, The Deputy (1965), Beaux’ Stratagem (Fiogard, 1966), War and Peace (Napoleon, 1966), Staircase (1967, Harry), Dodedans (Edgar, 1967), Die Spel van Liefde en Toeval (Pasqual, 1967), Staircase (the Langford-Inglis Company, 1967 as Harry), The Crucible (PACT 1975), Conspiracy for PACT at the Alexander Theatre in 1976, Die Verminktes (1977), Die Vader (1978), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1978), Sly Fox for The Company at the Market in 1979, The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1981), Translations (1985), Long Day's Journey into Night (1989). He starred in Die Sakeman van Venesië at the Alexander Theatre in 1991.

He directed Die Blinde Vegter for TRUK in 1965.

International film credits include A Clockwork Orange, **.

The brilliant local TV drama Vyfster made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom Suburban Bliss kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s.

Awards, etc

Nominee 1991 Mynhardt, Patrick in Die Sakeman van Venesië (Anton de Waal Award for best actor in a leading role in Afrikaans


Sources

Tucker, 1997.

http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1

Boy from Bethulie programme notes, 1983.

The Citizen, 26 October 2007.


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