M.P.O. Burgers
M.P.O. Burgers (19*-) was a journalist, stage, radio and film actor, playwright and translator.
Also known as M.P. Olivier Burgers, M.P. Burgers or Olivier Burgers, he was the brother of the beloved comedian of stage, radio and film, Frederik Burgers.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As writer
He adapted Eugène N. Marais's story Wegraak van Sannie as Sannie''. Published by J.L. van Schaik, Pretoria.
Translated Ibsen's Ghosts into Afrikaans as Spoke (first produced by ** with André Huguenet and Anna Neethling-Pohl in 194*), *.
As actor:
One of the performers in the classic Afrikaans Hamlet]] of 1947.
As journalist he reviewed and wrote on theatre for a number of publications, including Trans-Afrika, **, and **.
Sources
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