Michael Pertwee

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Michael Pertwee (1916-1991) was a British playwright and screenwriter [1].

Biography

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

Besides his various plays performed in South Africa, Pertwee also worked as a director in the country on occasion.

He directed Birds of Paradise for The Academy starring Rex Garner, George Korelin, Melody O'Brian and Pat Sanders in 1974.

He wrote and directed Sextet which was staged for Toerien-Firth at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1979. (It was staged again at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1990).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pertwee

Tucker, 1997.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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