Difference between revisions of "Mervyn McMurtry"
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| + | His Ph.D. thesis was entitled ''The playwright-performer as scourge and benefactor: an examination of political satire and lampoon in South African theatre, with particular reference to Pieter-Dirk Uys"''(University of Natal, Durban, 1993). | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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As director **** | As director **** | ||
| − | As lecturer and head of department ** | + | As lecturer and head of department He joined the department as lecturer in 19**, and was made Professor in 1996 when he became the third head, following in the footsteps of [[Elizabeth Sneddon]] and [[Pieter Scholtz]]. |
As a respected researcher and academic writer has supervised and examined numerous theses, written a number of articles in academic journals, and has long been a referee and consultant for the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' and a contributor to the [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]. | As a respected researcher and academic writer has supervised and examined numerous theses, written a number of articles in academic journals, and has long been a referee and consultant for the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' and a contributor to the [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]. | ||
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His publications include: | His publications include: | ||
| − | "Pieter-Dirk Uys" in Middeke, Martin and Schnierer, Peter Paul (editors). 2015. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. | + | "Doing their own Thane": The Critical Reception of ''[[uMabatha]]'', [[Welcome Msomi]]’s [[Zulu]] ''[[Macbeth]]'', in ''Ilha do Desterro'' (No 36, 1999) |
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| + | "[[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]" in Middeke, Martin and Schnierer, Peter Paul (editors). 2015. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | http://dramastudies.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx | ||
Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 18 April 2017
Mervyn McMurtry (19**-) is an actor, director, teacher and academic.
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Biography
Born in Mervyn Eric McMurtry in **
Studied at the Department of Drama Studies, University of Natal (Durban),
His Ph.D. thesis was entitled The playwright-performer as scourge and benefactor: an examination of political satire and lampoon in South African theatre, with particular reference to Pieter-Dirk Uys"(University of Natal, Durban, 1993).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actor has done ***.
As director ****
As lecturer and head of department He joined the department as lecturer in 19**, and was made Professor in 1996 when he became the third head, following in the footsteps of Elizabeth Sneddon and Pieter Scholtz.
As a respected researcher and academic writer has supervised and examined numerous theses, written a number of articles in academic journals, and has long been a referee and consultant for the South African Theatre Journal and a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance.
His publications include:
"Doing their own Thane": The Critical Reception of uMabatha, Welcome Msomi’s Zulu Macbeth, in Ilha do Desterro (No 36, 1999)
"Pieter-Dirk Uys" in Middeke, Martin and Schnierer, Peter Paul (editors). 2015. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Sources
http://dramastudies.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx
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