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(19*) Director, filmmaker, academic and teacher. Trained ***. At the age of 25 he directed his first play, [[Farqhar]]’s ''[[The Beaux’s Stratagem]]'' at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] Cape Town, starting a love affair with comedy and particularly the comedy of manners which has played an enormous role in his career. In 19** he became the (first ???) professor and head of the Drama Department at [[Rhodes University]] and turned that department into one of the premier schools for training in the country. As head of the department he also played a major role in the establishment of the [[Grahamstown Festival]]. In the time he directed a large number of plays for varous amateur and professional companies, including the various Performing Arts Councils. In 198* he left to become a director (*?)  for the SABC. In 19** he moved to Franschoek in Cape Town where he opened a restaurant ("Polfyntjies"). Since 199* he has been involved with the [[Baxter Theatre]] as director of the [[Baxter Theatre]]’s successful [[New Writing Programme]]. In 200* moved on to [[Artscape]], where he continued the programme. Also founded his own production company, [[Roy Sargeant Productions]] in 19**. Among his most memorable productions are * [[Sheridan]]'s ''[[The Rivals]]'' ([[PACOFS]], 197*), **, ***,  ''[[Glass Roots]]'' ([[Baxter]], 2000), **, ([[Kirstenbosch]], 2003), ** ([[Kirstenbosch]], 2004), **''[[The Return]]'' ([[Fatima Dike]], 2008). SARGEANT, Roy. Director. He directed [[Pinero]]’s ''[[The Magistrate]]'' starring [[John Hayter]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1969. He directed [[Sheridan]]’s ''[[School of Scandal]]'' starring [[John Hussey]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Richard Haines]] and [[Bobby Heaney]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1980. He directed [[Peter Nichols]]’ ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' for the [[Company]] at the [[Market]] in May 1980. It starred [[Danny Keogh]] and [[Sandy Dacombe]]. He directed [[Peter Shaffer]]’s ''[[Shrivings]]'' with [[Joe Stewardson]] and [[John Hussey]] for [[PACT]] in 1982.
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[[Roy Sargeant]] (1941-2021) Director, filmmaker, academic and teacher.
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(19*-) Director, teacher. Born in **, studied at ***, . Became founding head of the Drama Department of [[Rhodes University]] in 19*. Helped establish the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and served on its planning committee for many years. Also did freelance work, i.a. acting in ''[[The Mind Mirror]]'' for **(197*, also playing at [[The Space]]), **, **. Left the University in 198* to become the Head of English Drama at the SABC. Left them in 19*, briefly ran a restaurant in Franschoek, then returnded to freelance work in the Cape. Since 200* much involved with script development and enabling new artists in the region by his involvement with the [[Baxter Theatre]], [[Artscape]] and his own company, [[Roy Sargeant Productions]] ??** As director did i.a. **, ''[[The Rivals]]'' ([[PACOFS]], 196*),  ''[[The Death of a Salesman]]'' ([[CAPAB]]*?, 1979), ''[[The Relapse]]'' ([[CAPAB]]*?, 1979), **, ***, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2000) Winner of two [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] as Best Director (1978, 2000),  
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== Biography ==
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He attended Rondebosch Boys Preparatory School in Cape Town, and his first experience of theatre was there, playing the lead role in the pantomime ''[[Ali Baba]]''. He then attended Rondebosch Boys High School. His interest in theatre and Shakespeare was encouraged at this time by school trips to [[Maynardville]].
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He passed away in Cape Town on 27 December, 2021.
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=== Training ===
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Sargeant graduated with a BA (Hons) in literature from [[UCT]]. During his time at university, he was actively involved in the [[University of Cape Town's Dramatic Society]].
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=== Career ===
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After graduating, Roy worked initially as a producer of radio plays, before being approached to direct for [[CAPAB]]. He subsequently went on to work as a freelance theatre director, directing a large number of plays for varous amateur and professional companies, including the various Performing Arts Councils.  
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In 1969 and 1970, [[Guy Butler]] invited young Roy to direct two highly successful productions with the students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] (''[[Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek]]'' and ''[[Richard Gush of Salem]]''). After a further six months as a leave replacement, thirty-one-year-old Roy was appointed the first Head of the Drama Department in 1973, and later Professor. Sargeant turned the department into one of the premier schools for training in the country. As head of the department he also played a major role in the establishment of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and served on its planning committee for many years. The [[Student Drama Festival]], the establishment of the [[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards]] and the [[Winter School]] were his brain children.
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He left [[Rhodes University]] in 1982 to become the Head of English Drama at the [[SABC]] and later moved into working in the film industry. After producing the film adaptation of [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' in 1991, he moved to Franschhoek near Cape Town, where he opened a restaurant ("Polfyntjies") with his partner, [[Paul Regenass]].
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From 1997, he was much involved with script development and enabling new artists in the region by his involvement with the [[Baxter Theatre]] as director of the [[Baxter Theatre]]’s successful [[Baxter Theatre New Writing Programme]]. ''[[A Writer's Last Word]]'', staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], was its first commission.  From 2001, the programme was run by [[Artscape]] as the [[Artscape New Writing Programme]].
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He founded his own production company, [[Roy Sargeant Productions]]. Under this banner he produced a number of Greek classics at the amphitheatre at [[Kirstenbosch Gardens]], with whom he established the (short-lived) annual [[Dionysos Festival]].
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With [[Fatima Dike]], he established the [[Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company]] in 2001 which was  subsequently run by Fatima and Roy’s partner [[Paul Regenass]]. Together, they were invited to take South African productions to the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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===As actor===
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As actor, he appeared in ''[[J.B.]]'' ([[University of Cape Town Drama Department]], 1964), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (as Horatio, [[Maynardville]], 1964), ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (as Pozzo, 1965) and ''[[The Mind Mirror]]'' ([[The Space]], 1975).
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===As writer===
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* Stage
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He translated [[P.G. du Plessis]]' ''[['n Seder val in Waterkloof]]'' into English, first titled ''[[An Oak falls in Bishopscourt]]'' (the first production was cancelled but eventually staged as ''[[An Oak Falls]]'' in 1980, and later as ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' in 1986. A new translation in 'Cape English', by Sergeant and [[Brent Palmer]] was staged in 2004.
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From [[Alan Paton]]'s novel, Sargeant adapted ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]'' for the stage in 2003.
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* Screen
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Sargeant wrote material for (and co-produced) the 1993 TV movie, ''[[Sentinel]]''. He wrote and directed the 1997 TV mini series, ''[[The Principal]]'', about [[Alan Paton]]'s tenure as warden of the Diepkloof Reformatory for young African offenders. He wrote the 1998 TV movie, ''[[If This Be Treason]]'', telling the story of Helen Joseph, the first woman to be put under house arrest in South Africa.
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===As theatre director===
 +
 
 +
Sargeant worked prolifically as a director. Some of the productions directed by him include:
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1965: ''[[Aladdin]]'' ([[University of Cape Town's Dramatic Society]])
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1966:  ''[[Volpone]]'' ([[University of Cape Town's Dramatic Society]])
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 +
1967: ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1968: ''[[Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1968: ''[[Moeite met die Minnaars]]'' ([[PACOFS]])
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1969: ''[[The Rivals]]'' ([[PACOFS]])
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 +
1969: ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' ([[NAPAC]])
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 +
1969: ''[[The Magistrate]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1969: ''[[The School for Scandal]]''
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1969: Strindberg's ''[[The Father]]'' ([[CAPAB]]/[[PACOFS]])
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1969: ''[[Epicœne, or The Silent Woman]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1971/1972: ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1971: ''[[The Entertainer]]'' ([[PEMADS]])
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1972:  ''[[Kats in die Pekel]]''  ([[CAPAB]])
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1972: ''[[White Horse Inn]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1972: ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 +
1973: ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1974: ''[[The Relapse]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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 +
1974: ''[[Butley]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1974: ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
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1975: ''[[A Scent of Flowers]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1976: ''[[Make Like Slaves]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1976: ''[[The Hollow Crown]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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 +
1976: ''[[The Circus Adventure]]'' ([[John Burch]] and [[Carl Gouveia]])
 +
 
 +
1977: ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1977: ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1977: ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1977: ''[[Hay Fever]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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 +
1978: ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1978: ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' ([[Maynardville]])
 +
 
 +
1978/1979: ''[[Say Who You Are]]'' ([[1820 Foundation]])
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 +
1979: ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 +
1979: ''[[The Relapse]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1979: ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1979: ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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1980: ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (with [[Leslie French]], [[CAPAB]]/[[Maynardville]])
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 +
1980: ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' ([[PACT]])
 +
 
 +
1980: ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' for the [[Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]]
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1980: ''[[How the Other Half Loves]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1980: ''[[The Shadow Box]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 +
1982: ''[[Shrivings]]'' ([[PACT]])
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 +
1982: ''[[Othello]]'' ([[Maynardville]])
 +
 
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1987: ''[[Lysistrata]]'' ([[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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 +
1992: ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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1993/1994: ''[[Arcadia]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 +
1994: ''[[Travesties]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 +
1994: ''[[The Tempest]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
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1995: ''[[Broken Glass]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1996: ''[[Gertrude Stein and a Companion]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
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 +
1997: ''[[Kindertransport]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
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 +
1997: ''[[Hysteria]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 +
 
 +
1998: ''[[Dancing at Lughnasa]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre|Baxter]])
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 +
1998: ''[[The Elephant Man]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
 +
 
 +
1999: ''[[Equus]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
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 +
1999: ''[["Master Harold"...and the Boys]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
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 +
2000: ''[[Glass Roots]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
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 +
2001: ''[[Dearly Beloved]]''
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 +
2002: ''[[The Bacchae]]'' ([[Kirstenbosch]])
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 +
2003: ''[[Oedipus the Tyrant]]'' ([[Kirstenbosch]])
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 +
2003: ''[[Rustlers]]'' ([[Artscape]])
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2003: ''[[King Lear]]'' ([[Artscape]])
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 +
2004/2005: ''[[The Birds]]'' ([[Kirstenbosch]])
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2005: ''[[Now Now]]'' ([[Artscape]])
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 +
2006: ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[Artscape]])
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 +
2006: ''[[Unforced Errors]]'' ([[Artscape]])
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 +
2007: ''[[The Boy Who Fell from the Roof]]''
 +
 
 +
2008: ''[[The Return]]'' ([[Fatima Dike]])
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 +
2008: ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' ([[Maynardville]])
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 +
2010: ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Siyasanga South African Theatre Company]], [[Artscape]])
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 +
2011/2012: ''[[The Birds]]'' ([[Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company]])
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2011: ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' ([[Maynardville]])
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2013/2015: ''[[Cry Havoc]]''
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2013: ''[[Cardenio]]'' ([[Maynardville]])
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2019: ''[[The MP's New Suit]]''
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===As film director===
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 +
Sargeant directed the following works:
 +
 
 +
1972: ''[[The Winners]]'' (with [[Emil Nofal]])
 +
 
 +
1974: ''[[Oh Brother..!]]''
 +
 
 +
1975: ''[[Kniediep]]'' (with [[Joe Stewardson]])
 +
 
 +
1987: ''[[The Soldier's Tale]]'' (TV film)
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 +
1997: ''[[The Principal]]'' (TV mini series)
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 +
===As television/film producer===
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Sargeant produced (or worked as executive producer on) a number of films and works for television. These include:
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1982: ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (producer, [[SABC]])
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1983: ''[[Man in a Sidecar]]'' (producer)
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 +
1984: ''[[Richard Gush of Salem]]'' (producer)
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 +
1985: ''[[Faulkner's Law]]'' (with [[Elmo de Witt]])
 +
 
 +
1986: ''[[Heroes]]'' (executive producer)
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 +
1986: ''[[The Summer House]]''  (executive producer)
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 +
1986: ''[[Professional Foul]]'' (executive producer)
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 +
1986: ''[[The Territory]]'' (producer)
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 +
1986: ''[[Playing with Fire]]'' (executive producer)
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 +
1986: ''[[Thicker than Water]]'' (executive producer)
 +
 
 +
1986: ''[[Web of Persuasion]]'' (executive producer)
 +
 
 +
1987: ''[[The Fiddler]]'' (executive producer)
 +
 
 +
1987: ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (executive producer)
 +
 
 +
1987: ''[[Nukie]]'' (producer)
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 +
1987: ''[[The Mantis Project]]'' (executive producer)
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 +
1987: ''[[Satan's Shutes]]'' (executive producer)
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 +
1989: ''[[In the Name of Blood]]'' (producer)
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 +
1989: ''[[Dirty Games]]'' (producer)
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 +
1989: ''[[Barney Barnato]]'' (producer)
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1991: ''[[Just Nuisance]]'' (producer)
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 +
1991: ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' (producer)
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 +
1993: ''[[Sentinel]]'' (producer)
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== Awards, etc ==
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He received the [[Three Leaf Arts Award]] for best director for ''[[Hadrian VII]]'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
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He received the [[Fleur du Cap]] for his direction of ''[[The Relapse]]'' (1979) and won the award again in 2000.
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He won the M-Net Vita Best Film award for his production of [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Road to Mecca]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Tucker, 1997
 
  
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[[Burger]], 4 January 1978.
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Programme notes of ''[[The Elephant Man]]'' in 1998.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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Numerous entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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https://www.ru.ac.za/drama/latestnews/theatreluminaryeducatorandco-founderofthenationalartsfestivalroysar.html
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765086/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_4_1
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https://theatrelives.co.za/people/roy-sargeant/
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https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2005-06-28-siyasangas-time-is-now/
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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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Latest revision as of 15:43, 31 May 2026

Roy Sargeant (1941-2021) Director, filmmaker, academic and teacher.

Biography

He attended Rondebosch Boys Preparatory School in Cape Town, and his first experience of theatre was there, playing the lead role in the pantomime Ali Baba. He then attended Rondebosch Boys High School. His interest in theatre and Shakespeare was encouraged at this time by school trips to Maynardville.

He passed away in Cape Town on 27 December, 2021.

Training

Sargeant graduated with a BA (Hons) in literature from UCT. During his time at university, he was actively involved in the University of Cape Town's Dramatic Society.

Career

After graduating, Roy worked initially as a producer of radio plays, before being approached to direct for CAPAB. He subsequently went on to work as a freelance theatre director, directing a large number of plays for varous amateur and professional companies, including the various Performing Arts Councils.

In 1969 and 1970, Guy Butler invited young Roy to direct two highly successful productions with the students of the Rhodes University Drama Department (Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek and Richard Gush of Salem). After a further six months as a leave replacement, thirty-one-year-old Roy was appointed the first Head of the Drama Department in 1973, and later Professor. Sargeant turned the department into one of the premier schools for training in the country. As head of the department he also played a major role in the establishment of the Grahamstown Festival and served on its planning committee for many years. The Student Drama Festival, the establishment of the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards and the Winter School were his brain children.

He left Rhodes University in 1982 to become the Head of English Drama at the SABC and later moved into working in the film industry. After producing the film adaptation of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca in 1991, he moved to Franschhoek near Cape Town, where he opened a restaurant ("Polfyntjies") with his partner, Paul Regenass.

From 1997, he was much involved with script development and enabling new artists in the region by his involvement with the Baxter Theatre as director of the Baxter Theatre’s successful Baxter Theatre New Writing Programme. A Writer's Last Word, staged at the Baxter Theatre, was its first commission. From 2001, the programme was run by Artscape as the Artscape New Writing Programme.

He founded his own production company, Roy Sargeant Productions. Under this banner he produced a number of Greek classics at the amphitheatre at Kirstenbosch Gardens, with whom he established the (short-lived) annual Dionysos Festival.

With Fatima Dike, he established the Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company in 2001 which was subsequently run by Fatima and Roy’s partner Paul Regenass. Together, they were invited to take South African productions to the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.

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

As actor

As actor, he appeared in J.B. (University of Cape Town Drama Department, 1964), Hamlet (as Horatio, Maynardville, 1964), Waiting for Godot (as Pozzo, 1965) and The Mind Mirror (The Space, 1975).

As writer

  • Stage

He translated P.G. du Plessis' 'n Seder val in Waterkloof into English, first titled An Oak falls in Bishopscourt (the first production was cancelled but eventually staged as An Oak Falls in 1980, and later as Send for Dolly in 1986. A new translation in 'Cape English', by Sergeant and Brent Palmer was staged in 2004.

From Alan Paton's novel, Sargeant adapted Cry, the Beloved Country for the stage in 2003.

  • Screen

Sargeant wrote material for (and co-produced) the 1993 TV movie, Sentinel. He wrote and directed the 1997 TV mini series, The Principal, about Alan Paton's tenure as warden of the Diepkloof Reformatory for young African offenders. He wrote the 1998 TV movie, If This Be Treason, telling the story of Helen Joseph, the first woman to be put under house arrest in South Africa.

As theatre director

Sargeant worked prolifically as a director. Some of the productions directed by him include:

1965: Aladdin (University of Cape Town's Dramatic Society)

1966: Volpone (University of Cape Town's Dramatic Society)

1967: The Beaux Stratagem (CAPAB)

1968: Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek (CAPAB)

1968: Moeite met die Minnaars (PACOFS)

1969: The Rivals (PACOFS)

1969: She Stoops to Conquer (NAPAC)

1969: The Magistrate (PACT)

1969: The School for Scandal

1969: Strindberg's The Father (CAPAB/PACOFS)

1969: Epicœne, or The Silent Woman (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1971/1972: Hadrian the Seventh (CAPAB)

1971: The Entertainer (PEMADS)

1972: Kats in die Pekel (CAPAB)

1972: White Horse Inn (CAPAB)

1972: Romeo and Juliet (CAPAB)

1973: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1974: The Relapse (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1974: Butley (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1974: King Lear (CAPAB)

1975: A Scent of Flowers (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1976: Make Like Slaves (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1976: The Hollow Crown (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1976: The Circus Adventure (John Burch and Carl Gouveia)

1977: King Lear (CAPAB)

1977: Hamlet (CAPAB)

1977: Much Ado About Nothing (CAPAB)

1977: Hay Fever (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1978: The Diary of Anne Frank (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1978: Twelfth Night (Maynardville)

1978/1979: Say Who You Are (1820 Foundation)

1979: Death of a Salesman (CAPAB)

1979: The Relapse (CAPAB)

1979: Death of a Salesman (CAPAB)

1979: Macbeth (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1980: Romeo and Juliet (with Leslie French, CAPAB/Maynardville)

1980: The School for Scandal (PACT)

1980: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg for the Company at the Market Theatre

1980: How the Other Half Loves (CAPAB)

1980: The Shadow Box (CAPAB)

1982: Shrivings (PACT)

1982: Othello (Maynardville)

1987: Lysistrata (Rhodes University Drama Department)

1992: Wuthering Heights (CAPAB)

1993/1994: Arcadia (CAPAB)

1994: Travesties (CAPAB)

1994: The Tempest (CAPAB)

1995: Broken Glass (CAPAB)

1996: Gertrude Stein and a Companion (CAPAB)

1997: Kindertransport (Baxter Theatre)

1997: Hysteria (CAPAB)

1998: Dancing at Lughnasa (Baxter)

1998: The Elephant Man (Baxter Theatre)

1999: Equus (Baxter Theatre)

1999: "Master Harold"...and the Boys (Baxter Theatre)

2000: Glass Roots (Baxter Theatre)

2001: Dearly Beloved

2002: The Bacchae (Kirstenbosch)

2003: Oedipus the Tyrant (Kirstenbosch)

2003: Rustlers (Artscape)

2003: King Lear (Artscape)

2004/2005: The Birds (Kirstenbosch)

2005: Now Now (Artscape)

2006: Hamlet (Artscape)

2006: Unforced Errors (Artscape)

2007: The Boy Who Fell from the Roof

2008: The Return (Fatima Dike)

2008: The Merchant of Venice (Maynardville)

2010: Romeo and Juliet (Siyasanga South African Theatre Company, Artscape)

2011/2012: The Birds (Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company)

2011: The Taming of the Shrew (Maynardville)

2013/2015: Cry Havoc

2013: Cardenio (Maynardville)

2019: The MP's New Suit

As film director

Sargeant directed the following works:

1972: The Winners (with Emil Nofal)

1974: Oh Brother..!

1975: Kniediep (with Joe Stewardson)

1987: The Soldier's Tale (TV film)

1997: The Principal (TV mini series)

As television/film producer

Sargeant produced (or worked as executive producer on) a number of films and works for television. These include:

1982: A Midsummer Night's Dream (producer, SABC)

1983: Man in a Sidecar (producer)

1984: Richard Gush of Salem (producer)

1985: Faulkner's Law (with Elmo de Witt)

1986: Heroes (executive producer)

1986: The Summer House (executive producer)

1986: Professional Foul (executive producer)

1986: The Territory (producer)

1986: Playing with Fire (executive producer)

1986: Thicker than Water (executive producer)

1986: Web of Persuasion (executive producer)

1987: The Fiddler (executive producer)

1987: The Merchant of Venice (executive producer)

1987: Nukie (producer)

1987: The Mantis Project (executive producer)

1987: Satan's Shutes (executive producer)

1989: In the Name of Blood (producer)

1989: Dirty Games (producer)

1989: Barney Barnato (producer)

1991: Just Nuisance (producer)

1991: The Road to Mecca (producer)

1993: Sentinel (producer)

Awards, etc

He received the Three Leaf Arts Award for best director for Hadrian VII and Romeo and Juliet.

He received the Fleur du Cap for his direction of The Relapse (1979) and won the award again in 2000.

He won the M-Net Vita Best Film award for his production of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca.

Sources

Burger, 4 January 1978.

Programme notes of The Elephant Man in 1998.

Tucker, 1997.

Numerous entries in the NELM catalogue.

https://www.ru.ac.za/drama/latestnews/theatreluminaryeducatorandco-founderofthenationalartsfestivalroysar.html

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765086/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_4_1

https://theatrelives.co.za/people/roy-sargeant/

https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2005-06-28-siyasangas-time-is-now/

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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