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(19**-19**) Actor, playwright
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'''SESIU, Sabata'''(19**-19**). Actor, playwright.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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== Training ==
 
== Training ==
He has a masters degree from Leeds University.
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Has a Masters Degree from Leeds University.
 
 
  
 
== Career ==
 
== Career ==
He has been in theatre since circa 1980. He spent six years working both as playwright and actor in London, performing South African as well as other African plays and Japanese No theatre.  
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He has been in theatre since circa 1980. He spent six years working both as playwright and actor in London, performing South African as well as other African plays and Japanese No theatre.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Author of the plays ''[[Giants]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Murumba]]''.
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Author of the plays ''[[Giants]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Murumba]]'' (1994).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
Won the [[Rewards for Playwrights Initiative]] prize in 2000 for his play ''[[Giants]]''.
 
Won the [[Rewards for Playwrights Initiative]] prize in 2000 for his play ''[[Giants]]''.
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
''Cape Times'', 1 May 2000, 6.
 
''Cape Times'', 1 May 2000, 6.
 
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Revision as of 10:31, 25 June 2014

SESIU, Sabata(19**-19**). Actor, playwright.

Biography

Born in Lesotho

Training

Has a Masters Degree from Leeds University.

Career

He has been in theatre since circa 1980. He spent six years working both as playwright and actor in London, performing South African as well as other African plays and Japanese No theatre.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Author of the plays Giants and The Legend of Murumba (1994).

Awards, etc

Won the Rewards for Playwrights Initiative prize in 2000 for his play Giants.

Sources

Cape Times, 1 May 2000, 6.

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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