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[[Sheila Meiring]] (1932-) is an actress, a writer of short stories and plays (under the name [[Sheila Fugard]]).  
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[[Sheila Meiring]] (1932-) is an actress, a playwright, and a published author and poet (under the name [[Sheila Fugard]]).  
  
Born in England, she trained as an actress,
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Born in Birmingham, England in 1932, but moved to Cape Town with her parents in 1940. She studied drama University of Cape Town and began to write short stories.
  
She met [[Athol Fugard]] when she acted in one of his plays and married him in September 1956,and married [[Athol Fugard]] in Cape Town and they founded [[The Circle Players]] in Cape Town in the 1950s, which introduced him to theatre. She later worked as an actress for [[NTO]] in Pretoria, while Fugard was employed as stage manager.  
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She married [[Athol Fugard]] in September 1956, and the couple have one daughter, actress and novelist [[Lisa Fugard]].
  
Among the roles she played were ****, ***.  
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After the birth of [[Lisa Fugard|Lisa]] and their retirement to Port Elizabeth in 1972, Sheila  concentrated on her own writing, while Fugard worked with the [[Serpent Players]]. Her first novel, ''The Castaways'', won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1972, then followed ''Rite of Passage'' (1976) and ''A Revolutionary Woman'' (1983).
  
She collaborated with him on a number of his early works for [[Circle Players]], and later on works such as  ''[[No Good Friday]]'' (1958).
 
  
After the birth of their daughter [[Lisa Fugard]] and their retirement to Port Elizabeth In 1972, she concentrated on her own writing,. Her first novel, ''The Castaways'', won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1972, then followed ''Rite of Passage'' (1976) and ''A Revolutionary Woman'' (1983).
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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She met [[Athol Fugard]] when she acted in one of his plays and they married in September 1956. The couple then founded [[Circle Players]] in Cape Town in the 1950s. She collaborated with him on a number of his early works for [[Circle Players]], as she would do later on works such as  ''[[No-Good Friday]]'' (1958).
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When they moved to Johannesburg, she worked as an actress for [[NTO]] in Pretoria for a while, while Fugard was employed as stage manager.  
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Among the roles she played was in (as [[Sheila Fugard]]) ''[[A Kakamas Greek]]'' in Brussels in 1960.
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== Awards, etc ==
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The Olive Schreiner Prize in 1972 for ''The Castaways''.  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Meiring_Fugard
  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Meiring_Fugard
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Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 18 July 2018

Sheila Meiring (1932-) is an actress, a playwright, and a published author and poet (under the name Sheila Fugard).

Born in Birmingham, England in 1932, but moved to Cape Town with her parents in 1940. She studied drama University of Cape Town and began to write short stories.

She married Athol Fugard in September 1956, and the couple have one daughter, actress and novelist Lisa Fugard.

After the birth of Lisa and their retirement to Port Elizabeth in 1972, Sheila concentrated on her own writing, while Fugard worked with the Serpent Players. Her first novel, The Castaways, won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1972, then followed Rite of Passage (1976) and A Revolutionary Woman (1983).



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

She met Athol Fugard when she acted in one of his plays and they married in September 1956. The couple then founded Circle Players in Cape Town in the 1950s. She collaborated with him on a number of his early works for Circle Players, as she would do later on works such as No-Good Friday (1958).

When they moved to Johannesburg, she worked as an actress for NTO in Pretoria for a while, while Fugard was employed as stage manager.

Among the roles she played was in (as Sheila Fugard) A Kakamas Greek in Brussels in 1960.

Awards, etc

The Olive Schreiner Prize in 1972 for The Castaways.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Meiring_Fugard


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