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[[Jan Groenewald]] (1946-2024) is an Afrikaans actor, director and playwright. | [[Jan Groenewald]] (1946-2024) is an Afrikaans actor, director and playwright. | ||
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He and his life partner [[Pieter de Vos]] were joint owners of the boutique hotel and theatre [[Foxwood House]], where he initiated the [[Foxwood Festival]] for example, and he was also a partner in [[Foxwood Televison]], with [[Sandra Prinsloo]]. | He and his life partner [[Pieter de Vos]] were joint owners of the boutique hotel and theatre [[Foxwood House]], where he initiated the [[Foxwood Festival]] for example, and he was also a partner in [[Foxwood Televison]], with [[Sandra Prinsloo]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 22 July 2024
Jan Groenewald (1946-2024) is an Afrikaans actor, director and playwright.
BEING EDITED
He and his life partner Pieter de Vos were joint owners of the boutique hotel and theatre Foxwood House, where he initiated the Foxwood Festival for example, and he was also a partner in Foxwood Televison, with Sandra Prinsloo.
He passed away of heart failure after a long fight against cancer at his home in Johannesburg on 20 July, 2024.
He wrote and starred in 'n Tyd om Lief te Hê, Die Wildeman, Klagstaat.
As an actor he often appeared in his own solo-plays.
As a TV director he was responsible for productions such as the chat show RaakPraat met Sandra
Sources
SACD 1981/82.
The Star, 19 February 2009.
Anena Burger. 2024. "Bekroonde dramaturg en akteur Jan Groenewald dood aan hart", Die Burger, 22 July, 2024: p. 4.
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