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HOWARTH, Donald.(19**-) British playwright, director and designer. ** In 1972 he came to Cape Town and wrote, directed as well as designed a number of plays for [[Space Theatre|The Space]], including ''[[Enemy]]'' (197*) and ''[[Scarborough]]'' (197*). He also wrote and directed ''[[Othello Slegs Blankes]]'' (197*) and wrote ''[[School Play]]'' (directed by [[Limpie Basson]] in 197*). * He wrote ''[[A Lily in Little India]]'' and ''[[Three Months Gone]]'' which [[PACT]] staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1973, starring [[Helen Bourne]], [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Frantz Dobrowsky]]. [[Jack Klaff]] starred in the latter. He directed his own play ''[[Ibchek]]'', using characters from Ibsen and Chekhov and starring [[Annabel Linder]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Danny Keogh]] and [[Elaine Proctor]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1979. He directed Beckett’s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' starring [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]] and [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. It was staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and at the [[Market Theatre|Market]] in 1980 before leaving for the USA and Britain **** (Tucker, 1997)
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[[Donald Howarth]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Howarth] (1931-2020) was a British playwright, director and designer.
  
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== Biography ==
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Trained at Esme Church's Northern Theatre School in Bradford, he worked in various repertory theatres around England. His first play ''[[Sugar in the Morning]]'', was selected first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959.
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== Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance ==
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In 1972 he came to Cape Town.
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===As playwright===
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He wrote and devised a number of plays for performance in South Africa. These include:
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* ''[[Enemy – An Anti-War Collage]] (adapted from a play by Robin Maugham, 1972)
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* ''[[Scarborough]]'' (1972)
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* ''[[Othello Slegs Blankes]]'' (1972)
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* ''[[School Play]]'' (1972)
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* ''[[Ibchek]]'' (1979)
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Earlier plays of his also staged in South Africa include:
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* ''[[A Lily in Little India]]''
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* ''[[Three Months Gone]]''
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===As director===
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He directed a number of plays, including many of his own. Some of these include:
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1972: ''[[Enemy – An Anti-War Collage]]'' ([[Space Theatre]])
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1972: ''[[Scarborough]]'' ([[Space Theatre]])
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1972: ''[[Othello Slegs Blankes]]'' ([[Space Theatre]])
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1973: ''[[Yin-Yang Cinders]]'' ([[PACT]])
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1979: ''[[Ibchek]]'' ([[Market Theatre]])
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1980?: ''[[The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God]]'' ([[People's Space]])
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1980/1981:  ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]])
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== Sources ==
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[[Brian Astbury]]. 2015. "A British playwright, a monkey for President, and a play with a missing leading man…", in: ''Theatre of Survival. The Story of The Space''[https://theatreofsurvival.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/20-a-british-playwright-a-monkey-for-president-and-a-play-with-a-missing-leading-man/]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Howarth.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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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 17:04, 9 June 2026

Donald Howarth [1] (1931-2020) was a British playwright, director and designer.

Biography

Trained at Esme Church's Northern Theatre School in Bradford, he worked in various repertory theatres around England. His first play Sugar in the Morning, was selected first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959.

Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance

In 1972 he came to Cape Town.

As playwright

He wrote and devised a number of plays for performance in South Africa. These include:

Earlier plays of his also staged in South Africa include:

As director

He directed a number of plays, including many of his own. Some of these include:

1972: Enemy – An Anti-War Collage (Space Theatre)

1972: Scarborough (Space Theatre)

1972: Othello Slegs Blankes (Space Theatre)

1973: Yin-Yang Cinders (PACT)

1979: Ibchek (Market Theatre)

1980?: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (People's Space)

1980/1981: Waiting for Godot (Baxter Theatre)

Sources

Brian Astbury. 2015. "A British playwright, a monkey for President, and a play with a missing leading man…", in: Theatre of Survival. The Story of The Space[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Howarth.

Tucker, 1997.

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

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to ESAT Personalities H

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

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