Denis Rhodes Granger

GRANGER, Denis Rhodes (1911-2001) Bilingual (English and Afrikaans) playwright and amateur director. Born 21st November 1911 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. He died in a house fire in Harare, Zimbabwe, 13th April 2001, aged 89. He was also very much involved in theatre in Rhodesia, and later, Zimbabwe. He was the theatre critic for the Sunday Mail and The Citizen newspapers and judge for several years of the National Theatre Organisation High Schools Festival. He started and directed plays for Marlborough Players. He was married to Isabeau Granger (Isabeau Marguerite Luckhoff) and she acted in many of his plays in Worcester and in Rhodesia. They had three children. He worked in rep in England just after the war and had a very small part in the version of Great Expectations film made during or just after the war. His daughter I've carried on with acting and writing plays.

Author of the one-act plays The Cottage, A Playmate for our Little Lord, Festival, The Lady Anne gets her Bath (1951/4*), Die Lappieskombers (winner of the Afrikaans section of the 1957 FATSSA one-act playwrighting competition ). Also wrote the full length plays Dark Brown (1951) and Mr. Sleeman is Coming (1953) which he directed for the Worcester Dramatic Society.

Denis Rhodes Granger, who was my father. He was He was also very much involved in theatre in Rhodesia, and later, Zimbabwe. He was the theatre critic for the Sunday Mail and The Citizen newspapers and judge for several years of the National Theatre Organisation High Schools Festival. He started and directed plays for Marlborough Players. He was married to Isabeau Granger (Isabeau Marguerite Luckhoff) and she acted in many of his plays in Worcester and in Rhodesia. They had three children. I've carried on with acting and writing plays. Dad worked in rep in England just after the war and had a very small part in the version of Great Expectations film made during or just after the war. I have original copies of most of his plays if you want any for your archives. I know he directed Dark Brown, but I'm not sure if he wrote it.

I hope this information is useful. If you have any more queries, please do contact me at cozensa@blueyonder.co.uk.

Sources

Gosher, 1988, January, 1997;

Personal correspondence with his daughter

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