Fred le Roux

LE ROUX, Fred. (1913-1984). Professor of Drama, teacher, journalist, critic, theatre researcher, actor, translator.

Biography

Married a fellow teacher, Truida Pohl, in 1935, but they were divorced in 1940. Later married Ria Olivier (19**) and they had **. ****

Career

Started out as a teacher, became Die Burger's theatre reviewer in the 1930s. In 196*, on the death of Fred Engelen, he was appointed head of the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch. In his period as head the department continued doing a few major productions a year, often starring the staff. He also tried to set up a card-based documentation system for South African theatre performances and publications. Among these are **, **. Unfortunately this never came to fruition as a publication, and all that remains are the hundreds of cards in the catalogues of the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies in Stellenbosch.

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

Acted in Die Koopman van Venesië (for Fred Engelen, Little Theatre, Cape Town,1960), *

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