Michael Williams

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Michael Williams is an arts adminisrator, and a writer of plays, musicals, operas, and novels


Biography

Training

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

As Arts administrator

He was Managing Director of Cape Town Opera.

As writer

Opera

Plays

Other works

He began writing "radio plays" while studying at University of Cape Town and had his first novel published when he was twenty-five years old. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world. Michael is the author of several books, including the highly praised young adult novel Crocodile Burning.

His plays include

Savages (1982),




Awards

Sources

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4906950.Michael_Williams