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[[Graham Dickason]] (1936 - 2020) and a playwright.
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[[Graham Dickason]] (1936 - 2020) was an author, genealogist and playwright.
  
 
Graham B. Dickason. ''Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1973.
 
Graham B. Dickason. ''Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1973.
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He wrote a historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD.  
 
He wrote a historical drama called ''[[Train Stops at Alicedale]]'' circa 2000AD.  
 
A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
 
A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
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Revision as of 07:15, 23 February 2023

Graham Dickason (1936 - 2020) was an author, genealogist and playwright.

Graham B. Dickason. Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1973.

Dickason died in November 2020 and his life partner of 50 years, theatre entrepreneur and historian Percy Tucker, died a few months later on 29 January, 2021


He wrote a historical drama called Train Stops at Alicedale circa 2000AD. A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

https://www.selectbooks.co.za/catalogues/Catalogue37/Catalogue%2037.html