Ronald Harwood

(19**-) Biographer, playwright and screenwriter.

Born Ronald (Ronnie) Horwitz in Cape Town**. The Cape Town dance critic Eve Borland) is his sister. He attended the Seapoint Boys’ High School. In 1951 he went on a theatre tour to England with Leonard Schach, and then moved to England. In 1959, he married Natasha Riehle (1938-2013), a descendant of Russian nobility. They had three children: Antony (born 1960), Deborah (born 1963), and Alexandra (born 1966). [9]he trained at **** . In England he worked in theatre, among others with Sir Donald Wolfit (whose biography he wrote) and became a well known writer.

His plays

His plays include: The Dresser (19**), *** ??? *** , Taking Sides, Tramway Road.

A number of his plays were performed in South Africa.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Harwood

Tucker, 1997

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