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'''Siegfried Mynhardt''' (1912-1996) Venerated bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor and director. (“Siegie”).  
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(1909-1996) Venerated bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor and director. * Began his career as actor for the [[Hanekom Geselskap]] (Company) at the age of 17. A sought after performer, he worked for most of the Afrikaans companies in the 1930s, including the [[André Huguenet Company]] (1933). Later founded his own company ** to do **. Went to England in 19*, where he worked for the Charles Hickman Company and performed at London's Old Vic. During the war years, he returned to South Africa to perform for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] ([[KMDOS]]) and the [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies-Marda Vanne Company]] between 1941 and 1946. In 1947 he co-directed and performed in the Afrikaans ''[[Hamlet]]'' with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], playing Laertes*? himself. Over the years he performed for the [[Cockpit Players]], [[PACT]] and the [[NTO]], acting in a huge number of roles and often under the direction of [[Leonard Schach]], [[Leontine Sagan]], and many more. Plays include ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' (1944), ''[[Altyd my Liefste]]'' (1947/8), ''[[Dear Brutus]]'' (1948), [*?''[[Nag het die wind gebring]]'' (1948/49), ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (1948/49), ''[[Minnaar onder die Wapen]]'' (''[[Arms and the Man]]'',  1949), ''[[Die Indringer]]'' (The Outsider, 1949),  ''[[The Guardsman]]'' (1949), ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (??* 1949), ''[[M acbeth]]'' (in Afrikaans, 1950), ''[[Hassan]]'' (1950)*???] ''[[Volpone]]'' (1952), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1953), ''[[The Caretaker]]'' (1960), ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' (1961), ''[[The Birthday Party]]'' (1962), ''[[The Night of the Igauna]]'' (1962), ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' (1967) and ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (1968). His film career is equally distinguished, and includes such Afrikaans hits as **, ** and Oupa Brompie (19**). Similarly he did a number of telev ision dramas, including ** MYNHARDT, Siegfried. Actor who performed for the [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies-Marda Vanne Company]] which presented seasons of plays during the war years at the [[Standard Theatre]]. Formed his own company in 1942. Performed ''[[Die Rooi Pruik]]'' and an Afrikaans translation of ''[[Ladies in retirement]]'' with [[Berdine Grunewald]] and [[Lydia Lindeque]]. Was so popular, it was taken North to be performed for the South African troops in the war. Starred in ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' in 1944 with [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]], [[Marda Vanne]] and [[Margaret Inglis]]. Performed in ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' in 1946 which was staged by [[Wensley Pithey]] and company. Directed [[Laura]] at [[The Standard]] for the [[REPS]] in 1947. Starred in [[Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' in 1947. It was presented by [[The Munro-Inglis Company]], and was their last [[Standard Theatre]] production. Directed an Afrikaans production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 1947. It was staged at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] and starred [[André Huguenet]] as the Prince of Denmark, and [[Michal Grobbelaar]] as Marcellus. He toured with the [[National Theatre]] throughout 1948 with a company including [[André Huguenet]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Lorna Cowell]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilda Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]] performing many productions. He starred in [[Ben Jonson]]’s hit show ''[[Volpone]]'' which was directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[National Theatre]] at the [[Reps Theatre]] in 1952. Also starring [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Edna Jacobson]], [[Frank Wise]] and [[Vivienne Drummond]]. ''[[Volpone]]'' enjoyed another run at the [[Benoni Town Hall]] later that same year. He starred in [[Shakespeare]]’s ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced, directed and played in by [[Margaret Inglis]] at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955. He played Dauphin in [[Shaw]]’s ''[[Saint Joan]]'', which [[Leon Gluckman]] directed for the [[National Theatre]] in 1959, also starring [[Kita Redelinghuys]]. He starred in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brooke]] company in 1960. [[Frank Staff]] did the choreography for this musical starring [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], [[John Whiteley]] and [[Robert Haber]]. It toured all the major cities and the Rhodesias. He played in the [[Cockpit Players]] productions of [[Harold Pinter]]’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' and [[Paddy Chayefsky]]’s prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with actors [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]]. He starred in [[Harold Pinter]]’s ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by [[Tennessee Williams]]’ ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the [[Cockpit Players]] in 1962. [[Leonard Schach]] directed, and in his company of actors for these plays were [[Michael McGovern]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Kerry Jordan]]. 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 [[Patrick Mynhardt]], [[Jenny Laird]], [[Arthur Hall]], [[Estelle Kohler]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. He directed the famous [[Ben Travers]] farce, ''[[Rookery Nook]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for [[PACT]] in December 1963. He starred in [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] production of [[Molière]]’s ''[[The Miser]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1964. He was kept in steady employment by [[PACT]] in 1966. (See [[PACT]]) He starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of [[Shaw]]’s ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1967. It also starred [[Joan Blake]], [[Alec Bell]], [[Elizabeth Meyer]], [[Kerry Jordan]], [[François Swart]], [[Frank Lazarus]] and [[Maggie Soboil]]. He starred in ''[[Hadrian VII]]'', directed by [[Robert Mohr]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1969. He starred in ''[[A Month in the Country]]'', which [[Leonard Schach]] directed for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1969. It also starred [[Erica Rogers]], [[Kerry Jordan]] and [[Vivienne Drummond]]. He starred in [[Charles Marowitz]]’s ''[[A Macbeth]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander]] in 1973. It also starred [[Molly Seftel]], [[Billy Matthews]] and [[Ken Leach]]. He starred in [[Shakespeare]]’s ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'', directed by [[John Hussey]], together with [[Annelisa Weiland]], [[James White]] and [[Eckard Rabe]] for [[PACT]] in 1974. [[Anthony Farmer]] designed an intimate dinner theatre in the place of the [[Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre]] (the old [[Academy]]) which was ravaged by fire circa 1984.  The opening production was ''[[Oh! La! La!]]'' conceived and directed by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]. MYNHARDT, Siegfried, & [[Lydia Lindeque]] stig geselskap om troepe in Egipte te vermaak met ''[[Die Rooi Pruik]]''. ''[[Die jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'', vertaal deur [[Bartho Smit]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (regie), [[Tilana Hanekom]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Kita Redelinghuys]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Anton Grobler]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Johan van Zyl]], [[Frank Graves]] (dekor) [[Doreen Graves]] (kostuums), [[Peter Rorke]] (musiek gekomponeer).
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== Biography ==
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His children were Jill and Guy Mynhardt.
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=== Youth ===
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=== Training ===
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=== Career ===
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He began his career as actor for the [[Hanekom Geselskap]] (Company) at the age of 17. A sought after performer, he worked for most of the [[Afrikaans]] companies in the 1930s, including the [[André Huguenet Company]] (1933). Later founded his own company ** to do **. Went to England in 19*, where he worked for the Charles Hickman Company and performed at London's Old Vic. During the war years, he returned to South Africa to perform for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] ([[KMDOS]]) and the [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies-Marda Vanne Company]] between 1941 and 1946.
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Over the years he performed for the [[Cockpit Players]], [[PACT]] and the [[NTO]], acting in a huge number of roles and often under the direction of [[Leonard Schach]], [[Leontine Sagan]], and many more.
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Actor who performed for the [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies-Marda Vanne Company]] which presented seasons of plays during the war years at the [[Standard Theatre]]. Formed his own company in 1942.
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He toured with the [[National Theatre]] throughout 1948 with a company including [[André Huguenet]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Lorna Cowell]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilda Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]] performing many productions.
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He was kept in steady employment by [[PACT]] in 1966. (See [[PACT]])
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He started his career as actor in the play [[Onskuldig Veroordeel]] (Hendrik Hanekom 1929),
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Die Swart Hand (1933), Johannes van Wyk (1933),
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Performed ''[[Die Rooi Pruik]]'' and an Afrikaans translation of ''[[Ladies in Retirement]]'' with [[Berdine Grunewald]] and [[Lydia Lindeque]]. Was so popular, it was taken North to be performed for the South African troops in the war.
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What Every Woman Knows (1943),  
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''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' (1944), Milestones (1944),
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Squadron X (SAAF 1944), .
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Flare Path (1943-4),
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''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' (1946), A Man With Red Hair (1946), A Month in the Country (1946),
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Lady Frederick (1947), Starred in [[Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' in 1947. It was presented by [[The Munro-Inglis Company]], and was their last [[Standard Theatre]] production.  
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Hamlet, In 1947 he co-directed and performed in the Afrikaans ''[[Hamlet]]'' with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], playing Laertes*? himself. Directed an Afrikaans production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 1947. It was staged at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] and starred [[André Huguenet]] as the Prince of Denmark, and [[Michal Grobbelaar]] as Marcellus.
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''[[[Minna von Barnhelm|Altyd my Liefste]]'' (NTO 1947/8), ''[[Dear Brutus]]'' (NTO 1948), 
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[*?''[[Nag het die wind gebring]]'' (1948/49), ??
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''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (1948/49), ??
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''[[Minnaar onder die Wapen]]'' (''[[Arms and the Man]]'',  1949), ??
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''[[Die Indringer]]'' (The Outsider, 1949), 
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''[[The Guardsman]]'' (1949), ??
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''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (??* 1949), ??
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''[[Macbeth]]'' (in [[Afrikaans]], 1950),
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''[[Hassan]]'' (NTO 1950), [[L’Avare||Die Vrek]] (NTO 1951),
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''[[Volpone]]'' (1952), He starred in [[Ben Jonson]]’s hit show ''[[Volpone]]'' which was directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[National Theatre]] at the [[Reps Theatre]] in 1952. Also starring [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Edna Jacobson]], [[Frank Wise]] and [[Vivienne Drummond]]. ''[[Volpone]]'' enjoyed another run at the [[Benoni Town Hall]] later that same year.  
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''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1953), Someone Waiting (Reps 1954),
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He starred in [[Shakespeare]]’s ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced, directed and played in by [[Margaret Inglis]] at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955.  
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Periandros van Korinthe (NTO 1956),
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Bitter Einde (NTO 1956-7), [[A Hundred Years Old|Oupa Kanniedood]] (NTO 1957),  
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Krach um Jolanthe|Bohaai oor ‘n Otjie (NTO 1956),
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[[Irma la Douce]], [[Brooke Theatre]] 1958. The School for Scandal (NTO 1958),
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[[Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]], 1958, Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis (NTO 1958),
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He played Dauphin in [[Shaw]]’s ''[[Saint Joan]]'', which [[Leon Gluckman]] directed for the [[National Theatre]] in 1959, also starring [[Kita Redelinghuys]].
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Moeder Hanna (1959),
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''[[The Caretaker]]'' (1960),  
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Rookery Nook (Cockpit Players 1960),
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He starred in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brooke]] company in 1960. [[Frank Staff]] did the choreography for this musical starring [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], [[John Whiteley]] and [[Robert Haber]]. It toured all the major cities and the Rhodesias.  
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He played in the [[Cockpit Players]] productions of [[Harold Pinter]]’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' and [[Paddy Chayefsky]]’s prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with actors [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]].  
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Wie de drommel is Paskwaal? (NTO 1961), The Tenth Man (1961),
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''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' (Cockpit Players, opening October 1961),
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He starred in [[Harold Pinter]]’s ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by [[Tennessee Williams]]’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the [[Cockpit Players]] in 1962. [[Leonard Schach]] directed.
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Dear Liar (1962),  
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The Affair (PACT 1963),. ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963),
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The Playboy of the Western World (PACT 1963), [[Roméo et Jeanette|Romeo and Jeanette]] (PACT 1963),
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He starred in [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] production of [[Molière]]’s ''[[L’Avare|The Miser]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1964.
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Ring Round the Moon (PACT 1964),  
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A Sleep of Prisoners (PACT 1965), Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle (PACT 1965), Rashomon (PACT 1965),
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The Devils (PACT 1966),
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Faust (H.B. Thom Theatre 1966), The Beaux' Stratagem (PACT 1966),
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The Mask and the Face (PACT 1967), Mourning Becomes Electra (PACT 1967), [[Le Malade imaginaire|The Imaginary Invalid]] (PACT 1967)
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''[[Heartbreak House]]'' (PACT 1967)  and
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''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (PACT 1968).
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You Never Can Tell (PACT 1968),
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The Fighting Cock (PACT 1968),
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He starred in ''[[Hadrian VII]]'', directed by [[Robert Mohr]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1969.
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He starred in ''[[A Month in the Country]]'', which [[Leonard Schach]] directed for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1969. It also starred [[Erica Rogers]], [[Kerry Jordan]] and [[Vivienne Drummond]].  The Magistrate (PACT 1969),
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[[The Proposal|Ouers-Vra]] (KRUIK 1970),
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King John (PACT 1970), Child's Play (PACT 1971), [[King Lear|Koning Lear]] (CAPAB 1971),  
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Hotel Paradiso (1971), Gentlemen (1972), Kennen Sie Die Milchstrasse|Do You Know the Milky Way? (PACT 1972), Black Comedy (PACT 1972),
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Sagmoedige Neelsie (1973), Iemand Om voor Nag Te Sê (PACT 1973), Die Verhoor (PACT 1973), Charley’s Aunt (PACT 1973), He starred in [[Charles Marowitz]]’s ''[[A Macbeth]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1973.
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Twigs (PACT 1974), [[Three Sisters|Drie Susters]] (KRUIK 1976), Die Nag van Legio (CAPAB 1976),  
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[[Plaston: DNS-Kind]], 1981. Comrades (PACT 1986),
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As director: He produced [[Mademoiselle]] in 1942,  He directed [[Laura]] for the Reps in 1947. Directed [[Laura]] at [[The Standard]] for the [[REPS]] in 1947. Directed [[As ons twee eers getroud is]] (1952). He directed the famous [[Ben Travers]] farce, ''[[Rookery Nook]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] for [[PACT]] in December 1963.
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His film career is equally distinguished, and includes such Afrikaans hits as  Die Vlindervanger (film), 1976. Die Skerpioen (film 1946),
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**, ** and Oupa Brompie (19**). Similarly he did a number of television dramas, including **
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[[Anthony Farmer]] designed an intimate dinner theatre in the place of the [[Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre]] (the old [[Academy]]) which was ravaged by fire circa 1984.  The opening production was ''[[Oh! La! La!]]'' conceived and directed by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]].  
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== Awards, etc ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Binge, 19**, Du Toit,  1988; Tucker, 199 [TH, JH]
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Binge, 19**, Du Toit,  1988; [TH, JH]
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Return to [[ESAT Personalities M]]  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:10, 21 January 2016

Siegfried Mynhardt (1912-1996) Venerated bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor and director. (“Siegie”).

Biography

His children were Jill and Guy Mynhardt.


Youth

Training

Career

He began his career as actor for the Hanekom Geselskap (Company) at the age of 17. A sought after performer, he worked for most of the Afrikaans companies in the 1930s, including the André Huguenet Company (1933). Later founded his own company ** to do **. Went to England in 19*, where he worked for the Charles Hickman Company and performed at London's Old Vic. During the war years, he returned to South Africa to perform for the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society (KMDOS) and the Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies-Marda Vanne Company between 1941 and 1946.

Over the years he performed for the Cockpit Players, PACT and the NTO, acting in a huge number of roles and often under the direction of Leonard Schach, Leontine Sagan, and many more.

Actor who performed for the Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies-Marda Vanne Company which presented seasons of plays during the war years at the Standard Theatre. Formed his own company in 1942.

He toured with the National Theatre throughout 1948 with a company including André Huguenet, Leon Gluckman, Frank Wise, Lorna Cowell, Vivienne Drummond, Mathilda Hanekom and Enone van den Bergh performing many productions.

He was kept in steady employment by PACT in 1966. (See PACT)

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

He started his career as actor in the play Onskuldig Veroordeel (Hendrik Hanekom 1929),

Die Swart Hand (1933), Johannes van Wyk (1933),

Performed Die Rooi Pruik and an Afrikaans translation of Ladies in Retirement with Berdine Grunewald and Lydia Lindeque. Was so popular, it was taken North to be performed for the South African troops in the war. What Every Woman Knows (1943),

Blithe Spirit (1944), Milestones (1944), Squadron X (SAAF 1944), .


Flare Path (1943-4),

Laburnum Grove (1946), A Man With Red Hair (1946), A Month in the Country (1946),

Lady Frederick (1947), Starred in Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick in 1947. It was presented by The Munro-Inglis Company, and was their last Standard Theatre production. Hamlet, In 1947 he co-directed and performed in the Afrikaans Hamlet with Anna Neethling-Pohl, playing Laertes*? himself. Directed an Afrikaans production of Hamlet in 1947. It was staged at His Majesty's Theatre and starred André Huguenet as the Prince of Denmark, and Michal Grobbelaar as Marcellus.


[[[Minna von Barnhelm|Altyd my Liefste]] (NTO 1947/8), Dear Brutus (NTO 1948), [*?Nag het die wind gebring (1948/49), ?? An Inspector Calls (1948/49), ?? Minnaar onder die Wapen (Arms and the Man, 1949), ?? Die Indringer (The Outsider, 1949), The Guardsman (1949), ?? The Glass Menagerie (??* 1949), ??


Macbeth (in Afrikaans, 1950), Hassan (NTO 1950), |Die Vrek (NTO 1951),

Volpone (1952), He starred in Ben Jonson’s hit show Volpone which was directed by Leonard Schach for the National Theatre at the Reps Theatre in 1952. Also starring Pieter Geldenhuys, Gerrit Wessels, Edna Jacobson, Frank Wise and Vivienne Drummond. Volpone enjoyed another run at the Benoni Town Hall later that same year.

Twelfth Night (1953), Someone Waiting (Reps 1954),


He starred in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, produced, directed and played in by Margaret Inglis at the Windmill Theatre in 1955.

Periandros van Korinthe (NTO 1956),


Bitter Einde (NTO 1956-7), Oupa Kanniedood (NTO 1957), Krach um Jolanthe|Bohaai oor ‘n Otjie (NTO 1956),


Irma la Douce, Brooke Theatre 1958. The School for Scandal (NTO 1958), 

Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino, 1958, Voorlopig Vonnis|Voorlopige Vonnis (NTO 1958),


He played Dauphin in Shaw’s Saint Joan, which Leon Gluckman directed for the National Theatre in 1959, also starring Kita Redelinghuys. Moeder Hanna (1959),


The Caretaker (1960), Rookery Nook (Cockpit Players 1960), He starred in the hit musical comedy Irma la Douce, staged by the Brooke company in 1960. Frank Staff did the choreography for this musical starring Heather Lloyd-Jones, John Whiteley and Robert Haber. It toured all the major cities and the Rhodesias.


He played in the Cockpit Players productions of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man at the Playhouse in 1961 with actors Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne.


Wie de drommel is Paskwaal? (NTO 1961), The Tenth Man (1961), Beyond the Fringe (Cockpit Players, opening October 1961),

He starred in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’s The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Cockpit Players in 1962. Leonard Schach directed.






Dear Liar (1962),


The Affair (PACT 1963),. The Cherry Orchard (PACT, 1963),

The Playboy of the Western World (PACT 1963), Romeo and Jeanette (PACT 1963),


He starred in Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke production of Molière’s The Miser for PACT in 1964.

Ring Round the Moon (PACT 1964),

A Sleep of Prisoners (PACT 1965), Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle (PACT 1965), Rashomon (PACT 1965), The Devils (PACT 1966), Faust (H.B. Thom Theatre 1966), The Beaux' Stratagem (PACT 1966),


The Mask and the Face (PACT 1967), Mourning Becomes Electra (PACT 1967), The Imaginary Invalid (PACT 1967)


Heartbreak House (PACT 1967) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (PACT 1968).

You Never Can Tell (PACT 1968), The Fighting Cock (PACT 1968),


He starred in Hadrian VII, directed by Robert Mohr for PACT at the Alexander in 1969. He starred in A Month in the Country, which Leonard Schach directed for PACT at the Alexander in 1969. It also starred Erica Rogers, Kerry Jordan and Vivienne Drummond. The Magistrate (PACT 1969),



Ouers-Vra (KRUIK 1970), King John (PACT 1970), Child's Play (PACT 1971), Koning Lear (CAPAB 1971), Hotel Paradiso (1971), Gentlemen (1972), Kennen Sie Die Milchstrasse|Do You Know the Milky Way? (PACT 1972), Black Comedy (PACT 1972),


Sagmoedige Neelsie (1973), Iemand Om voor Nag Te Sê (PACT 1973), Die Verhoor (PACT 1973), Charley’s Aunt (PACT 1973), He starred in Charles Marowitz’s A Macbeth which was staged at the Alexander Theatre in 1973.

Twigs (PACT 1974), Drie Susters (KRUIK 1976), Die Nag van Legio (CAPAB 1976),


Plaston: DNS-Kind, 1981. Comrades (PACT 1986),

As director: He produced Mademoiselle in 1942, He directed Laura for the Reps in 1947. Directed Laura at The Standard for the REPS in 1947. Directed As ons twee eers getroud is (1952). He directed the famous Ben Travers farce, Rookery Nook at the Civic Theatre for PACT in December 1963.

His film career is equally distinguished, and includes such Afrikaans hits as Die Vlindervanger (film), 1976. Die Skerpioen (film 1946),

    • , ** and Oupa Brompie (19**). Similarly he did a number of television dramas, including **

Anthony Farmer designed an intimate dinner theatre in the place of the Siegfried Mynhardt Theatre (the old Academy) which was ravaged by fire circa 1984. The opening production was Oh! La! La! conceived and directed by Siegfried Mynhardt.


Awards, etc

Sources

Binge, 19**, Du Toit, 1988; [TH, JH]

Tucker, 1997.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to ESAT Personalities M

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

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