Phil Levard

LEVARD, Phil. (19**-**?) Stage director. *** Producer of most of African Theatres’ major productions in the 1940s In 1939 he did the pantomime Robinson Crusoe, in 1941 Alice in Wonderland at the Standard Theatre with an all children cast. In 1943 he had a huge success with No, No, Nanette at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg and helped the country celebrate the end of the war with The Peepshow of 1945. *

LEVARD, Phil. Directed the pantomime Robinson Crusoe by **** for African Consolidated Theatres, 1939. Produced Alice in Wonderland based on the book by Lewis Caroll for African Consolidated Theatres at the Standard Theatre in 1941. Staged No, No, Nanette by **** at the Empire Theatre in 1943. Directed/Produced? The Peepshow of 1945 for African Consolidated Theatres (ACT) in 1945. Presented Robinson Crusoe at the inaugural ceremony of His Majesty’s Theatre in December 1946. In 1950 he directed Brigadoon, which ACT staged. This was the last production which he directed for them. It starred imported leads Louise Boyd and Michael O’Dowd. ***(Tucker, 1997)

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