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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Notable for his verse plays, he was the author of ''[[The Festival]]'' (published by [[Balkema]]); ''[[The Noose-Knot Ballad]]'' ([[Human and Rousseau]]); ''[[The Magnolia Tree]]'' ([[Nasionale Boekhandel]]); ''[[Pat Mulholland's Day]]'' (Nasionale Boekhandel); ''[[Captain Smith]]'' ([[Human and Rousseau]]); ''[[The Green Knight]]'' ([[Human and Rousseau]]) and ''[[Potluck]]'' | + | Notable for his verse plays, he was the author of ''[[The Festival]]'' (published by [[Balkema]]); ''[[The Noose-Knot Ballad]]'' ([[Human and Rousseau]]); ''[[The Magnolia Tree]]'' ([[Nasionale Boekhandel]]); ''[[Pat Mulholland's Day]]'' (Nasionale Boekhandel); ''[[Captain Smith]]'' ([[Human and Rousseau]]); ''[[The Green Knight]]'' ([[Human and Rousseau]]) and ''[[Potluck]]'', ''[[The Counsellors]]'', ''[[The Fight at Finnsburg]]'' and ''[[Magnus]]''. |
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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H.W.D. Manson (1926-1969) was a highly regarded South African playwright, poet academic.
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Biography
Born Harley William Daniel Manson in 1926,
Manson was killed in a crash on 29th May, 1969 at the age of 43. At the time of his death he was a lecturer in English at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Notable for his verse plays, he was the author of The Festival (published by Balkema); The Noose-Knot Ballad (Human and Rousseau); The Magnolia Tree (Nasionale Boekhandel); Pat Mulholland's Day (Nasionale Boekhandel); Captain Smith (Human and Rousseau); The Green Knight (Human and Rousseau) and Potluck, The Counsellors, The Fight at Finnsburg and Magnus.
Sources
C. van Heyningen. 1971. "H.W.D. Manson: Poet and Playwright, and his connections with Natal" In Natalia, 01 (1971) pp. 23-25[1]
Teater SA, 1(4), 1969.
Theoria, (35), October 1970.
Review by T.J. Couzens English Studies in Africa, 15(2), 9 September 1972.
Standpunte, 11(1), August/September, 1956: pp. 12-34.
Standpunte, 24(1), p. 26.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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