Peter Kleinschmidt

(19**-) Influential and controversial director.

Born in Germany ***, he was brought to South Africa in 1962 by Donald Inskip to work with the Department of Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town. He would go on to do work for a number of other companies, notably the state-funded performing arts councils. He later married to equally controversial South African writer, director and actress Mitzi Booysen.?* In 1981 he received the Fleur du Cap Lifetime Award for his contribution to the industry. (See Inskip, 197*)

Productions in South Africa

His first production was Ionesco’s Rhinoceros with the students of UCT at the Little Theatre in 1963. He directed The Birds at the Little Theatre in August 1965 and Ubu Roi in August 1967.

For the The Space Theatre, he did **, ***, **),

With CAPAB he did Kom Spook By My (March 1968), Kohout's August, August, August (1970). Koning Lear (1971), Vrede (1983),

With PACT he did (**, **, and **)

With SWAPAChe did ( ).

Hr directed Die Paddas for KRUIK in 1977.

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