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[[M.P.O. Burgers]] (19*-) was a journalist, stage, radio and film actor, playwright and translator. | [[M.P.O. Burgers]] (19*-) was a journalist, stage, radio and film actor, playwright and translator. | ||
| − | Also known as [[M.P. Olivier Burgers]], [[M.P. Burgers]] or [[Olivier Burgers]], he was the younger brother of the beloved comedian of stage, radio and film, [[Frederik Burgers]]. | + | Olivier Burgers (*22 April 1909, Johannesburg –† 30 April 1962) |
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| + | Also known as [[M.P. Olivier Burgers]], [[M.P. Burgers]] or, most often, as [[Olivier Burgers]], he was the younger brother of the beloved comedian of stage, radio and film, [[Frederik Burgers]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| − | Born in Johannesburg, the son of [[Philip Rudolph Burgers]] and Johanna Catharina Wilhelmina Adendorff. His father was an occasional actor. | + | Born Marius Philip Olivier Burgers in Johannesburg, the son of [[Philip Rudolph Burgers]] and Johanna Catharina Wilhelmina Adendorff on 22 April 1909. His father was an occasional actor. |
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| + | He completed his high school education at the Hoër Seunskool Helpmekaar, where the writer Kleinjan Van Bruggen was his Afrikaans teacher. He obtained a distinction in [[Afrikaans]], and went on to study at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], with [[Afrikaans]], English and Psychology as majors, obtaining a B.A.-degree before completing a teachers' diploma at the Johannesburg Opleidingskollege vir Onderwysers, as well as a diploma in Elocution ("[[Voordragkuns]]" in [[Afrikaans]]). | ||
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| + | He went on to teach for seven years, while also involving himself in the cultural life of Johannesburg, ''inter alia'' as an active member of the [[Afrikaanse Skrywerskring]] (Afrikaans Writers' Circle"). | ||
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| + | He was at the same time also continuing with his studies on a part-time basis, completing a Master's degree from the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] in 1937 with a study on [[C.J. Langenhoven]] (later published as ''Die mens Langenhoven'') and a doctorate from the University of Leiden, with a thesis on ''[[C.L. Leipoldt]] – ’n Studie in stof-keuse, -verwerking en -ontwikkeling''. | ||
[[Olivier Burgers]] was one of the first full-time broadcasters of the Afrikaans service of the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie]] ([[SAUK]] /[[SABC]]). | [[Olivier Burgers]] was one of the first full-time broadcasters of the Afrikaans service of the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie]] ([[SAUK]] /[[SABC]]). | ||
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| + | He died on 30 April 1962. | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 06:15, 12 July 2019
M.P.O. Burgers (19*-) was a journalist, stage, radio and film actor, playwright and translator.
Olivier Burgers (*22 April 1909, Johannesburg –† 30 April 1962)
Also known as M.P. Olivier Burgers, M.P. Burgers or, most often, as Olivier Burgers, he was the younger brother of the beloved comedian of stage, radio and film, Frederik Burgers.
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Biography
Born Marius Philip Olivier Burgers in Johannesburg, the son of Philip Rudolph Burgers and Johanna Catharina Wilhelmina Adendorff on 22 April 1909. His father was an occasional actor.
He completed his high school education at the Hoër Seunskool Helpmekaar, where the writer Kleinjan Van Bruggen was his Afrikaans teacher. He obtained a distinction in Afrikaans, and went on to study at the University of the Witwatersrand, with Afrikaans, English and Psychology as majors, obtaining a B.A.-degree before completing a teachers' diploma at the Johannesburg Opleidingskollege vir Onderwysers, as well as a diploma in Elocution ("Voordragkuns" in Afrikaans).
He went on to teach for seven years, while also involving himself in the cultural life of Johannesburg, inter alia as an active member of the Afrikaanse Skrywerskring (Afrikaans Writers' Circle").
He was at the same time also continuing with his studies on a part-time basis, completing a Master's degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1937 with a study on C.J. Langenhoven (later published as Die mens Langenhoven) and a doctorate from the University of Leiden, with a thesis on C.L. Leipoldt – ’n Studie in stof-keuse, -verwerking en -ontwikkeling.
Olivier Burgers was one of the first full-time broadcasters of the Afrikaans service of the Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie (SAUK /SABC).
He died on 30 April 1962.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As writer
He adapted Eugène N. Marais's story Wegraak van Sannie as Sannie''. Published by J.L. van Schaik, Pretoria.
Translated Ibsen's Ghosts into Afrikaans as Spoke (first produced by ** with André Huguenet and Anna Neethling-Pohl in 194*), *.
As actor
One of the performers in the classic Afrikaans Hamlet]] of 1947.
As journalist
He reviewed and wrote on theatre for a number of publications, including Trans-Afrika, **, and **.
Sources
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