Phil Levard

Phil Levard (19**-). Stage director. Also known as Philip D. Levard

Biography

Stage name of Philip Dennis Spencer. He married Violet Low in 1929.

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

As writer

He co-wrote (with Frank Dix) and directed Robinson Crusoe, presented by African Theatres in 1922/1923.

As director/producer

He was the producer of most of African Theatres’ major productions in the 1940s. Productions staged by him include:

1922: Robinson Crusoe (African Theatres)

1923: Robinson Crusoe (African Theatres)

1939: Robinson Crusoe (African Consolidated Theatres)

1941: Jack and the Beanstalk

1941: Alice in Wonderland (African Consolidated Theatres)

1942: Sleeping Beauty

1943: Dick Whittington and his Cat

1943: Hit the Deck

1943: No, No, Nanette

1944: Dick Whittington and his Cat

1944: Cinderella

1945: The Peepshow of 1945 (African Consolidated Theatres)

1945: Aladdin

1946: Robinson Crusoe

1950: Brigadoon (his final production for ACT)

1951: Aladdin

1955: Oklahoma!

1956: Annie Get Your Gun

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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