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  • ...istorical, Melodramatical, Balletical, Burlesque, Operatical Pantomime]]'' was a Christmas entertainment in two acts written by an anonymous member of t ...an officious porter in the service of Lord Westawiney Province), Drummer [[Green]] (Poundspannum, an interesting sergeant in the service of Her Fairyannic M
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  • [[Juanita Swanepoel]] (1950 - ). Actress, voice artist and director (as Juanita Swanepoel), and speech teacher and drama lecturer (under her marrie ...997, while becoming an immensely popular radio actress in the same period. Was an active member of the [[Libertas Theatre Club]], where she performed in a
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  • Also referred to as '''[[Thos. Baines]]''' on occasion. ...Town, and later as a marine and portrait painter. Between 1848 and 1853 he was based in the Eastern Cape, from where he undertook three journeys to the in
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  • ...ugard]], 2001), ''[[Streetwoman]]'' ([[Herman Charles Bosman]], 200*), ''[[Green Man Flashing]]'', ([[Mike van Graan]]) (2004), ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' (G ...The Captain's Tiger]]''. She received critical acclaim for her performance as Betty both internationally and in South Africa. Her most recent theatre wor
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  • Written in 1983, his play ''[[Going Under]]'' was shortlisted for the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year Award]] of 1984. He als "Soul City" was featured in an exclusive article in "Time Magazine" (July 2, 2001) under th
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  • ...Primary School and Clapham High School. Performed in numerous productions as a teenager including "Hermia" in ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]'', "Port Studied Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]] and was awarded the ''[[UCT]] Drama School Most Promising Student Award'' in 1975 a
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  • ...h SOAP series ''Dixon of Dock Green'' and ''Z Cars''. In 1973, he appeared as co-lead in David Rudkin's award winning TV play ''Pendas Fen''. At about th ...ck" in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', “Hotspur” in ''[[Henry IV]]'' Part I; “Queenie” in ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[PACT]]
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  • The play was apparently first performed in Milan in 1749 by the company of Antonio Sacco Translated into English as '''''[[The Servant of Two Masters]]''''' by [[Anne Lawrance]] in 1972/3.
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  • Picard and Radet are often mentioned, singly or together, as additional authors of the English text. ...0], is listed in the [[HathiTrust Digital Library]] as by Beazley as well as both French authors.)[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011207781]
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  • [[Joyce Levinsohn]] (1935-2021) was an actress, director and inspirational force behind [[children's theatre]] She was married to Lionel Levinsohn and the couple had four children.
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  • Popularly known simply as '''''[[The Gondoliers]]'''''. ...tta, [[Mrs Preddy]] as Tessa, [[Roy Haywood]] as Casilda, [[Winnie Flint]] as Duchess of Plaza Tora. Also starring [[R W Betenson]], [[Bob Owen]], [[Pete
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  • She was born in Cape Town. ...Into the Woods]]'' (1997) and ''[[The Shakespeare Revue]]'' (1997),''[[How I Learned to Drive]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'' ([[Maynardville]], 200
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  • Also wrote some plays as [[Peter September]], when submitting plays (e.g. ''[[Hostile Takeover]]'') Van Graan was born in Cape Town on 31 August 1959 and matriculated at Harold Cressy High
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  • She was born in Pietermaritsburg, ...of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. First discovered by [[Adam Leslie]] as a child actress and started her professional career in 1957, playing the Co
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  • Also found as '''''[[La Jeunesse d'Henri V]]''''' Translated into '''[[Dutch]]''' by С. Vandevyver/C. vandeVyvere as '''''[[De Jeugd van Hendrik den Vyfde]]'''''. Performed on 2 March, 1819 in
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  • ...cast was Zeljko Ivanek as Hally, [[Zakes Mokae]] as Sam, and Danny Glover as Willie. When the production moved to Broadway Lonny Price took over Hally. ...s over the years, since its first publication by Oxford paperbacks in 1983 as ''[["Master Harold" ... and the boys]]'' Other published versions include '
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  • ...l Hawthorne''' (1929-2001) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne] was a British-born stage, film and TV actor and director. ...d at St George's Grammar School, Cape Town and Christian Brothers College, Green Point. After a short stint in the Southern Life Insurance Company, he enrol
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  • '''Rex Garner''' (1921-2015) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Garner] was a British-born actor and director. ...and he settled in Johannesburg in 1974. He worked with [[Pieter Toerien]] as an actor and stage director from 1979 to 1999. He returned to Britain in th
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  • ...y's Company]] or [[Le Roy's Company]]. Also found inverted here and there, i.e. [[Duret and Le Roy]], etc. ...atre]] (which they later renamed the [[Theatre Royal]]) and there, as well as select other venues, presented a large number of productions over the cours
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  • ...hveld region of the South African Republic. First published (by Longmans, Green, and Co.) in 1907 upon persuasion by his friend [[Rudyard Kipling]]. Illust ...ylis]], [[Oliver Ngwenya]], [[Fiona Fraser]] and the dog Umfubu (or Mfubu) as "Jock".
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