Hilton Swemmer
Hilton Swemmer. (19**-). Playwright.
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Biography
Youth
He matriculated at the Pretoria Boys' High School in the 1960s where he was taught art by Walter Battiss [1]. He started conceiving plays as a child in the Sunnyside, Pretoria, block of flats he grew up in. He persuaded his friends, all the children from the block, to act in his plays; he directed and their parents were the audience.
Training
He studied at the Johannesburg College of Education.
Career
He taught at Orange Grove Primary in Johannesburg. He continued to explore drama, twice winning awards at JCE for best director and acting in plays of the calibre of Chris Barnard's Pa, Maak vir my 'n Vlieër, Pa.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Awards, etc
Sources
Interview with Rodney Victor published in The Star, 12 February 1998.
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