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[[Marius Swart]] was a professor of history and an avid amateur actor and singer.  
 
[[Marius Swart]] was a professor of history and an avid amateur actor and singer.  
  
[[Marius Swart]]: In sy jong dae was hy aktief by die teater betrokke hy het selfs as student saam met die legendariese [[André Huguenet]] in ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' opgetree en saam met [[Rudi Neitz]] gesing. Van hy sowat 30 jaar gelede in Port Elizabeth kom woon het, het sy werk as professor in geskiedenis aan die UPE en sy gesin hy is pa van vyf kinders hom te besig gehou om toneel te speel. Maar as erepresident van [[PEAAT]] kon hy sy vinger op die pols hou van die toneellewe in die stad.
 
  
``Ek was hoofsaaklik adviseur,'' sê hy. Die advies het wyer gestrek as geldbesteding of die keuse van stukke. ``Toneelspelers, al is hulle amateurs, ly maar aan kunstenaarstemperament,'' sê hy. As buitestaander moes hy dikwels geskille help oplos wanneer toneelspelers kort voor die openingsaand skielik so kwaad vir mekaar was dat hulle weier om op te tree. Hy moes ook moed inpraat wanneer die gehore weggebly het.
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In his younger days he was actively involved in the theatre. Among others he acted with the legendary [[André Huguenet]] in ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' as a student and sang with [[Rudi Neitz]].
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However, when he became a professor at the University of Port Elizabeth, his work and his large family (he is the father of five children) have kept him too busy to act. However he became the Honorary President of the Port Elizabeth based [[PEAAT]], in which capacity he continued to serve theatre in the region. In this regard he maintained that he was mainly an advisor, and that the advice went beyond spending money or choosing plays. Actors, even if they are amateurs, suffer from an artist's temperament and as an outsider, he often had to help resolve disputes between actors and offer encourtagement when audiences stayed away. suddenly got so angry with each other shortly before opening night that they refused to act. He also had to talk things over when audiences stayed away.

Revision as of 05:50, 28 October 2025

Marius Swart was a professor of history and an avid amateur actor and singer.




In his younger days he was actively involved in the theatre. Among others he acted with the legendary André Huguenet in Oedipus Rex as a student and sang with Rudi Neitz.

However, when he became a professor at the University of Port Elizabeth, his work and his large family (he is the father of five children) have kept him too busy to act. However he became the Honorary President of the Port Elizabeth based PEAAT, in which capacity he continued to serve theatre in the region. In this regard he maintained that he was mainly an advisor, and that the advice went beyond spending money or choosing plays. Actors, even if they are amateurs, suffer from an artist's temperament and as an outsider, he often had to help resolve disputes between actors and offer encourtagement when audiences stayed away. suddenly got so angry with each other shortly before opening night that they refused to act. He also had to talk things over when audiences stayed away.