Rhodes University Drama Department
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Rhodes University Drama Department
The Drama Department was founded in 19** and is situated in a theatre centre consisting of the Rhodes University Theatre, the Box Theatre, and for many years has hosted the First Physical Theatre Company as in-house company.
Heads of Department
Prof. Roy Sargeant (from 1973 - 1982)
Prof. Francois Swart (1983 -1985?)
Prof. Beth Dickerson (acting Head, 1986)
Prof. Sydney James (from 1987 - 1991)
Prof. Beth Dickerson (acting Head, 1991 - 1992)
Prof. Gary Gordon (from 1992 - 2009?)
Prof. Andrew Buckland (2010 - June 2013)
Dr Heike Gehring (from ? to present)
Productions
1971: The Playboy of the Western World, directed by Beth Dickerson
1975: Katherine Mansfield and the Writing Game, directed by Beth Dickerson
1976: Make Like Slaves, directed by Roy Sargeant; Riders to the Sea and In the Shadow of the Glen, directed by Beth Dickerson; The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See..., directed by Jane Osborne.
1979: Absurd Person Singular, directed by Chris Weare
1982: Richard Gush of Salem, directed by Rosalie van der Gucht
1988: Story Theatre, directed by Sydney James
1989: The Crucible, directed by Reza de Wet
1991: Little Mary Sunshine, directed by Sydney James; The Ghost Sonata, directed by Reza de Wet
1992: Hamlet, directed by Ilse van Hemert
1993: The Good Person of Szechwan, directed by Andrew Buckland; Edward II, directed by David Alcock; Leaving Out Profanity, directed by Neil Borland
2004: Concealment, directed by Reza de Wet
2007: Heathcliff Goes Home, directed by Reza de Wet
Rhodes Drama and the Grahamstown Festival
From its inception the Drama Department has played a central role in the annual Grahamstown Festival (today known as the National Arts Festival of NAF)
For more information, see the National Arts Festival
Sources
Daily Dispatch, 15 May 1991
Daily Dispatch, 30 March 1993
Hamlet programme, 1992
