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| − | FRANCIS, Benji/Benjy. (19**-) Director and arts activist. Born in Durban (*?), studied at the University of Durban-Westville. One of the founding members of [[TECON]] in 1969, working with them to till the mid 1970s. Working with TECON towards the end of its existance, he also developed productions with black casts in Soweto, including a revival of [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[The Blood Knot]]'' (also playing at [[Upstairs at the Market]], 1976) and a workshopped version of Beckett’s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (with [[James Mthoba]] and [[Sam Williams]], playing in Durban, Soweto and [[Upstairs at the Market]] during 1976.) He then joined [[Federated Union of Black Artists]] ([[FUBA]]) in Johannesburg, and at one time was second in command of the organisation. Directed a number of works for them, including [[Zakes Mda|Mda]]’s ''[[Dead End]]'' and ''[[We Shall Wait for the Fatherland]]'' (1978/9?*), ''[[(The) Me Nobody Knows]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 198*), *** In 198* founded the [[Dhlomo Theatre]] and set up and headed the Afrika Cultural Centre in ***.
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| − | FRANCIS, Benjy. Directed and starred in [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[The Blood Knot]]'' together with [[Fats Bookholane]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1976. Francis also directed [[Waiting for Godot]] with an all black cast at the same venue in 1976. [[Ken Leach]] directed his ''[[Conspiracy]]'', starring [[Patrick Mynhardt]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1976. He directed the show ''[[the ME nobody knows]]'', with music by [[Gary William Friedman]] and lyrics by [[Will Holt]] which was staged by [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1977. It starred [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Leslie Mongezi]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Barrie Shah]] and [[Jonathan Taylor]]. (See Schwartz, 1988; Tucker, 1997, Kruger, 1999**)
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| − | FRANCIS, Benjy, The [[Dhlomo Theatre]] opened 21 March 1983 with ''[[Night of the Long Wake]]'' by [[Dukuza Ka Macu]]. Benjy Francis (dir). Takes place 16 June, 1976 but is about the actions & reactions of a group of people. [[Owen Sejake]], [[Mavuso Tshabalala]], [[Nandi Nyembe]], [[Dambisa Kente]], [[Fats Bookholane]], [[Aubrey Sekese]].
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