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[[Guy Routh]] (1916-1993) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Routh]. Amateur theatre veteran, playwright and trade union activist. Economist.
 
[[Guy Routh]] (1916-1993) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Routh]. Amateur theatre veteran, playwright and trade union activist. Economist.
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== Biography ==
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He left South Africa under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
He worked for the Garment Worker’s Union but was also active in experimental theatre in Johannesburg in the 1930s, strongly influenced by the theories and practices of Meyerhold [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsevolod_Meyerhold].
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As an actor he played the Fox in '' [[Volpone]]'' staged by the [[Johannesburg Art Theatre]] at the [[Jewish Guild]] in the 1930s and Andrew Undershaft in ''[[Major Barbara]]'' in 1940.
  
He wrote two plays for the [[Bantu People's Theatre]] group, namely ''[[The Word and the Act]]'' and ''[[Patriot's Pie]]'' – both performed at the [[BPT Drama Festival]] in 1941.  
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He played Joseph in a radio broadcast of the ''Coventry Nativity Play'', 25 December 1942.
  
He was involved with the formation of the African National Theatre? Was later to leave the country under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950.  
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He worked for the Garment Worker’s Union but was also active in experimental theatre in Johannesburg in the 1930s, strongly influenced by the theories and practices of Meyerhold [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsevolod_Meyerhold].
 
 
[[Patriot’s Pie]]
 
by [[Guy Routh]]. A play that dealing with the contradictions of Union policy on African e
 
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The Word and the Act
 
  
Andrew Undershaft in [[Major Barbara]] 1940 (RDM 11 October 1940)
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He wrote two plays for the [[Bantu People's Theatre (BPT)]] group, namely ''[[The Word and the Act]]'' and ''[[Patriot's Pie]]'' – both performed at the [[BPT Drama Festival]] in 1941.
  
Played the Fox in '' [[Volpone]]'' staged by the [[Johanneburg Art Theatre]] at the [[Jewish Guild]] in the 1930s (RDM 19 August 1952)
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He was involved with the formation of the [[African National Theatre]]?
 
 
Played Joseph in a radio broadcast of the ''Coventry Nativity Play'', 25 December 1942.
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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See Kruger, 199* [TH]
 
See Kruger, 199* [TH]
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 11 October 1940; 19 August 1952.
  
 
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Guy Routh (1916-1993) [1]. Amateur theatre veteran, playwright and trade union activist. Economist.

Biography

He left South Africa under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950.

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

As an actor he played the Fox in Volpone staged by the Johannesburg Art Theatre at the Jewish Guild in the 1930s and Andrew Undershaft in Major Barbara in 1940.

He played Joseph in a radio broadcast of the Coventry Nativity Play, 25 December 1942.

He worked for the Garment Worker’s Union but was also active in experimental theatre in Johannesburg in the 1930s, strongly influenced by the theories and practices of Meyerhold [2].

He wrote two plays for the Bantu People's Theatre (BPT) group, namely The Word and the Act and Patriot's Pie – both performed at the BPT Drama Festival in 1941.

He was involved with the formation of the African National Theatre?

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

See Kruger, 199* [TH]

Rand Daily Mail, 11 October 1940; 19 August 1952.

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