Owen Pegram

[Owen Pegram] (19**-)

Biography

After getting a BA, Owen Pegram started teaching at a school in Simons Town where he ran into trouble for wanting to start a theatre group. After several attempts to obtain a passport to leave South Africa he finally succeeded. After leaving the county, he was not allowed to return. He became a professor at Cambridge and worked with the BBC radio. He was always involved with theatre, especially in children’s theatre.

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

He was a member of Peninsula Dramatic Society.

Sources

House 2010. Appendix C.

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