Dan Welman
Dan Welman (19**-) was a South African actor, costume and set designer.
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Biography
Youth
Training
Career
He was a founding member of the Benoni Volksteater. He took an active part in English and Afrikaans productions in Johannesburg.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
The Man in Half Moon Street and Eindeksamen under the Russian producer Ossip Runitsch were marked successes for him.
He appeared in a number of plays for the National Theatre Organisation, including An Inspector Calls (as stage manager and alternating the part of Gerald, 1948); Die Indringer (1949); Hassan (1950); Die Vrek (1951); As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is (1952).
He played the role of Dr Farclet in the Afrikaans adaptation of Duet for Two Hands.
Vereeniging, Vereniging The Outsider Putsonderwater
Awards, etc
Sources
Percy Tucker, 1997
An Inspector Calls programme notes, 1948.
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