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== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
  
His first staged play received the 2011 [[Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award for Fringe Drama]] and the next gained three awards at the [[PANSA/NLDTF Festival of New Writing]] in 2012.
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His first staged playreceived the 2011 [[Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award for Fringe Drama]] and the next gained three awards at the [[PANSA/NLDTF Festival of New Writing]] in 2012.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 08:13, 30 January 2015

(1981/82?-) Playwright.

Biography

Born and went to school in Johannesburg.

Training

Studied at Rhodes University and completed a BA in Drama and English, followed by an Honours degree in Drama in 2003 at the Rhodes University Drama Department.

Career

In 2004 he began work as a history teacher in Cape Town.

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

He began writing plays when he was sixteen, and his successful plays include Hinterland (2008-2014) and Dream, Brother (2011).

Awards, etc

His first staged play, received the 2011 Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award for Fringe Drama and the next gained three awards at the PANSA/NLDTF Festival of New Writing in 2012.

Sources

http://www.broadwayworld.com/south-africa/article/Junkets-Publisher-Launches-Publication-of-Duncan-Buwaldas-HINTERLAND-20141003#

http://cue.ru.ac.za/tag/duncan-buwalda/

http://www.clarkesbooks.co.za/books/browse/48

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/local/an-imagined-meeting-of-great-minds-1.1316872#.VMhpwk39kqQ

http://www.meganshead.co.za/tag/duncan-buwalda/


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