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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| + | === Youth === | ||
| + | === Training === | ||
| + | Graduated from the [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department]] in 2011 with an honours degree in Dramatic Arts. | ||
| − | === | + | === Career === |
| + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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| − | + | Highlights while studying at Wits include being directed by John Kani in Othello (2010), and travelling to the Czech Republic with Greg Homann's play Previously Owned (2009). As an actor, he is best known for his work with Sylvaine Strike, and is a member of her theatre company: The Fortune Cookie Theatre Company, as resident playwright. Theatre credits include: The Table (2011), The Miser (2012-13), CARGO: Precious (2014) and Travels Around My Room (2015). As a playwright, William co-translated with Sylvaine Strike Moliere's The Miser, his other works include Tobacco, and the Harmful Effects Thereof, working as dramaturge on The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri, and Travels Around My Room. In 2016, William travelled around South Africa performing in Shakespeare's Coriolanus (in the role of Menenius Agrippa) for schools. | |
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== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | + | Personal correspondence with William Harding (June 2016). | |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 06:46, 23 June 2016
William Harding (19**- ) is a Belgian-born South African actor and playwright.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department in 2011 with an honours degree in Dramatic Arts.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Highlights while studying at Wits include being directed by John Kani in Othello (2010), and travelling to the Czech Republic with Greg Homann's play Previously Owned (2009). As an actor, he is best known for his work with Sylvaine Strike, and is a member of her theatre company: The Fortune Cookie Theatre Company, as resident playwright. Theatre credits include: The Table (2011), The Miser (2012-13), CARGO: Precious (2014) and Travels Around My Room (2015). As a playwright, William co-translated with Sylvaine Strike Moliere's The Miser, his other works include Tobacco, and the Harmful Effects Thereof, working as dramaturge on The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri, and Travels Around My Room. In 2016, William travelled around South Africa performing in Shakespeare's Coriolanus (in the role of Menenius Agrippa) for schools.
Awards, etc
Sources
Personal correspondence with William Harding (June 2016).
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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