Myles Holloway
Myles Holloway (19*-). Critic and academic.
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Biography
Born Myles Kenton Holloway 30 July 1958, he attended Brettonwood High School (1972 – 1976),
He then went to the University of Natal to complete: a BA (English and Geography, 1979), a Higher Diploma in Education (1980), a BA Honnours degree (English, cum laude, 1985), and an MA in English with a thesis on Zakes Mda's plays : the art of the text in the context of politics (1988). In later years he completed a TESOL diploma at the University of the Witwatersrand (2008).
Career
He started work as a teacher for the Natal Education Department (1981-1985), a graduate assistant in the English Department at the University of Natal (1986), a lecturer in the English Department at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and in 2008 joined SABIS® Educational Services as a senior analyst in English, in 2014 becoming Section Manager: English for the company in Lebanon.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Besides his master's thesis, he has written many articles on the work of various playwrights and on the history of theatre for various journals.
For example, in the South African Theatre Journal he has published "An interview with Zakes Mda" (1988: Vol. 2), "Discordant voices of a lived reality: Zakes Mda’s The Hill". (1989: Vol. 3(2):33-50), "Creative co-operation: a critical survey of workshop theatre in South Africa" (1993: Vol. 7(1):17-31) and "Music Hall in Johannesburg: 1886-1896" (1997: Vol. 11(1&2):15-53).
Other articles are "Social commentary and artistic mediation in Zakes Mda’s early plays" (English Academy Review, 1989: 6:28-41), "Black South African Theatre. The Conscience of a Country" (1990: Theatre Studies Publication, Glagow), "Dr Jim-Crack and See-Saw Roads: Harold Bolce's A Slump in Heroes" (,"The crisis of liberalism in South African theatre." (Westerley, 1992: Vol. 3:41-47) and "Playland: Fugard's liberalism." (1993: UNISA English Studies, Vol. 31:1).
Sources
CV of Myles Holloway[1]
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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