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| − | + | == Biography == | |
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| + | === Youth === | ||
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| + | === Training === | ||
| + | Trained at RADA. | ||
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| + | === Career === | ||
| + | Worked with the National Theatre (1963), [[NAPAC]] (1965-1967) and [[PACT]] (from 1968). | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | Performed in | ||
''[[Misalliance]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1978), | ''[[Misalliance]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1978), | ||
''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (for Toerien/Firth in 1979), | ''[[The Passion of Dracula]]'' (for Toerien/Firth in 1979), | ||
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''[[Bodies]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980), | ''[[Bodies]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980), | ||
''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980) | ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980) | ||
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| − | + | He also starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975, in a revival of ''[[Journey's End]]'' in February 1977 and in ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'' (1978). | |
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| + | John directed plays for the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] (Durban), including ''[[Candida]]'' (1976), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1977), ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' (1976), ''[[One Seasons's King]]'' (1978). | ||
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| + | Ellen Terry, the harum-scarum girl : presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, directed by John Rogers, 1981. | ||
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| + | == Awards, etc == | ||
| + | He was awarded an Artes in 1996 as Best Director in a television drama for ''Africa PI''. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | [[SACD]] 1975/76; 1979/80; 1980/81. | ||
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. | ||
| + | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
| − | Return to [[ESAT Personalities R]] | + | Return to [[ESAT Personalities R]] |
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
Return to [[Main Page]] | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Revision as of 09:11, 25 November 2016
John Rogers (19**-). Actor, director.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Trained at RADA.
Career
Worked with the National Theatre (1963), NAPAC (1965-1967) and PACT (from 1968).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in Misalliance (with PACT in 1978), The Passion of Dracula (for Toerien/Firth in 1979), Ross (with PACT in 1979), Bodies (at the Market Theatre in 1980), The Merchant of Venice (at the Market Theatre in 1980)
He also starred in the Leonard Schach production of Kennedy's Children at the Chelsea Theatre in 1975, in a revival of Journey's End in February 1977 and in Relatively Speaking (1978).
John directed plays for the Theatre Workshop Company (Durban), including Candida (1976), A Thousand Clowns (1977), Rattle of a Simple Man (1976), Kennedy's Children (1976), One Seasons's King (1978).
Ellen Terry, the harum-scarum girl : presented by the Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, directed by John Rogers, 1981.
Awards, etc
He was awarded an Artes in 1996 as Best Director in a television drama for Africa PI.
Sources
SACD 1975/76; 1979/80; 1980/81.
Tucker, 1997.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities R
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
