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[[Harold J. Laite]] (19**-) Playwright and Journalist(?*). (Also referred to as [[Harold Laite]])
 
[[Harold J. Laite]] (19**-) Playwright and Journalist(?*). (Also referred to as [[Harold Laite]])
 
He was a member of [[W. Arthur Sewell|W.A. Sewell]]'s [[Garrick Club]] in Cape Town.
 
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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He was a member of [[W. Arthur Sewell|W.A. Sewell]]'s [[Garrick Club]] in Cape Town.
  
 
=== Training ===
 
 
 
 
=== Career ===
 
 
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
 
He wrote the play ''[[By Order of the Governor]]'' in 1947.  
 
He wrote the play ''[[By Order of the Governor]]'' in 1947.  
  
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He wrote the three-act play ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' about Cecil John Rhodes and Barney Barnato, published by Pioneer in Cape Town in the 1950s and first presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.
 
He wrote the three-act play ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' about Cecil John Rhodes and Barney Barnato, published by Pioneer in Cape Town in the 1950s and first presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
 
  
  

Revision as of 05:43, 31 March 2016

Harold J. Laite (19**-) Playwright and Journalist(?*). (Also referred to as Harold Laite)

Biography

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

He was a member of W.A. Sewell's Garrick Club in Cape Town.

He wrote the play By Order of the Governor in 1947.

He adapred Treasure Island for the stage.

Author of the one-act plays in English, including Check-Mate, The Fourth Estate, The Judgement of Cornelis Pienaar, The Master Gamester, Playthings, Postage Stamps and Pro-Consul. All published in Seven One-Act Plays (Cape Town: Citadel Press, 1956).

He wrote the three-act play The King of Diamonds about Cecil John Rhodes and Barney Barnato, published by Pioneer in Cape Town in the 1950s and first presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.


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