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FRASER, Ian. (1961??-) Poet, playwright and stand-up comedian and satirist. Born in Durban, he never finished school and had a harrowing experience in the National Defence Force which sparked his career as poet and playwright. In 1986 he began to perform his angry poetry at a Johannesburg jazz club. Then he moved on to writing offensively rude comic and satiric sketches. Since then he has written and performed a number of shows which include ''[[Bring Me Gandhi]]'' ([[Black Sun]] in August 1987), ** **.*** His work has toured widely, to the festivals and main urban centres.  
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'''FRASER, Ian''' (1962- ). Poet, playwright, stand-up comedian and satirist. Born in Durban, he never finished school and had a harrowing experience in the National Defence Force which sparked his career as poet and playwright. In 1986 he began to perform his angry poetry at a Johannesburg jazz club. Then he moved on to writing offensively rude comic and satiric sketches. Since then he has written and performed a number of shows which include ''[[Bring Me Gandhi]]'' ([[Black Sun]] in August 1987), ''[[Story of an African Vampire]]'' ([[The Civic]] in February 1995) ** **.*** His work has toured widely, to the festivals and main urban centres.  
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== Plays ==
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Plays include: ''[[Bring Me Gandhi]]''; ''[[Lenny Bruce Live]]''; ''[[Like the Pyramid on the Camel Packet]]''; ''[[Charles Manson]]'' (staged by [[PACT]]); ''[[Butterfly Jam]]'' (staged by [[PACT]]); ''[[Heart like a Stomach]]'' (staged by [[PACT]]); ''[[Dogs of the Blue Gods]]'' (Amstel Playwright of the Year Award); ''[[Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell]]'' (shortlisted for Amstel Playwright of the Year Award); ''[[The Sugar Plum Fairy]]'' (staged at the [[Market Theatre]]); ''[[The Gospel According to the Mafia]]'' (staged at the [[Market Theatre]]); ''[[The Accidental Antichrist]]'' (staged at the [[Market Theatre]]); ''[[Story of an African Chicken]]'';
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Plays written in the USA: ''[[Cat and God]]''; ''[[Like Craigslist on a Friday Night]]''; ''[[Putting the Fun Back into School Shootings]]''; ''[[A Dead Soldier in the Family]]''; ''[[The Family Beef]]''; ''[[For the Love of an Infinite Number of Monkeys]]'';  ''[[The Rocket's Red Glare]]''; ''[[Die, the Beloved Country]]'';  ''[[The Zombies]]''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fraser_%28playwright%29]
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Nominee 1991 Fraser, Ian for `Gods of the Blue Dogs' (Dawie Malan Award for best South African Play);
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fraser_(playwright)
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fraser_(playwright)
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
  
 
== For more information ==
 
== For more information ==

Latest revision as of 12:50, 9 November 2017

FRASER, Ian (1962- ). Poet, playwright, stand-up comedian and satirist. Born in Durban, he never finished school and had a harrowing experience in the National Defence Force which sparked his career as poet and playwright. In 1986 he began to perform his angry poetry at a Johannesburg jazz club. Then he moved on to writing offensively rude comic and satiric sketches. Since then he has written and performed a number of shows which include Bring Me Gandhi (Black Sun in August 1987), Story of an African Vampire (The Civic in February 1995) ** **.*** His work has toured widely, to the festivals and main urban centres.

Plays

Plays include: Bring Me Gandhi; Lenny Bruce Live; Like the Pyramid on the Camel Packet; Charles Manson (staged by PACT); Butterfly Jam (staged by PACT); Heart like a Stomach (staged by PACT); Dogs of the Blue Gods (Amstel Playwright of the Year Award); Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell (shortlisted for Amstel Playwright of the Year Award); The Sugar Plum Fairy (staged at the Market Theatre); The Gospel According to the Mafia (staged at the Market Theatre); The Accidental Antichrist (staged at the Market Theatre); Story of an African Chicken;

Plays written in the USA: Cat and God; Like Craigslist on a Friday Night; Putting the Fun Back into School Shootings; A Dead Soldier in the Family; The Family Beef; For the Love of an Infinite Number of Monkeys; The Rocket's Red Glare; Die, the Beloved Country; The Zombies. [1]

Nominee 1991 Fraser, Ian for `Gods of the Blue Dogs' (Dawie Malan Award for best South African Play);

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fraser_(playwright)

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

For more information

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fraser_(playwright)

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