Denis Hatfield
Denis Hatfield (19**-) was a long time reviewer , arts critic, radio broadcaster, the author of a number of books on South African arts and culture and occasional publisher.
Born Denis Hatfield Bullough, he generally used the pseudonym Denis Hatfield.
He became the life partner of Bill Curry, whom he first met when Curry was a young man just beginning in Cape Town theatre.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Among his best known books on South African arts and cultural matters are:
The Work of John Dronsfield (Johannesburg : SA Architectural Record, 1944);
Some South African Monuments (Cape Town/Johannesburg, Purnell:1967);
District Six, illustrated by Bruce Franck, with a text by George Manuel and Denis Hatfield (Cape Town, Longmans: 1967);
Cape Theatre in the 1940's: Reviews of Ballet and Drama (Cape Town/Johannesburg, Purnell: 1967).
Sources
Wits University Archive: See CURRY, Bill (AM 2788)[1]
Die Burger, 26 April 2011[2]
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