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| − | (****-****). Won 1978 [[Gallo Award]] for ''[[I Love my Wife]]''. Performed in ''[[Fangs]]'', ''[['n Man met Vakansie]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey]]'' and ''[[I Love my Wife]]'' (as “Alvin”). Also film and television work. ([[SACD]] 1977/78) ([[SACD]] 1978/79) ([[SACD]] 1979/80)
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| − | CRONJÉ, Tobie (***) Actor, comedian and director. The leading Afrikaans comic actor of his times. Trained at the [[University of Pretoria Drama Department]], his quirky looks, prominent chin and lanky but expressive body and slightly squeaky but flexible voice made him an immediate favourite on stage with the [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]]. For them he played numerous comic roles, including a cameo in [[Adam Small|Small]]’s ''[[Kanna, hy kô Hystoe]]'', the lead “Lafras” in ''[[Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey]]'' ([[Chris Barnard]], 1971), ***, ''[[Die Vasvat van ‘n Feeks]]'' (''Taming of a Shrew'', 19**) ***. A multi-talented and bilingual performer, he actually also commands a stong singing voice and a virtuosos musical ability – which has led to numerous roles in musicals. In the 1980s he moved to commercial theatre, performing regularly for [[Pieter Toerien]] in such enormously popular shows as ''[[Pajama Game]]''?? (19**), ''[[Lend me a Tenor]]'' (19**), ** and **. With the advent of broadcast television in 1976 he immediately jumped to national prominence with a number of comedy series, notably in the hugely popular Willem (a detective series written by Kobus Louw and starring Cronje as the bungling detective and the young [[Katinka Heyns]] as his secretary). This was followed by a number of other notable television roles and a number of films, including the TV series ''Kootjie Emmer'' (198*) and ''Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond'' (199*) the film ''Zap Zap''. *** As a director he has done ****.
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| − | CRONJE, Tobie. He starred in [[Brickhill-Burke]]’s production of the Broadway hit ''[[I Love My Wife]]'' by Michael Stewart, together with [[Michael McGovern]], [[Erica Rogers]] and [[Jessica Jones]] at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]] in 1978. He starred in ''[[Pyjama Tops]]'' which was staged at the [[André Huguenet]] in 1979, and the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1980. He starred in [[Robert Mohr]]’s production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' together with [[Louise Saint Claire]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Etienne Puren]] during the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]] in 1981. He starred in [[Brickhill-Burke]]’s production of ''[[I Love My Wife]]'' again in 1982 at the [[Civic Theatre]] together with [[Eddie Eckstein]]. It returned after a run in Sydney with [[Bartholomew John]], [[Erica Rogers]] and [[Sharon Lynne]] having joined the cast. He starred in ''[[One for the Pot]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1985. He starred in ''[[Funny Peculiar]]'' which [[Rex Garner]] directed in 1986. He starred in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987. He made his directorial debut when he directed ''[[Nunsense]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in 1988. He starred in ''[[Charley’s Aunt]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1988. He starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s production of ''[[Lend Me a Tenor]]'' in 1990. He starred in [[PACT]]’s annual pantomime ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1991, ''[[Sing]]'' (Roodepoort, 2008, Pretoria & [[KKNK]], 2010) (Tucker, 1997; *)
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