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(1932-2007) Gifted bilingual actor and enjoyable eccentric. Born in Bethulie in the Free State, he joined [[André Huguenet]] as actor?? ** In 195* he left for Britain to gain experience, working ***Returned to South Africa in 196* with the [[Langford-Inglis Company]]??*. * Most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of the stories of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]'s "Oom Schalk Louwrens" stories. The first programme, called ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', was devised by Mynhardt, directed by [[Michal Grobbelaar]] and opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] on 4th Novemeber 1969. It has had more that ** performances over the years. Others in the series were called ** and ***. He has also dramatised and performed his own biography (''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'', 19**). His more formal stage credits include **, ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963), **, ''[[Staircase]]'' by [[Charles Dyer]] (the [[Langford-Inglis Company]], 1967),  ** , ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (198*),  International film credits include ***, A Clockwork Orange, **. The brilliant local TV drama Vyfster made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom Suburban Bliss kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s. Died on stage in London in 2007. MYNHARDT, Patrick. Actor. He starred in [[John Fernald]]’s production of [[Chekhov]]’s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' which was staged for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1963. It also starred [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Jenny Laird]], [[Arthur Hall]], [[Estelle Kohler]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. He starred in [[PACT]]’s production of ''[[Rashomon]]'', directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] in 1965. He directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' for [[TRUK]] in 1965. He starred in the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] production of [[Charles Dyer]]’s ''[[Staircase]]'', also starring [[Robert Langford]] in 1967. He put together a one-man show in 1969, ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', based on the works of [[Herman Charles Bosman]] at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in the [[Civic]], which ended up running for two years. It was staged again by [[PACT]] in 1971. ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' played again at the [[Brooke]] in February 1972. He was seen in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1973. He starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of [[Arthur Miller]]’s ''[[The Crucible]]'' for [[PACT]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Michele Maxwell]] in 1975. He starred in [[Ken Leach]]’s  production of [[Pieter Fourie]]’s  ''[[Conspiracy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1976. He starred in [[Mannie Manim]]’s production of [[Larry Gelbart]]’s ''[[Sly Fox]]'' for [[The Company]] at the [[Market]] in 1979. It was directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] and also starred [[Graham Armitage]] and [[Peter J. Elliott]]. He starred in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Academy]] in 1980. He starred in [[Peter Shaffer]]’s ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'', directed by [[Leonard Schach]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[David Horner]], [[Keith Grenville]] and [[Bill Flynn]]. It was staged during the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]] in 1981. His one-man autobiographical piece ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' was staged at the [[Intimate]] by a group called [[A Teater]] as their first production in 1983. He starred in [[Bobby Heaney]]’s production of  [[Brian Friel]]’s ''[[Translations]]'' together with [[Michael Richard]] in 1985. His one-man show ''[[Another Sip of Jerepigo]]'' was staged at the [[Market]] in January 1990. He staged ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the [[Warehouse]] in May 1990. He returned to the [[Warehouse]] with ''[[Just Jerepigo]]'' in December of the same year. He starred in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesie]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1991. He presented ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in 1992. MYNHARDT,Patrick – . [[Estelle Kohler]] was first cast in ''[[Cherry Orchard]]'' in 1965 by [[John Fernald]] (dir) from UK.  She & Patrick Mynhardt were cast.  ''[[Just jerepigo]]'' & ''[[Cold stone jug]]'' by die [[Groot Marico Kunstefees]], 2002
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'''Patrick Mynhardt''' (1932-2007) Gifted bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actor and enjoyable eccentric.
  
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== Biography ==
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Born in Bethulie in the Free State, of an [[Afrikaans]] father and a Irish mother. He died on stage in London in 2007 at the age of 75 while performing in his one-man show ''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the
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=== Youth ===
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He was educated at Bethulie School and De La Salle College in East London, South Africa. He then spent three “disastrous” years at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he did, however, discover that he had a flair for acting.
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=== Training ===
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In 1954 he left for London where he intended to spend three years at the Central School of Drama but left after only one term and pursued his drama studies privately.
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=== Career ===
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He joined the [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1953 as an actor and toured the country for a year and a half appearing in English and [[Afrikaans]] plays. In 1954 he left for Britain, where he eventually landed his first job in a repertory company.
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He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Mynhardt is most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]'s "Oom Schalk Lourens" stories. The first programme, called ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', was devised by Mynhardt, directed by [[Michal Grobbelaar]] and opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] on 4 Novemeber 1969. ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' played again at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in February 1972. He was seen in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1973 and the [[Academy Theatre]] in 1980. Others in the series were called ''[[Another Sip of Jerepigo]]'' and ''[[Just Jerepigo]]''. He presented ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in 1992. ''[[Just Jerepigo]]'' and ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' at the [[Groot Marico Kunstefees]] in 2002.
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His one-man autobiographical piece ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]] by a group called [[A Teater]] as their first production in 1983. He staged ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the [[Warehouse]] in May 1990, also [[Theatre on the Square]] 2004.
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His more formal stage credits include ''[[Le Malade imaginaire|Iepekonders]]'' (1953), ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' (1961), ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' (1961), ''[[Lady Precious Stream|Jonkvrou Edelwater]]'' (1962), ''[[Guilty Party]]'' (1962), ''[[Policy for Murder]]'' (1963), ''[[Christie]]'', ''[[Montserrat]]'' (Equierdo 1963), ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' (Sean Keogh 1963), ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963),  ''[[Rashomon]]'', directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] in 1965, ''[[The Deputy]]'' (1965), ''[[Twelve Angry Men]]'' (1965), ''[[The Devils]]'' (1966), ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' (Fiogard, 1966), ''[[War and Peace]]'' (Napoleon, 1966), ''[[Staircase]]'' (1967, Harry), ''[[Dödsdansen|Dodedans]]'' (Edgar, 1967), ''[[Die Spel van Liefde en Toeval]]'' (Pasqual, 1967), ''[[Staircase]]''  (the [[Langford-Inglis Company]], 1967 as Harry), ''[[Fanny]]'' (1968), ''[[The Crucible]]'' ([[PACT]]  1975),  ''[[Conspiracy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1976, ''[[Die Verminktes]]'' (1977), ''[[Die Vader]]'' (1978), ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (1978), ''[[Sly Fox]]'' for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1979, ''[[The Siege of Nugget Street]]'' (1979), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]''(1981), ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1981), ''[[Karoo Grand]]'' (1983), ''[[Translations]]'' (1985), ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1989), ''[[Nemesis]]'' (1989), ''[[Houd-den-Bek]]'' (1990). He starred in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1991 and ''[[Mirakel]]'' (1992).  Between 1983 - 1990 he performed at embassies and official residences in Brussels, London, New York, Washington and also at the California Springbok Club in San Jose and San Francisco.
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He directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' for [[TRUK]] in 1965.
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South African films include ''[[Vadertjie Langbeen]]'', ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' and ''[[Majuba]]''.
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International film credits include ''A Clockwork Orange'', **.
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The brilliant local TV drama ''Vyfster'' made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom ''Suburban Bliss'' kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s.
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== Awards, etc ==
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For ''[[Dodedans]]'' he won the [[Anton de Waal Toekenning|Anton de Waal Trophy]] for the best [[Afrikaans]] performance of the year, 1967.
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Nominee 1991 Mynhardt, Patrick in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' ([[Anton de Waal Toekenning|Anton de Waal Trophy]] for best actor in a leading role in Afrikaans).
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He was a recipient of a Johannesburg Theatre Management Lifetime Achievement Award at the FNB [[Vita Awards]] presented at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton, in 2002.
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== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1
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''Boy from Bethulie'' programme notes, 1983.
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[[Oggendblad]],  6 May 2004.
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''The Citizen'', 26 October 2007.
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Latest revision as of 15:14, 24 January 2022

Patrick Mynhardt (1932-2007) Gifted bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor and enjoyable eccentric.

Biography

Born in Bethulie in the Free State, of an Afrikaans father and a Irish mother. He died on stage in London in 2007 at the age of 75 while performing in his one-man show Boy from Bethulie at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.

Youth

He was educated at Bethulie School and De La Salle College in East London, South Africa. He then spent three “disastrous” years at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he did, however, discover that he had a flair for acting.

Training

In 1954 he left for London where he intended to spend three years at the Central School of Drama but left after only one term and pursued his drama studies privately.

Career

He joined the National Theatre Organisation in 1953 as an actor and toured the country for a year and a half appearing in English and Afrikaans plays. In 1954 he left for Britain, where he eventually landed his first job in a repertory company.

He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960.

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

Mynhardt is most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of Herman Charles Bosman's "Oom Schalk Lourens" stories. The first programme, called A Sip of Jerepigo, was devised by Mynhardt, directed by Michal Grobbelaar and opened at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre on 4 Novemeber 1969. A Sip of Jerepigo played again at the Brooke Theatre in February 1972. He was seen in More Jerepigo at the Alexander Theatre in 1973 and the Academy Theatre in 1980. Others in the series were called Another Sip of Jerepigo and Just Jerepigo. He presented A Sip of Jerepigo at the Pieter Roos Theatre in 1992. Just Jerepigo and Cold Stone Jug at the Groot Marico Kunstefees in 2002.

His one-man autobiographical piece The Boy from Bethulie was staged at the Intimate Theatre by a group called A Teater as their first production in 1983. He staged The Boy from Bethulie at the Warehouse in May 1990, also Theatre on the Square 2004.

His more formal stage credits include Iepekonders (1953), The King of Diamonds (1961), A Touch of the Poet (1961), Jonkvrou Edelwater (1962), Guilty Party (1962), Policy for Murder (1963), Christie, Montserrat (Equierdo 1963), The Playboy of the Western World (Sean Keogh 1963), The Cherry Orchard (PACT, 1963), Rashomon, directed by Joan Brickhill in 1965, The Deputy (1965), Twelve Angry Men (1965), The Devils (1966), The Beaux' Stratagem (Fiogard, 1966), War and Peace (Napoleon, 1966), Staircase (1967, Harry), Dodedans (Edgar, 1967), Die Spel van Liefde en Toeval (Pasqual, 1967), Staircase (the Langford-Inglis Company, 1967 as Harry), Fanny (1968), The Crucible (PACT 1975), Conspiracy for PACT at the Alexander Theatre in 1976, Die Verminktes (1977), Die Vader (1978), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1978), Sly Fox for The Company at the Market Theatre in 1979, The Siege of Nugget Street (1979), The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1981), The Taming of the Shrew (1981), Karoo Grand (1983), Translations (1985), Long Day's Journey into Night (1989), Nemesis (1989), Houd-den-Bek (1990). He starred in Die Sakeman van Venesië at the Alexander Theatre in 1991 and Mirakel (1992). Between 1983 - 1990 he performed at embassies and official residences in Brussels, London, New York, Washington and also at the California Springbok Club in San Jose and San Francisco.

He directed Die Blinde Vegter for TRUK in 1965.

South African films include Vadertjie Langbeen, Seven against the Sun and Majuba.

International film credits include A Clockwork Orange, **.

The brilliant local TV drama Vyfster made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom Suburban Bliss kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s.

Awards, etc

For Dodedans he won the Anton de Waal Trophy for the best Afrikaans performance of the year, 1967.

Nominee 1991 Mynhardt, Patrick in Die Sakeman van Venesië (Anton de Waal Trophy for best actor in a leading role in Afrikaans).

He was a recipient of a Johannesburg Theatre Management Lifetime Achievement Award at the FNB Vita Awards presented at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton, in 2002.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1

Boy from Bethulie programme notes, 1983.

Oggendblad, 6 May 2004.

The Citizen, 26 October 2007.


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