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• University of the Witwatersrand
  ...rg, is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. ...n as '''[[Wits University]]''', '''[[WITS University]]''' or simply '''[[Wits]]'''.
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• Wits Venues
  ...een used for theatre productions over the years. Today they are managed by the division of [[Performing Arts Administration]]. The [[Amphitheatre]]
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• Karen Lebos
  Obtained a BA Dramatic Arts from Wits. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Performing Arts Administration
  ...and [[Wits Great Hall]] While the university community have first call on the facilities, it also caters for a large, diverse collection of professional '''See also [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]] and [[Wits Venues]]'''
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• The Last Show
  ''[[The Last Show]]'' is a play by [[Gwydion Beynon]] and [[Jemma Kahn]]. ...at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]], directed by [[Jemma Kahn]] at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]].
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• Division of Dramatic Arts
  A drama training facility within the '''Wits School of Arts'''[http://wsoa.wits.ac.za/]. '''See [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]]'''
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• The Kultcha Klub
  ...is to present fortnightly entertainment at the [[Wits Theatre Complex|Wits Theatre]] and to serve as a platform to develop new plays in a safe and nurturing e Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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• Julia Wylde
  Obtained a BA Drama from Wits. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Marechera Sketches
  ==The original text== ...the tales ''The Alley'' and ''Killwatch'', the piece was performed with [[Wits]] Drama Students in 2017.
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• Wits School of Dramatic Arts
  ...heatre training at the University of the Witwatersrand has been known over the years. ...vision of Dramatic Arts]] in the '''Wits School of the Arts'''[http://wsoa.wits.ac.za/], which is serviced by a [[Performing Arts Administration]].
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• 969 Festival
  ...l the top talent from the festival at the [[Wits Theatre Complex|Wits Main Theatre]] in Braamfontein." ''[[The Star]]'', 24 July 2007.
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• ESAT Venues W
  Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]] Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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• Ugubudele namazimuzimu
  ...e-act play by [[N.N.T. Ndebele]]. Translation of the title: ''Gubudele and the cannibals''. == The original text ==
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• Marcia Levenson
  ...short stories and runs Quartz Press. Editor of ''South African Odessey''. The autobiography of [[Bertha Goudvis]]. (2011) Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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• One Night Stand
  ...''[[Hat Trick!]]'', ''[[Mung]]'', ''[[Birthmark]]'', ''[[Glendini]]'', ''[[The Mean Time...]]'', ''[[Sèance]]'' (''[[Séance]]''?) ...n Who Loses his Voice]]'', ''[[Ongetiteld]]'', ''[[Sitting Ducks]]'' among the plays presented.
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• Marcia Leveson
  ...d short stories and runs Quartz Press. Editor of ''South African odyssey : the autobiography of [[Bertha Goudvis]]''. (2011) Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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• Haai Khona le acting bizniz
  ...ministration production, directed by [[Tsepo wa Mamatu]], performed at the Wits Amphitheatre, year unknown. Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: Location: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2014. 7. 164.
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• Melanie Keartland
  [[Melanie Keartland]] (196*-). Theatre technician, adminstrator. Wits drama graduate
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• Anna Russell
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...outh Africa in June of 1967 and shared [[Ronnie Quibell]]’s programme with the German pianist Horst Jankowski [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Jankows
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• Dora Sowden
  Born Dora Levitt in Johannesburg, she was a Wits Alumna, BA 1926, Honours in 1927 and awarded her Master of Arts in 1930. ...left South Africa for Israel in 1966, where she died on 17 August 1999 at the age of 92.
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• Persona
  ''Persona'' based on the work of the Canadian writer Margaret Laurence (1926-1987). ...[[Windybrow]] and [[Wits Theatre Complex]] Downstairs in May 1990, [[Arena Theatre|Nico Arena]] form 21 November 1990, [[National Arts Festival]] 1991. Costum
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• Sauer Street
  == The original text == ...ello), [[Ramolao Makhene]] (Max), [[Ntambo Sepeng]] (Thandi) and others in the cast.
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• Graham Wright
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...Wits Theatre Complex|Wits Theatre]] in 1984 after it ran at the [[Alhambra Theatre]], Durban.
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• The Nunnery
  ...tre space used by the [[School of Performing Arts]] at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. ...as companies like the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] and the [[Market Theatre Company]] staged productions there when there were no other theatres availa
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• Walter Mony
  ...r and educator. He was head of the Music Department at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. He became the head of the Music Department at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]].
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• You Fool, How Can the Sky Fall?
  ...kes Mda]] (1995). Published in ''Fools, Bells & the Habit of Eating'' by [[Wits University Press]]. ...government that is intentionally close to home … full of sly reference to the new elite and their round table manners.” (''Sunday Times'', 5 February 1
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• Amphitheatre, Wits
  ...University was an idea by [[Mannie Manim]] which came into being in 1992. The opening production was [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]]’s ''[[Nick goes Native]]'' Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
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• University Players
  ...six which included Prof [[Percival Kirby]], head of the Dept of Music at [[Wits]]). ...on the Great Hall Steps), directed by [[John Boulter]], 1958; ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]''(date?)*.
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• Catastrophe
  ...]’s productions of [[Saumuel Beckett]]’s ''[[Catastrophe]]'' at the [[Wits Theatre]] in 1985 also starring [[Kurt Egelhof]] and [[Vanessa Cooke]].
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• Wally Green
  ...th'' on which the panel members had to guess who of three participants was the real Wally Green (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5TbkgkpJ-4) ...Beat]]'', while the [[Wally Green Dance Studio]] trained local dancers for the medium. He worked on [[Alan Nathanson]]’s television movie ''[[Ducktails
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• Makhaola Ndebele
  [[Makhaola Ndebele]] (1972-). Theatre, television and film actor, a dramatist and screenwriter; a television prod ...a in Speech and Drama and a Bachelor of Arts degree (English and Drama) at the [[University of Cape Town]], in 1995 and 1998 respectively.
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• Greg Homann
  [[Greg Homann]] (19**-) theatre director, actor, academic and occasional writer. ...] (2003) and an MA (with distinction) in Text and Performance Studies from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and King’s College London.
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• Craig Higginson
  [[Craig Higginson]] (1971- ) is a Zimbabwe-born South African playwright, theatre director, novelist and lecturer. He grew up in Johannesburg and studied at [[Wits University]].
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• Lynsey Shmukler
  She graduated fron Wits in 1987 with a BA Dramatic Art. ...976 at the age of ten as Brigitta in the Brickhill/Burke production of ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. As a child she appeared in numerous stage and televisio
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• Jika
  ==The original text== ...a priest and it becomes risky to stay in the hostel. In an attempt to skip the country, they are arrested. One-act. Cast: men.
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• Joys of War
  ...in 1989. First published in ''[[Zakes Mda: Four Works]]'', [[University of the Witwatersrand Press]], 1993. ...st: mixed. Published in ''[[And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].
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• Wits Theatre
  ...e]] is a multi-purpose performing arts centre built by the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. Also referred to as the '''[[Wits Theatre Complex]]''' by some.
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• Bhekizizwe Peterson
  ...s (York University, 1988) and a PhD in African Literature ([[University of the Witwatersrand]], 1997). ...becoming a Senior Lecturer in 1995. Between 1997 and 2000, he was Head of the Department and in 2000, promoted to Associate Professor and later Professor
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• Jonathan Paton
  ...e [[University of the Witwatersrand]] ([[Wits]]) where he was in charge of the training of English teachers for 35 years. ...demy]] Award for innovative education activities and for his vital role in the promotion of South African literature.
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• Senkatana
  ...Kgodumodumo. Published by [[Wits University Press]] in 1952. Reprinted by the [[National Library of South Africa]] (NLSA) as part of their ''[[South Afri Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
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• Michael Strauss
  ...) and did the musical supervision of a production of ''[[Der Zigeunerbaron|The Gypsy Baron]]'' in 1988. Programme of the 1988 production of ''The Gypsy Baron'' by the Wits School of Music.
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• The Love of the Nightingale
  ...aken by Philomela and her sister Procne. The play takes a feminist look at the ancient tale. == The original text ==
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• Gavin van den Berg
  Wits Drama School ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Motswasele II
  ...1945. This poetic drama has tribal politics as its theme. It won Raditladi the [[May Esther Bedford Award]] in 1939. Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
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• Hannchen Koornhof
  Born Hannchen Elizabeth Koornhof, the daughter of Hendrik Koornhof (the brother of Nationalist minister Piet Koornhof), Completed a PhD in Pedagogy at Wits in 2017.
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• Theatre Downstairs
  ...Theatre]]'''??? Plays produced include ''[[The Survivors]]'' (The [[Space Theatre]], Cape Town, 197*), directed by [[Aden Love]] with [[Suzanne Goldberg]] a In Johannesburg it is part of the [[Wits Performing Arts Centre]]
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• Happy as a Sandbag
  ...cal by Ken Lee, set in war-time London. First presented at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, 10 September 1975. ...ber to 20 October 1984. Produced by the Performing Arts Administration and the University of Witwatersrand's School of Dramatic Art. Directed by [[Fred Ha
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• Wits School of Dramatic Art
  '''See [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]]''' Return to [[The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
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• Vusi Mhlongo
  He studied at the [[Wits School of Dramatic Art]]. Vusi wrote the musical play ''[[The Voice from Kilimanjaro]].
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• Kwamanzi
  ...manzi]]'' ("of water") is a play by [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and the [[Loft Theatre Company]]. ==The original text==
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• Two Can Play
  ...hone (1940-2009) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Rhone]. It explores the intricacies of family life, chauvinism and feminism. ...ana Arts Council production was directed by [[Maishe Maponya]] at the Wits Theatre in April, after a successful run in Mmabatho.
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• The Mother of All Eating
  ''[[The Mother of All Eating]]'' is a one-man satire by [[Zakes Mda]] (1948-). ==The original text==
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• Der Zigeunerbaron
  ''[[Der Zigeunerbaron]]'' ("The Gypsy Baron") is a German operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II (1825 == The original text ==
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• Night of the Long Wake
  ''[[Night of the Long Wake]]'' is a play by [[Dukuza ka Macu]]. == The original text ==
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• Wits Great Hall
  ...1035 and is utilized for numerous political meeting and performances over the years. ...ent, an inner stage and a wide forestage with an hydraulic orchestra lift. The venue seats 1035.
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• Sekunjalo
  ''[[Sekunjalo]]'' (“The Hour is Come”) is a play by [[Gibson Kente]] (1932-2004). ==The original text==
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• Audrey Cobden
  ...y [[Elizabeth Sneddon]], and Gluckman played Lear. [[Percy Tucker]] filled the post of business manager. Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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• Insumansumane
  == The origin text == ...e cultural clash between black chiefs and white government. It challenges the published historical view on these events.
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• Paul Roumanoff
  ...), then completed a BA Fine Arts Hon. (WITS, 1968) and an MA Dramatic Art (WITS, 1985). ...in the Drama Department- Scenographic Design (1961 to 1991, University of the Witwatersrand)School Headmaster, Noupoort Christian Care Centre.
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• Box Theatre
  A name used for a small theatre space, often referred to simply as '''The Box''' == Box Theatre, Grahamstown ==
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• Joan of Lorraine
  ...ch the audience sees a rehearsal where the actors discuss the way in which the characters shall be treated. First performed on Broadway in 1946, starring ...ander]]. Performed at the [[Wits Great Hall|Wits University Great Hall]]. The cast included [[P.C. Birkinshaw]] (Jimme Masters), [[John Allen]] (Al), [[J
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• Len Grossett
  ...and the New Elysia Gallery (1970). In 1930 he married Alicia Ogilvie and the couple’s son, [[Peter Grossett]], became a noted film editor and a produc ...by [[Cecil Williams]] for the [[Open Air Theatre]] at [[Zoo Lake]] and at the [[Donaldson Orlando Community Centre]]).
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• Great Hall
  ''[[The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew]]'' (19**), ''[[The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew]]'' (19**),
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• Die Ryk van die Swartmiere
  .... Familiar conflicts arise when the liberal son clashes with the father on the subject of politics. ...hmidt]] and students of [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department|Wits Drama School]]. Directed by [[Frans Kalp]].
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• Eldorado
  ...iel Bayman]], [[Pat Eagles]] and [[Leon Eagles]], September 1960, [[Brooke Theatre]]. Produced by the Wits Choral Society, 1978.
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• Union of South African Artists
  ...[[Phoenix Players]], and ***. Bernhardt was the first chairperson and held the position till 19**. Union Artists ceased operations in 19**. ...d worked there were [[Gibson Kente]] (whose two earliest works, ''[[Manana the Jazz Prophet]]'' and ''[[Sikalo]]'', were first produced by Union Artists).
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• Sic
  == The original text == First staged in the [[Wits Theatre Complex]] in 2001, directed by [[Charmaine Weir-Smith]], with [[Nick Borain
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• The Bells of Amersfoort
  ''[[The Bells of Amersfoort]]'' is a full-length play by [[Zakes Mda]]. ...n, Thami Walaza, who has lived in exile in the small town of Amersfoort in the Netherlands for twenty years.
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• Leila Henriques
  ...ent two years working at various locations in London, including the Tabard Theatre, which specialised in new writing. ...innovative [[Loft Theatre Company]] in Durban. But it was at the [[Market Theatre]] in Johannesburg where she did some of her most challenging and exciting w
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• Orestes
  .../wiki/Orestes], who features in a number of Classical Greek plays, notably the play by Euripides, or to a workshopped South African play by [[Athol Fugard ...ve referred to or been inspired by the character and the Greek versions of the story, e.g. ''[[Punt in die Wind]]'' (1989) by [[Hennie Aucamp]]
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• They Say
  == The original text == Staged in the [[Wits Theatre Complex]] in February 2003, with [[Rob van Vuuren]], directed by [[Gerhard
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• Francis L. Rangoajane
  ...urnalist, film and television-actor, script writer, director, lecturer and theatre researcher. ...e University of Fribourg (1989-92), followed by an MA in Film and Drama at the University
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• Denis Hatfield
  ...d. **/**/****) was a long time reviewer , arts critic, radio broadcaster, the author of a number of books on South African arts and culture and occasiona Baptised [[Denis Hatfield Bullough]], he generally used the pseudonym [[Denis Hatfield]].
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• Saul Bamberger
  BA Dramatic Arts, Wits ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• John Rutherford
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...a Millsten]] with sets by her husband [[Basil Warner]]. He also starred in the controversial [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] production of ''[[Ho
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• Nicholas Collis
  Studied at Wits. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Felix Cooper
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== He often worked for the [[East Rand Theatre Club]].
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• The Gondoliers
  ...t W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert] and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur Popularly known simply as '''''[[The Gondoliers]]'''''.
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• Guys and Dolls
  == The original text == ...t notably "Pick the Winner." First produced on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre, opening on November 24, 1950 and directed by George S. Kaufman.
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• Doing Plays for a Change: Five Works
  ==The collection== First published in paperback by [[Wits University Press]] in 1995. Published online in 2021 by Cambridge Universit
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• Abantu-Batho
  [[Abantu-Batho]] ("The People") was a weekly newspaper. ...iland, Labotsibeni, the paper attracted as editors and journalists some of the best of a rising company of African intellectuals, political figures and li
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• The Hungry Earth
  ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'' is a play by [[Isaiah Maishe Maponya]] (1951-2021). ==The original text==
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• Isabella
  ...s-Price]]. About the 12th century Princess Isabella, heir to the throne of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. == The original text ==
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• Madeleine Bertine Rose
  She obtained a BA Dramatic Arts Degree from [[Wits]]. ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'',
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• Francois Venter
  ...tic Art), and later obtained his Master’s degree in Performance Studies at Wits. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Conrad Haikes
  [[Conrad Haikes]] (?-) is a theatre producer/director. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• The Hairy Ape
  ...]'' (1922) by [[Eugene O'Neill]]. An expressionist play about the clash of the social classes and man’s search for belonging. ...em]] and featuring [[Dan Twala]] as Yank. Repeated in the [[Great Hall]], Wits University in June 1937.
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• Joseph Mogotsi
  He was the son of David Mogotsia preacher in the Bantu Methodist Church. He died on 19 May 2011. ...It was staged at the [[Wits Great Hall]] and then again later in a tent in the Showgrounds in Pretoria.
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• Marija Kosir
  ...ramatic Art (Hons) from [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department|Wits]] in 1984. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• A Raisin in the Sun
  ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' is a play by Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.or ==The original text==
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• Shirley Arden
  Her brother is the producer [[Ricky Arden]]. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Susan Gehr
  Studied at [[University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art|Wits School of Dramatic Arts]]. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• The Chilli Boy
  '''''The Chilli Boy''''', written by [[Geraldine Naidoo]], is a cross-cultural one-m == The original text ==
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• Gerard Bester
  Graduated from Wits, Studied in London at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Nick Goes Native
  ==The original text== ...Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa]]'' (privately published by [[Theatre for Africa]])
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• The Laramie Project
  ...of the [[Tectonic Theater Project]] in New York City about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie == The original text ==
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• Andrew Worsdale
  Graduated from [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department|Wits Drama School]] in 1983. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Siphiwe Khumalo
  ...of a heart attack at the age of 52. (According to one source he was 50 at the time of his death). ...twatersrand School of Dramatic Art|School of Dramatic Art]], University of the Witwatersrand.
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• Colin Romoff
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town in 1949.
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• The Fantastical History of a Useless Man
  ...Company]] ([[Junction Avenue Theatre Company|JATC]]). A deconstruction of the “official” South African history utilizing vaudeville techniques. == The original text ==
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• Fred Hagemann
  ...ma]], University of the Witwatersrand in 19*** and in 19** became chair of the Department. ...03, after his retirement from WITS, appointed as interim head of Drama at the [[University of Pretoria Drama Department|University of Pretoria]].
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• Love, Crime and Johannesburg
  ...members of the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] (1999). Published by [[Wits University Press]] (2000). ...he aging streetwise former gang leader Bones Shibambo, is disillusioned by the lack of discrimination, finesse, style, honour and integrity amongst modern
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• The Wound
  ''[[The Wound]]'' is a play by Ted Hughes (1930-1998) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wik == The original text ==
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• Macks Papo
  ...n 1965, and usually referred to as [[Macks Papo]], he graduated from the [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]] in 1992 with a BA Dramatic Arts degree. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Randlords and Rotgut
  ''[[Randlords and Rotgut]]'' is a play by the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] ([[JATC]]). ...he hypocrisy of mining capitalists who profited from the sale of liquor to the workers while denouncing drunkenness.
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• Gums and Noses
  ==The original text== ...d [[Jacques Blignaut]]. The same production was staged in the [[Theatre on the Square]] in November.
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• After the Fall
  ...thought and memory of Quentin - partly in the present (1964) and mostly in the past, while he reexamines his life in order to decide if he should marry hi ...the last play directed by [[Leonard Schach]] prior to settling in Israel. The cast included [[Joyce Bradley]] (Rose), [[Leon Gluckman]] (Quentin) ([[Thre
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• Paul Abrams
  Graduated from Wits in 1983. He joined the [[Little Theatre]] staff in Cape Town in 1989.
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• Ching Chong Che
  ...g Che''''' (2003) is a one-man play by [[Hans Pienaar]] about Che Guevara, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary, and is set in a world somewhere between he == The original text ==
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• The Imagined Land
  ''[[The Imagined Land]]'' is a play by [[Craig Higginson]]. ==The original text ==
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• Naai
  Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1998, performed by [[Gretha Brazelle]], directe ...[The Kultcha Klub]] as part of their ''[[One Night Stand]]'' at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]], performed by [[Gretha Brazelle]], directed by [[Warrick Grier]].
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• Paul Regenas
  [[Paul Regenas]] (19*-) Theatre manager. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Michele Levin
  Michele is a graduate of Wits School of Dramatic Art. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Neil Lessick
  Neil is an alumnus of the University of the Witwatersrand. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Oh What a Lovely War!
  ...ies of financiers, it does with wit, broad comedy, songs, and the style of the music hall. == The original text ==
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• Carrie Glyn
  Graduated from Wits University with a BA Dramatic Art (Hons). After graduating she worked extensively in children’s theatre.
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• Trevor Whittock
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...t]]'' (1950), produced ''[[Purgatory]]'', a one-act play by W.B. Yeats for the [[University Players]] (1951) and in 1950 he acted in a student production
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• The Tragedy of Coriolanus
  ''[[The Tragedy of Coriolanus]]'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare ()[] The play is popularly referred to simply as '''''[[Coriolanus]]'''''.
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• No-Good Friday
  == The original text == ...s of township life governed by [[tsotsi]] gangs, it was first performed at the [[Bantu Men's Social Centre (BMSC)]], Johannesburg on 30 August 1958.
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• Vuka
  1982: First performed in South Africa and at the Edinburgh Festival starring [[John Ledwaba]] and [[Fats Bookholane]]. ...tairs]] at the Wits Theatre from 12 March to 22 March. It was presented by the [[Soyikwa Players]].
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• Pertulia Ramaphala
  ...Gordon's Bay near Cape Town at the time while working on her research with the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Pat Schwartz
  ...ymond Tucker, in 1971, and they had two children. She became director of [[Wits University Press]], working under her married name of [[Pat Tucker]], from ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• At the Junction: Four Plays by the Junction Avenue Theatre Company
  ''[[At the Junction: Four Plays by the Junction Avenue Theatre Company]]'' is a collection of four plays edited by [[Martin Orkin]] (1942- The title is often abbreviated to: '''''[[At The Junction]]'''''.
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• From Midnight to Morning
  ==The original text== ...t hinges between comedy, suspense and the desperation of the characters as the two men wait for a third.
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• Samuel Ravengai
  [[Samuel Ravengai]] (1970–) is a performer trainer, director, theatre maker and academic. ...auspices of Agriculture Society. He distinguished himself as "Macbeth" in the school production of William Shakespeare's play in 1988.
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• Steven Berkoff
  ...pedia.org/wiki/Steven_Berkoff] is an English actor, author, playwright and theatre director. ...innovative, more integrated theatrical language. Berkoff’s encounter with the mime artist Jacques le Coq in Paris was paramount to his career.
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• Verwagtings
  ==The original text== ...ay about two pregnant women - one the abandoned owner of a farm, the other the household help whose husband is in prison - and takes look at womanhood and
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• David Peimer
  In 1995 he was a drama lecturer at Wits. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Barbara Rubin
  BA Drama (Hons) ([[Wits]]); she attended the Herbert Berghoff Studio [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HB_Studio] for a yea ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• John Maytham
  Born in the Eastern Cape. He spent some time pursuing a medical career then graduated f ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Klaas Steytler
  ...Steytler]] (1922-1998). Renowned journalist, novelist, playwright. He used the pseudonym Jan Harmse in some of his writing. ...orn on 20 April 1922 and grew up in the Free State. He studied at Wits and the University of Cape Town and started his career as jounalist at ''[[Die Vade
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• The Comedy of Errors
  ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' by William Shakespeare. ==The original text==
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• Side by Side by Sondheim
  ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim]. Its title is derived from the song "Side by Side" from ''Company''. ...aturing [[Eric Flynn]], as well as [[Judy Page]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] at the [[National Arts Festival]], July 1983. Lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]], de
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• Nat Ramabulana
  Ramabulana received a Dramatic Arts Honours Degree from Wits University. He is multilingual, speaking Venda, English, Zulu, Tswana and A ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Cathy Henegan
  Graduated from [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department|Wits Drama School]] in 1992. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• KBT Productions
  A theatre production company, originally based at the [[Kalk Bay Theatre]] in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. ...re]], the [[Theatre on the Square]], the [[Fugard Theatre]], [[Wits 969]], the [[Schools' Festival]], and a number of other venues and events.
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• André van Gyseghem
  ...Gyseghem]] (18**-19**) Belgian-born director. An international director of the avant-garde school. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Fortunately
  ...iginally performed by [[Sylvaine Strike]] and [[Brian Webber]]. A physical theatre and mime two-hander. == The original text ==
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• Carol Steinberg
  She is a graduate of the [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]]. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• The Stadium
  ...partner, to have casual sex. A play about the risk of unprotected sex. All the action takes place in a shebeen. == The original text ==
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• The Rose Tattoo
  ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'' is a play by Tennessee Williams. == The original text ==
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• Mille Miglia
  == The Original Text == ...Moss) and Motor Sport correspondent, Denis Jenkinson, as they prepare for the 1955 Mille Miglia 1000 mile motor race across Italy.
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• The Dream
  = ''The Dream'', a version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' = = ''The Dream'', a 2000 comedy workshopped and written by [[Martin Koboekae]] =
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• Shwele Bawo!
  == The original text == ...tells how wife and mother, Dikeledi Nkabinde, finds herself locked-up for the murder of her Black Economic Empowered husband.
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• Caroline Anne Newby
  Trained at Wits (B.A. Hons). ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Gary D'Alessandro
  Gary was born in Natal to Italian parents who moved to South Africa in the 1950s. He completed an honours degree in drama at Wits Drama School.
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• Des Lindberg
  [[Des Lindberg]] (born 1941). Singer, performer, theatre entrepreneur. He obtained a B.A from Wits, also qualified in lighting and stage design, obtained a diploma in Salzbur
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• What Remains
  ==The original text== ...d uncovering of a slave burial ground in Cape Town. It is loosely based on the events at Prestwich Place in Sea Point where in 2003 construction activitie
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• Joshua Lindberg
  He is the son of well-known theatre couple [[Des Lindberg]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]]. Married to South African act He trained at [[Wits]].
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• Currently (G)old
  ''[[Currently (G)old]]'' is a play by the [[Kwasha Theatre Company]]. ==The original text==
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• Duarte Sylwain
  He graduated from Wits with a B.A. Hons. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Jade Bowers
  She graduated from the [[University of Cape Town]] with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Dr == Contributiuon to South African theatre, film, media and performance ==
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• Suryakumari
  The name written [[Surya Kumari]] in some sources, and she was also known by he ...ction of Rabindranath Tagore’s ''[[The King of the Dark Chamber]]'', under the direction of [[Krishna Shah]].
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• Raiders of the Lost Aardvark
  '''''Raiders of the Lost Aardvark''''' is a play created by [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Ellis == The original text ==
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• Langley Kirkwood
  He studied drama at high school and at Johannesburg's Wits University. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• A Trip to Scarborough
  ==The original text== ...ch of the bawdy content, the play was first performed on 24 February 1777. The text published in ''Sheridan's Plays'', Dent, 1906.
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• Jeremy Richard
  ...[Michael Richard]] and his wife [[Louise Saint Claire]]. He graduated from Wits in 2011. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Godspell
  == The original text == ...iversity and then moved to the Off-Off-Broadway theater La MaMa. Rescored the play opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring
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• Ian Bernhardt
  ...directed by [[Barney Simon]] and staged at the [[Men’s Common Room]] at [[Wits University]]. Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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• Fanon's Children
  ...g]] (2001). A poetic, multimedia play critical of the black leadership in the new post-apartheid South Africa. ...oning the decisions of those in power will inevitably be taken as consent. The older man claims that he had been forcibly removed too many times during ap
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• Ashley Callie
  She studied at Wits University, completeing a BA Dramatic Art Degree. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Amanda Lane
  ...University of Cape Town with a Performer's Diploma in drama and a B.A. in the mid-1990s. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• David Stein
  ...itwatersrand]] (1996-1999) and an MA in Screenwriting, Film and Media from the [[University of Cape Town]] ...ing a soccer comic called ''Supa Strikas'') and has been a staff member at the [[AFDA]] film and media school and served as a creative director for a numb
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• Bouncers
  1989: Performed at the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Stagedoor]] in March 1989, directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Rick Ro 1991: Produced in the [[Box Theatre]] as one of the five Honours plays at [[Rhodes University]], directed by [[Dion van Niekerk
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• Renos Nicos Spanoudes
  ...ing and Consumer Behaviour) and presented the movie and theatre reviews on the Pan-Hellenic Voice Greek Community Radio Station. As actor has had roles in ''[[Tsafendas]]'', the one-man play by [[Anton Krueger]] (nominated for an FNB-Vita Award), and a
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• Gideon Emery
  Born in the UK in 1972; his family moved to Johannesburg when he was four years old. A graduate of the [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]], 1993, with honours in acting and scriptwriting.
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• Jacques Blignaut
  ...- ) is a South African actor best known for his role as Vince Meintjies in the television series ''[[7de Laan]]''. He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand in the late 1990s.
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• Charles Dickens
  This can refer to the name of the famous Victorian English author [[Charles Dickens]] (1812-1870)[https://en. =[[Charles Dickens]] the man=
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• The Drummer
  =''[[The Drummer]]'' by Joseph Addison (1715)= This is the shortened title for ''[[The Drummer, or The Haunted House]]'' a comedy by Joseph Addison (1672-1719).
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• Jeanne Watson
  Graduated from Wits Drama school in 1996. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Xoli Norman
  [[Xoli Norman]] (1965- ). South African playwright, theatre director, poet and academic. He grauated from the School of Dramatic Arts, Wits in 1993.
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• Charles Marowitz
  ...14)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz] was an American critic, theatre director, and playwright. ...k at the Royal Shakespeare Company and founding director of The Open Space Theatre in London.
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• Bhaskar
  ''The name has been found wrongly spelled as '''[[Baskhar]]''' in some sources.'' ...30 in Madras, India, he became a renowned an Indian actor and dancer under the name [[Bhaskar]], and after a stage accident that crippled him, turned to p
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• Jerome Kilty
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...burg, but controversy over the blasphemous language saw an early close for the production.
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• Minna Millsten
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...sil Warner]]. It starred [[John Rutherford]] as Richard. She also directed the [[Johannesburg REPS]] production of [[Noël Coward]]’s ''[[Private Lives
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• Dark Outsider
  ...lished by [[DALRO]] in 1991 and in ''[[Dark Outsider: Three Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 2000. == The original text ==
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• Krishna Shah
  ...rg/wiki/Krishna_Shah]. Distinguished India-born American/Gujarati film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, and production/distribution e ...ated from the Indian Academy of Dramatic Art and became a leading actor on the professional stage.
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• Suddenly the Storm
  ''[[Suddenly the Storm]]'' is a play by [[Paul Slabolepszy]] (1948-). ...ca. The play was launched in 2016 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising of 1976.
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• Malcolm Purkey
  ...key]] (1951-). Actor, director, playwright, influential drama lecturer and theatre administrator. ...ty of New York) 1980, an a Fulbright Scholarship. He is also a Graduate of the British National Film and Television School (1994 ).
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• Mother of All Eating
  ''[[The Mother of All Eating]]'' is a one-man satire by [[Zakes Mda]].''[[The Mother Of All Eating]]'' is a play by [[Zakes Mda]] (1948-). ==The original text==
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• The Emperor Jones
  ...'s soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums. Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.
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• Karoo Moose
  == The original text == ...film script written by [[Lara Foot-Newton]] as part of her MA studies at [[Wits University]].
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• Old Boys
  ...-length. Cast: mixed. Published in ''[[Dark Outsider: Three Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 2000. == The original text ==
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• Tonya Koenderman
  Tonya graduated from Wits Drama School. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Tooth and Nail
  '''''Tooth and Nail''''' is a full-length play by the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]]. == The original text ==
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• Kate Edwards
  Graduated from [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department|Wits]] in 1982 with a BA Dramatic Art. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Gavin Clur
  ...]'' and achieving excellent results in ballet exams and competitions under the coaching of Ruth Inglestone. Gavin is presently doing his Masters Degree in ...lic relations; he also danced in SADF galas and played the French horn for the Light Horse Band.
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• Milan Murray
  ...tled in Johannesburg with her husband and children. Milan studied Drama at the [[Pretoria Technicon]], and also studied at certain studios in New York Cit ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Percival Robson Kirby
  Percival R. Kirby was one of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists. He was also a ...D.Litt. degree, and was the Head of the Department of Music, University of the Witwatersrand. Rnowned for his collection of African musical instruments an
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• Michael Titlestad
  He is today a Professor in the Department of English at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. ...''[[English Studies in Africa]]'', the oldest literary studies journal in the country.
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• Fadren
  '''''Fadren''''' ("''The Father''") is a short naturalistic tragedy by Swedish playwright August Str == The original text ==
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• Gavin Hood
  ...my Award]] for Best Foreign Language Film. Amongst others he also directed the films ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' and ''[[Ender's Game]]''. After his law degree at Wits, he enrolled in film school at the University of California in Los Angeles.
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• Richard of Bordeaux
  ...s Richard at the New Theatre London in February 1932. An enormous success. The play is a colourful and sympathetic portrait of Richard II in which his wif == The original text ==
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• The Barber Shop
  ''[[The Barber Shop]]'' is a wordless farce workshopped by [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] an == The original text ==
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• Coupé
  ...a comedy workshopped by the company of the premiere production, staged at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 2006. ...the overweight [[Afrikaans]]-speaking South African Francois le Grange and the French-speaking (unilingual) Felicité Strasbourg.
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• Eugenie Heyns
  ...n ''[[Macbeth]]'', with [[André Huguenet]] and [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for the [[Nasionale Toneelorganisasie]] (NTO). While at the [[Volksteater]] she was spotted by director [[Pierre de Wet]] and given a s
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• Applied theatre
  ...[[Theatre for change]], [[Theatre for development]], [[Educational theatre|Theatre in Education]], [[Sociodrama]], [[Psychodrama]], and so on.) ...94 the country had to cope with massive change on all fronts and deal with the ravages caused by past and present inequities – including issues of heal
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• Emlyn Williams
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== Wrote ''[[The Corn is Green]]'' and ''[[Night Must Fall]]'', [[André Huguenet]]’s firs
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• Ralph Trewhela
  ...rie" and "There's a Boy up North"). His book ''Song Safari'' (19**) traces the history of South African light music. Later worked for Gallo Records as ad ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Ramolao Makhene
  ...n Research Laboratory and as librarian at Wits, while doing some acting on the side. He was rehearsing the role of "Father Kumalo" in a stage version of ''[[Cry, The Beloved Country]]'' (dir. [[Roy Sergeant]]) in 2003 when he had to withdraw
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• Hugh Masekela
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== ...additional songs for [[Mbongini Ngema]]’s ''[[Sarafina]]'' which opened at the [[Market]] on 12 June 1987 before touring extensively abroad.
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• Robyn Sassen
  ...South Africa, 1995 – 1999) and an MA (History of Art) at the University of the Witwatersrand (2001 – 2005) ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Treasure Island
  ...versions, there have been over 24 major stage and radio adaptations, while the number of minor adaptations remains countless. == The original text ==
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• Lindani Nkosi
  ...Scociology, English, Economics and Psychology. From 1993-1997 he attended Wits University and studied BA Dramatic Arts. Lindani danced with the Soweto Dancy Company from 1990-1994.
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• William Harding
  Graduated from the [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department]] in 2011 with an honours degree in Dramatic ...archer, actor and assistant producer/administrator at the [[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]].
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• Joyce Barker
  ...aria Hittorff in Vienna and Eduardo Pedrazolli in Italy who coached her in the Italian opera repertoire for four years. ...ties, Barker continued her international career, singing, among others, at the New York City Opera and in Strasbourg.
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• The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria
  ...t W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert] and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur Popularly known simply as '''''[[The Gondoliers]]'''''.
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• Anthony Akerman
  Married the actress [[Andre Hattingh]] in the early 2000s. ...the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and postgraduate Theatre Studies at the University of Cardiff.
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• Herbert Kretzmer
  [[Herbert Kretzmer]] (1925-2020) Actor, lyricist and theatre critic. ...rn in Kroonstad in the Orange Free State, South Africa, on 5 October 1925, the son of William and Tilly Kretzmer, who ran a furniture store. He matriculat
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• Julius Caesar
  Also listed occasionally as ''[[The Tragedy of Julius Caesar]]'' and ''[[The Life and Death of Julius Caesar]]'', but best known simply as ''[[Julius Ca The protagonist's name is strangely enough one of the most misspelled words in English language, often appearing as ''[[Julius Ce
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• Antony Coleman
  ...' (19** - ). South African actor best known for his role as Eric Carter in the [[M-Net]] drama series ''[[Snitch]]'', from 2004-2007. ...h honours in Drama from [[University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department|Wits]].
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• Comrades Arms
  ...rl”. It takes the intervention of a smooth undercover operator to sort out the chaos. ...re]] in Durban in November and December 2000. It was staged at the [[State Theatre]] in May 2001, directed by Akerman, with [[David Butler]], [[Judy Broderick
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• Warona Seane
  == Contribution to South African theatre == ...[[Con Cowan Theatre]], University of Johannesburg, 2015); ''[[Nothing but the Truth]]'' ; ''[[Nongogo]]'' (Naledi nomination 2006); [[Kabi Thulo]]’s ''
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• Brer Rabbit
  ...ps://www.britannica.com/art/trickster-tale]. It draws its inspiration from the 19th century journalist Joel Chandler Harris's assortment of folk tales. ==The original text==
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• As You Like It
  == The original text == Probably written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The first performance may have been a performance at Wilton House in 1603.
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• Die Bram Fischer Wals
  ''[[Die Bram Fischer Wals]]'' ("The Bram Fischer Waltz") is a play by [[Harry Kalmer]] (1956-2019). ==The original text==
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• Pale Natives
  The play focuses on the surviving clan of white males in South Africa, with South Africa’s immine The play received the [[Vita Awards|FNB VITA Theatre Award]], (Cape) for Best New Script 1994.
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• Raja
  ''[[Raja]]'' (''[[রাজা]]'' in the original Bengali script) is a play by Rabinadrath Tagore (1861–1941)[http ==The original text==
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• Gay Morris
  ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== She had a part in the workshopped production ''[[All in a Tangle...Op 'n Hoop Geknoop]]''.
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• P.J. Sabbagha
  ...for Dance, and has participated in artists’ residencies in Russia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Mali, Mozambique and Taiwan. ...ordon]], and is the founder and artistic director of the [[Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative]].
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• Richard Rive
  ...High School, where he worked for almost two decades, ultimately as head of the English Department and an athletics coach and administrator. ...y (1966) and a Doctorate from Oxford (1974). In 1988 he became the head of the English department at [[Hewat College of Education]]. He was at various tim
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• Will of a Rebel
  ==The original text== ...and programme suggests that the first performance was by [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] from March 19 to 31.
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• Sarah Roberts
  ...from Cardiff, Wales, and an MA in English and Modern English Theatre from the University of Wales. ...oad. She is a member of staff at the School of Dramatic Art, University of the Witwatersrand.
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• Tiger Bay The Musical
  ''[[Tiger Bay The Musical]]'' is a musical by [[Michael Williams]] (book and lyrics) and Daf ==The original text==
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• Yerma
  == The original text == ...ten in 1934 and first performed on 29 December the same year in Spanish in the Teatro Español in Madrid, directed by Cipriano Rivas Cherif.
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• Decadence
  == The original text == ...performed it on 13 May 1982 in The [[People's Space]] Theatre, (a [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production) and repeated it regularly thereafter for more than 20
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• The Children's Theatre
  [[The Children's Theatre]] was a Johannesburg based company founded in 1943 by [[Celia Evans]] and [ ...ollaboration with Parks & Recreation Dept. 1953.Prod by Taubie Kushlick. ; The Tempest (prod) Cecil Williams in 1954,
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• Carolyn Steyn
  ...in 1981. She moved to the United States for 10 years, where she studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under acting guru, Milton Katselas along with fello ...s]]''. She also appeared on the television series ''[[Melrose Place]]'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', and ''Babylon 5''.
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• Crepuscule
  ...) can refer to a short story by [[Can Themba]], or to the dramatisation of the story by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede]] (1988- ). ...nd (Henri-René Lenormand, 1882-1951), performed in South Africa as '''[[In Theatre Street]]'''''.
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• Rajesh Gopie
  ''Not to be confused with the Indian actor [[Rajesh Gope]]''[https://www.facebook.com/rajesh.gope.85/]. ..., he lived in England for a year and upon returning to South Africa opened the solo play, ''[[Out of Bounds]]'', which has gone on to become an internatio
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• Nic Goodwin
  ...to any of a number of people involved in theatre, film and other forms in the country, including:'' ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Elephant of Africa
  ...phant of Africa]]'' is an ecological play by [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Theatre for Africa]]. ==The original text==
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• Geoff Burmeister
  ...ess School (1987 – 1989), and a certificate of Psychology in Business from the Metropolitan Collge London. ...Sea Point, Century Hotel Sea Point. Manager of Braustrubell Restaurant at the Elizabeth Hotel , and part owner Harbour Tavern in Mouille Point.
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• Megan Willson
  Graduated from the Witwatersrand University with a BA Dram (Hons) in 1988. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Christo Snyman
  ...courses was Drama & Film at the [[Wits School of Dramatic Art]], headed at the time by [[Ian Steadman]]. ...nslator and copy writer for programmes at the [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]] ([[PACT]]) in Pretoria (1994-1996), and then worked for Batseta
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• Salaam Stories
  == The original text == ...for 5 performers. Later reworked to become a flexible solo performance by the playwright. In 2006 it was reworked as a 60 minute solo play and renamed ''
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• Salomé
  ==The orignal text== ...John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.
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• Ain't Misbehavin'
  ==The original play== ...%27t_Misbehavin%27_(song)]), the later revue is a musical is a tribute to the music of Fats Waller.
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• Ricky Arden
  ...a teaching post at the University of San Diego in the USA, after his wife, the model Kay Dewdney, had committed suicide. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Caryn Davidoff
  ...in ''[[Venus Hottentot]]'' directed by [[David Peimer]], and performed at Wits, Goldsmiths London University and Bristol University in 2001. ...2001 with two colleagues. They work in corporate, educational and straight theatre dealing with aspects from script writing through to directing and performan
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• Little Foot
  == The original text == ...nts from the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], who also presented it at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 2008.
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• Antony and Cleopatra
  ==The original play== ...e ''[[The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra]]'' and was first printed in the Folio of 1623.
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• Die Antrittsrede der Amerikanischen Päpstin
  ...Antrittsrede der Amerikanischen Päpstin]]'' ("''[[The Inaugral Address of the American Popess]]''") is a German one-woman play by Argentinian-German play Also found as '''''[[Die Amerikanische Päpstin]]''''' ("''[[The American Popess]]''")
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• Nicky Rebelo
  ...annesburg and went to school at Saint Benedicts College and graduated at [[Wits Drama School]] in 1981. After graduating he initially worked with the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] before becoming a freelance [[theatremaker]].
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• Mooi Street Moves
  == The original text == ...irical play in which savvy urban black shepherds hapless white men lost in the new urban environment of post-apartheid South Africa.
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• Barry Ronge
  [[Barry Ronge]] (1948?-2022) was a popular and respected lecturer, theatre and film reviewer, compére and columnist. Born in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, he grew up on the West Rand, where he attended Florida Park High School.
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• Jerry Mofokeng
  ...t Columbia University in America, where he obtained his master's degree in Theatre Directing. ...Sport and Culture in Mpumalanga, Artistic Director at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]] until his appointment in 2014 as Artistic Director of [[PACOFS]] in Bloem
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• Richard Penn
  Studied at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], completing an honours degree (majoring in painting) in 199 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Outers
  ==The original text== ...ersrand]] in 1981, for which he made tape recordings of conversations with the down-and-outs of Joubert Park in Johannesburg and edited them into a text.
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• Paradise is Closing Down
  == The original text == First produced in 1977 at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]].
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• John Boulter
  ...two people named '''John Boulter''' with some connection to South African theatre. ...a in 1958 by [[Anthony Farmer]] for the comedy ''[[My Three Angels]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Reps]] in 1955.
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• John Dronsfield
  ...as mainly self-taught. In 1918 he enlisted in Young Soldiers' Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment and was discharged in 1919 as physically unfit. ...nd he then worked in London as a stage-designer and advertising artist for the next 16 years.
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• Jaco Bouwer
  His main interests are directing and physical theatre. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• My Life
  ''[[My Life]]'' is a play workshopped under the guidance of [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Sivagamy Govender]], [[Riana Jacobs]], == The original text ==
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• Rina Minervini
  ...sh), University of South Africa, 1979. Thesis: ''J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings': a source study and evaluation''. Over the period 1961 to 1972, with intermittent breaks, attended [[Ruth Oppenheim]]'
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• Paul Slabolepszy
  ...]] and [[Mavis Taylor]]. University productions included ''[[Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' and ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]''. == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
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• King Lear
  == The original text == ...Lear]]'', a more theatrical version, was included in the 1623 First Folio. The first recorded performance appears to have been on 26 December 1606.
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• Zane Meas
  ...atriculated. In his final year at school he took part in the production of the play ''[[Flats]]'' by [[Chris van Wyk]]. He studied a BA in dramatic art at Wits until 1989.
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• Saturday Night at the Palace
  ''[[Saturday Night at the Palace]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_at_the_Palace] is ...with his life, attacks his friend, then turns on, abuses and finally kills the black roadhouse attendant.
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• Tsafendas
  At least six stage plays have been written about the assassination of South African Prime Minister '''Hendrik Verwoerd''' (1901- ...olman]] (1985). ([[Anton Krueger]]'s play discussed below is also known by the title '''''[[Living in Strange Lands]]'''''.)
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• Don Maclennan
  He was educated at St John's College in Johannesburg, at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and read Philosophy at Edinburgh University. ...rope, North America and Africa, he lectured in Philosophy and English at [[Wits University]] and [[University of Cape Town]]. He started lecturing at [[Rho
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• Moshidi Motshegwa
  ...1993. In 1994, she went to study for a BA degree in English and History at Wits University. ...as Dikeledi in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company production of ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' by Anton Chekov, 1997.
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• Peter Pan
  == The original text == ...Carolyn Leigh. [[CAPAB]] Music presented this version at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] opening on 5 December 1981, directed by [[David Matheson]], starring [[He
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• Thembinkosi Philemon Wakashe
  [[Thembinkosi Philemon Wakashe|Themba Wakashe]] (1960-). Theatre researcher, writer and cultural organiser. ...nd Heritage White Paper which was the framework for the democratisation of the arts sector.
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• Bill Curry
  ...cher Training College and became a teacher and was active in local amateur theatre, appearing in musicals and light comedy. ...h and Drama. He returned to South Africa in 1962. He later also studied at the University of Cape town and received a BA (English Literature).
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• And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses
  ''[[And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses]]'' is a play by [[Zakes Mda]] (1948-) ''Has also been found as '''[[All the Girls in Their Pretty Dresses]]'''''
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• Lebogang Mashile
  ...d to South Africa in the mid-1990s after the first democratic elections in the country. ...Wits) to study law and international relations, but found herself drawn to the arts.
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• Kurt Egelhof
  ...a working-class father and a union secretary/teacher mother, he studied at the University of Natal, obtaining a B.A. in Speech and Drama, majoring in Dram The performer [[Talia Egelhof]] is his daughter.
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• Fiona Ramsay
  ...echnique and skills if practices and content fall outside a cultural range the students are asked to inhabit. ...e highlights were playing "Lady Croom" and "Hannah" for the Royal National Theatre's ''[[Arcadia]]'' by Tom Stoppard and "Lady Macbeth" in ''[[Macbeth]]''.
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• Herman Charles Bosman
  ...gli in the Marico District, he was arrested and subsequently convicted for the murder of his step-brother. He was condemned to hang on death row, but his ...ens]]". In the same year, Bosman published his first novel, ''Jacaranda in the Night''.
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• Janet Suzman
  ...son, Joshua. The influential theatrical figure [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] and the redoubtable politician Helen Suzman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Su She studied at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and at London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art in England.
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• Tshepang
  ...g: The Third Testament]]'' or on occasion by its full title: ''[[Tshepang: The Third Testament (based on 20,000 true stories)]]''). == The original text ==
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• The Mikado
  ''[[The Mikado]]'' is a 1885 comic opera by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wi ...kado, or The Town of Titipu]]'' but it it is generally known simply as ''[[The Mikado]]''.
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• Terrence Shank
  ...A. In 2006 he returned to South Africa and settled in Knysna, where he ran the [[Knysna Playhouse]] until his retirement. Shank died in April 2014 of bone .... From 1985 to 1991 he was associate director of drama with the [[National Theatre]] of South Africa, where he staged 86 professional productions.
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• James Ambrose Brown
  ...rgh and Kilmarnock, came to South Africa with his parents in 1936. Went to the front during World War II, then returned to become a well-known Johannesbur ...s his many prose works, a number of them either historical or dealing with the Second World War, he is well known as a writer for stage and radio.
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• Anton Hartman
  ...rlisle Hartman was born on 26 October 1918 in Geduld, Springs. He attended the Turffontein Primary School and matriculated from Monument High School in Kr In 1944 he married the singer [[Jossie Boshoff]].
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• Sponono
  == The original text == ..., while the principal struggles to understand the boy. The play highlights the problem of mutual understanding across racial tensions in Apartheid South A
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• Greg Latter
  ...t of the Year Award]] of 1984. He also directed [[CAPAB]]'s performance of the play in 1984. ...h African context. "Soul City IV" received five out of six drama awards at the 2000 Avanti Awards, including Best Drama Series.
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• Soyikwa Players
  [[Soyikwa Players]] is a progressive theatre company founded and run by [[Matsemela Manaka]] (1955-1998). Also called '''[[Soyikwa Theatre]]''', '''[[Soyikwa Drama Group]]''', '''[[Soyikwa Dance Project]]''', or s
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• Mzilikazi Khumalo
  ...the [[University of South Africa]] ([[UNISA]]) in 1956. He later achieved the Bachelor of Arts Honours by correspondence, also through [[UNISA]], in 1972 ...portant collaboration with Charles Kisseberth, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois, US.
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• Bongani Linda
  ...groomed and nurtured many people who today occupy the high echelons of the theatre industry," said Mabaso. ...nd caregiver, not just to his four girls but to all his extended family of theatre artists. (Sipho Siso)
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• Cocky "Two Bull" Tlhotlhalemaje
  ...wnship in 1937 and became better known as Cocky “Two Bull” Tlhotlhalemaje, the Two Bull being a simple translation of his Setswana first name. ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
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• Phoenix Players
  ...Burke reworked this play and reopened [[His Majesty's Theatre]] with it on the 3 December 1974. **** (Tucker, 1997; Kruger, 1999) [TH] ...al Room. One of his projects will be a play to be toured to the schools in the non-European townships.'
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• Penny Simpson
  ...CT]] ([[Wits]]?), followed by 4 years in the UK studying Theatre Design at the then Sadlers Wells Design School (now known as Montley), Penny Simpson retu In 1993 Simpson returned to the [[Artscape]] as Costume and Wardrobe manager and remained there until 2012.
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• Dance Umbrella
  HISTORY OF THE DANCE UMBRELLA CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL ...e Forum is to create a space for new work and the Dance Umbrella's role in the development of contemporary dance in this country cannot be underestimated.
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• Trial by Jury
  ...ial by Jury]]'' have been performed, or offered as performed readings, in the country. =''[[The Trial by Jury]]'' by Theodore Hook (1788–1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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• The Tempest
  ''[[The Tempest]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest] is a 1611 play by W == The original text ==
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• Dorothy-Ann Gould
  Studied drama from 1979 at the University of Natal, Durban, under [[Elizabeth Sneddon]], obtaining a B.A. ...did fourteen productions. After her return she has worked for most of the theatre companies in South Africa and as a stage actress she made name for herself
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• Mary Dreyer
  ...eyer]] (1947-2019) was a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actress and theatre director. ...also doing freelance work. In 1985 she rejoined [[CAPAB]] as a member of the Permanent Company, remaining there till 1995.
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• The Captain's Tiger: A Memoir for the Stage
  ''[[The Captain's Tiger: A Memoir for the Stage]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-). Usually referred to simply as '''''[[The Captain's Tiger]]'''''
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• Mannie Manim
  [[Mannie Manim]] (born 1941). Lighting designer and theatre administrator. ...naged the [[Playhouse]] for [[Leonard Rayne]] and returned to the [[Brooke Theatre]] as stage director.
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• Opera House, Pretoria
  ...etoria]] (sometimes [[Opera House Pretoria]], but more familiarly known as the '''[[Pretoria Opera House]]''') is a venue for operatic and other large sca ...was only used for such for the first two years. Taken over by McKay Bros, the music firm, in 1907, it was mostly used for gramaphone concerts and operett
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• ESAT Bibliography Ret-Ric
  Click on the appropriate letters of the alphabet in the sub-list below. To return to any other letter, click on the list below
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• Bobby Heaney
  Bobby is married and the couple has two sons. He graduated from the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] in 1975.
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• A Streetcar Named Desire
  == The original text == ...eatre, starring Jessica Tandy as Blanche and Marlon Brando as Stanley. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948. Published by New American Library, 1947.
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• Mark Graham
  ...(1984 to 1987) and then became a Resident Director for [[NAPAC]]'s [[Loft Theatre]] and Drama Companies in Durban (in 1988-9). ...acclaimed student productions, while also completing a B. Dram. degree in the Department.
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• The Threepenny Opera
  ("The threepenny opera") is a German political musical by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and ==The original text==
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• Ron Smerczak
  ...ime Ron also entered the world of horror movies. Playing a small part in ''The House of Whipcord'', now on video circuit in SA. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Stephen Gray
  ...) was an immensely influential South African academic, literary historian, theatre reviewer, poet, novelist and playwright. ...for two years and in 1969, he completed an MFA at the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.
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• Twelfth Night, or What You Will
  == The original text == ...play in South African theatre, certainly performed more than any other in the 19th century. (???***)
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• Sam Sklair
  ...Tyne and Wear and graduated from Durham University in 1945. He served in the Royal Artillery (General Service Corps) in 1947. ..., including classics such as ''The Flight of the Snow Geese'' (1972) and ''The Family That Lives With Elephants'' (1973).
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• Vanessa Cooke
  The daughter of [[Roy Cooke]], she studied at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], completing a BA in English and History. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Cedric Sundström
  ...d sometimes controversial filmmaker. ''[[Summer Is Forever]]'' (1971), ''[[The Hunter]]'' (1973) and [[Suffer Little Children…]] (1976) all received exp ...77 his film ''[[Suffer Little Children…]]'' was also shown at the [[Market Theatre]], together with [[Leslie Dektor]]’s ''[[We Take Our Prison with Us]]'' a
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• Valley Song
  ''[[Valley Song]]'' is also the title of an opera by [[Guy Willoughby]] and [[Thomas Rajna]], based on Fuga == The original text==
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• The Importance of Being Earnest
  ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' is a play by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)[https: ==The original text==
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• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  == The original text == A play about two married couples, one twenty years older and more bitter than the other, who engage in an evening of games of merciless personal attack.
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• Bo Petersen
  ''Not to be confused with the Danissh motorcyclist Bo '''Petersen''' (1958-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wik She studied drama at the [[University of Cape Town]] from 1973 to 1976.
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• Die Dreigroschenoper
  ''[[Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' ("The threepenny opera") is a German political musical by Bertolt Brecht (1898-19 ==The original text==
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• Ian Steadman
  ...e son of Joyce and Robert ("Bob") Steadman, a highly regarded Detective in the CID (Criminal Investigations Department). Ian went to Fynnlands Junior Scho ...thesis called ''Drama and Social Consciousness: Themes in Black Theatre on the Witwatersrand until 1984''.
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• Mike van Graan
  '''Mike van Graan''' (1959- ) is a prominent South African dramatist, theatre director, cultural consultant and activist. ...eter September]], when submitting plays (e.g. ''[[Hostile Takeover]]'') to the annual [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]]
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• King Kong: An All-African Jazz Opera
  The play is usually referred to simply as ''[[King Kong: An All-African Jazz Op == The original text ==
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• Peter Hayes
  ...in Drama and Cultural History of Western Europe, UCT, 1986; a BA Honours, Theatre Directing, UCT, 1990. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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• Michael Picardie
  ...g [[Eisteddfod]] medals for acting. He later studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, obtaining a B.A. in Politics, English, and African Studies ( ...into social work with the elderly, and taught at Barnett House, Oxford and the Department of Social Administration, University College, Cardiff, and has
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• See How They Run
  == The original text == ...e Peterborough Rep in 1944 prior to a British tour as an entertainment for the troops.
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• A Midsummer Night's Dream
  == The original text == ...pid and ridiculous play I ever saw in my life") but gained new interest in the 19th century as a way of showcasing elaborate costumes and sets. Since then
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• Graham Weir
  ...nce with the musical evenings regularly held at their home and the amateur theatre company and choir founded by his parents. His first stage role was in ''[[O ...0. Then he went to England to dodge the draft, before returning to work in theatre in a variety of capacities.
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• Percy Tucker
  [[Percy Tucker]] (1928-2021) was an influential theatre booking agent, founder of [[Show Service]] and [[Computicket]] and an autho ...n hand and given his interest in theatre, he went on to become a prominent theatre booking agent and ultimately founder and executive manager of [[Computicket
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• Christine
  ==The original text== ...by his betrayal of his Jewish lover to the Nazi's while living in Germany. The published play has two contrasting endings.
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• Student Theatre Festival
  ...from tertiary institutions across South Africa. It is the only [[Student Theatre Festival]] of its kind in South Africa, and each university showcases one p Sponsored by the South African Post Office
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• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' is the name of a children's novel by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)[https://en.wikipedi Often referred to simply as '''''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'''''
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• ESAT Venues D
  Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]] Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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• Sizwe Bansi is Dead
  ...]]'', especially in later years, and linguistically "Banzi" is apparently the correct Xhosa usage, but conventional usage in South Africa has become to s == The original text ==
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• Romeo and Juliet
  = History of the text = ...text was apparently based on an Italian tale translated into verse as ''[[The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet]]'' by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and reto
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• Leonard Schach
  ...September 1918, he studied at South African College High School (SACS) and the [[University of Cape Town]] (majoring in Psychology, History and Social Ant ...he was due to fly to South Africa for the launch of his autobiography, ''[[The Flag is Flying]]'', he took ill and passed away in Tel Aviv on 20th Novembe
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• Peter Terry
  [[Peter Terry]] (1950-) is an actor, dramatist, poet, voice artist and theatre administrator. ...n 1980 he also completed a B.A. (Honours) degree in the Theory of Drama at the [[University of Pretoria]].
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• Leon Gluckman
  ...he Fall]]''. He left in 1964 because of restrictions placed on his work by the apartheid system. He settled in London with his family and never worked in ...Yale University, Hollywood Actors Laboratory and the Pasadena Playhouse in the USA.
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• Company
  ...mpany''', used in exactly the same way. Also often '''Toneelgeselskap''' ("Theatre Company" or "Theatrical Company") = '''Use as the name of specific theatrical companies''' =
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• Molly Seftel
  ...e Maids]]'' ([[Jean Genet]]), ''[[The Shrew]]'' ([[Charles Marowitz]]) and the world premiere of [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'', opposite ...usband died in 1996 and the couple had two daughters. Prof. Harry Seftel, the popular “radio doctor”, is her brother.
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• ESAT Venues A
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• Nothing but the Truth
  = ''[[Nothing but the Truth]]'' by James Montgomery (1916)= ...later musicals, including ''[[Yes, Yes, Yvette]]'' (1927) and ''[[Tell Her the Truth]]'' (1932).
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• Yvonne Bryceland
  ...wn, South Africa and died of cancer on 13 January 1992 at the age of 66 at the Royal Free Hospital in London, England. ...nd was an actress who exuded a rare strength of portrayal, particularly of the anti-apartheid works of [[Athol Fugard]].
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• Dawn Lindberg
  [[Dawn Lindberg]] (1945-2020) was a singer, actress, director and theatre entrepreneur. ...r in Detroit, USA (1963-4), then obtained a BA (Fine Arts) [[University of the Witwatersrand]]; Diploma Etching (Urbino, Italy), Stage Design (Salzburg).
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• Angelique Rockas
  She has also performed under the names [[Angeliki]] and [[Anjelique Rockas]]. ...ece, and was taught by her family to honor her cultural heritage and learn the Greek language.
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• Cinderella
  ...n ancient children's story much used for stage and other presentation over the ages. ==The original text==
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• Master Harold ... and the boys
  ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-). ...]'', ''[['Master Harold' ... and the boys]]'', ''[["Master Harold" ... and the boys]]'' and so on.
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• Wim Vorster
  Graduated (B.Dram.) at the [[University of Pretoria Drama Department]] in 1975, having had lecturers s ...Jar]]'' (Pirandello), directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], ''[[The Queen and the Rebels|Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' (Ugo Betti) directed by [[William Eg
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• J. Blake Dalrymple
  ...emselves. He spent a few months learning the ropes under John Grierson at the Empire Marketing Board and then, as Elder-Dalrymple Productions, he and Eld ...inally made for the Glasgow Education Authority, but was then purchased by the Strand Film Company and was released commercially.
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• Sophiatown
  ...mprovised '''play''' about the area (also referred to as '''''[[Sophiatown the Musical]]''''') or to '''''[[Sophiatown: Blues for Mandela ]]''''', a docum =[[Sophiatown]] - the area=
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• Taubie Kushlick
  ...eacher, she was later sent to London by her parents to become a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London for two years. On her return to Port Eliza ...te Tables]]'' and ''[[Ladies in Retirement]]''. In Johannesburg she joined the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg REPS]], initially acting in a
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• ESAT I Bibliography S
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• Waiting for Godot
  == The original text == ...ing" of the enigmatic "Godot" has been performed in numerous guises across the world by professionals, amateurs and students.
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• Rufus Swart
  ...or from the disparity in the sources seem to suggest that there may be TWO theatre and film personalities with South African links bearing this name.''' ...us Swart]] is still alive and working in South Africa - i.e. '''that he is the same [[Rufus Swart]] discussed below'''.
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• Educational theatre
  ...refers broadly to the various educational and pedagogical uses of drama, theatre and performance. ...s and a large number of approaches resort under this category of drama and theatre.
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• The Blood Knot
  ''[[The Blood Knot]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-). Also found as '''''[[The Bloodknot]]'''''
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• Johannesburg Repertory Society
  ...mportant and influential amateur dramatic societies in South Africa during the 20th century. ===The [[Johannesburg Repertory Playreading Society]]===
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• Baxter Theatre
  The [[Baxter Theatre]] is a theatre venue situated on the University of Cape Town campus, on Main Road Rondebosch. ...re Centre]]''' while the main theatre is often referred to as the [[Baxter Theatre]].
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• John Kani
  [[John Kani]] (1943-) is a renowned actor, director, playwright and theatre administrator. ...with a growing reputation. From there he went on to become not only one of the most celebrated actors in South Africa, but also a successful playwright, d
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• Hamlet
  Full title ''[[The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]]'' or ''[[The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]]'', usually shortened to ''[[Hamlet]] ==The original text ==
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• Othello
  =The original play= ==The text==
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• Barney Simon
  ...stic director, writer, copywriter, teacher, and co-creator of the [[Market Theatre]] in Johannesburg. ...of the most influential figures in South Africa theatre from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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• Woza Albert!
  == The original text == ...ad formed [[The Earth Players]] to do so, and facilitated and refined with the help of director/playwright [[Barney Simon]], whom they had invited to help
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• Hugh Rouse
  ...ppeared in [[Rodney Ackland]]’s adaptation of ''Diary of a Scoundrel'' for the Questors in Ealing. ...onsternation in 1962 when, as a freelancer, he was replaced by a member of the salaried staff.
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• Nicholas Ellenbogen
  ...Drama Department, as well as courses at the London School of Economics and the National Film School. ...z Szymczak]]), an actress and teacher. They have three children, including theatre-maker [[Luke Ellenbogen]].
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• Macbeth
  ...of '''plays''' - most of them derived from or inspired by what is probably the original play by William Shakespeare. ='''''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''''' by Shakespeare (c1600)=
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• Deon Opperman
  [[Deon Opperman]] was born in 1962 in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape and raised in East London. He matriculated from Selborne Colle ...as soon being hailed as a genius and in many respects the spokesperson for the new generation of younger [[Afrikaans]] dramatists.
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• Globe Theatre
  1 The short-lived [[Globe Theatre]] Fox Street, Johannesburg (June to September 1889)= 2 The [[Globe Theatre]] Fox Street, Johannesburg (1891-1894)
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• State Theatre
  ...ford Geertz[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Geertz] (1980) terms a "Theatre State"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_state]'' '''See also [[National Theatre]]'''
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• Market Theatre
  ...years (1976-1994). The [[Market Theatre]] is administered by the [[Market Theatre Foundation]]. =The Market Theatre Building=
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• Twentieth Century
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