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• After Cardenio
  ''[[After Cardenio]]'' is a collaborative play, devised by [[Jane Taylor]]. ...n the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play ''[[The History of Cardenio]]'' (registered 1653)".
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• Albert Wertheim
  ...helped thousands of international scholars and researchers to connect and work together. He published widely on british and American drama, and on post-co ...of his South African work at [[NELM]] and later facilitated the depository of many Fugard documents and materials at Indiana University.
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• Denis Santry
  ...l and a bank in Singapore and settled there in 1919 to join a leading firm of architects, for whom he also designed the prestigious new Masjid Sultan (Su
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• Jerzy Grotowski
  ...a fundamental one in South African theatre from the 1970s, though perhaps a little differently interpreted than either Brook or Grotowski meant. Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, e.g. a reference to Rusch, Neil. 2014. Profane illumination : an interview with [[
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• Edrich Photographic Studios
  ...print, Thiel retaining the Edrich negatives and a share in Edrich Express, a developing agency, . with **.
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• William Mitheson Timlin
  ...e completed his training in art and architecture and remained for the rest of his life.[1] ...s in addition to oils, pastels, etchings and periodical illustrations. His work was regularly exhibited. He also wrote stories and composed music.
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• Nedbank
  ...uding but not limited to: Craft, Dance, Music, Theatre, Literature, Visual Art and New Media. ...cts include the Musikane Community Project from the North West University, a new South African play ''[[Garden Boy]]'' produced by KwaZulu-Natal based p
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• Brent Meersman
  ...e Town. His father was a Belgian immigrant and his mother, Shirley Morris, a painter. ...r. As a business entrepreneur, property developer and managing director of a hotel, among others. He has also acted as performing artists' manager, prod
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• The Painter and His Model
  ''[[The Painter and His Model]]'' is musical work by an unknown author. ...by Henri Matisse (painted late 1916, early 1917) and the 1928 Cubist work of the same name by Pablo Picasso.''
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• William Kentridge
  ...rally acclaimed as South Africa’s premier graphic artist, he has also been a major influence on South African theatre and film. ...twatersrand]] 1974-76), art training with Bill Ainslie at the Johannesburg Art Foundation (1976-78) and mime and theatre at the École Jacques le Coq in P
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• Caroline Benamza
  [[Caroline Benamza]] is a French art therapist, stage manager, director and translator. She completed a course in Technical Theatre and Stage Management at RADA, London, in 1996.
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• South African Theatre
  ='''South African Theatre''' as a descriptor or theme= ...more cumbersome terms, such as [[Theatre in South Africa]] or [[Theatre of South Africa]], though each in turn has its own delimitations and/or shortc
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• F.P. van der Merwe
  [[F.P. van der Merwe]] (1918-1956) was a journalist, translator and writer. ...rried to [[Marie van der Merwe]], who was also a journalist and translator of radio dramas.
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• Andrew Verster
  [[Andrew Verster]] (1937-2020) was a painter, scenic designer, a writer of short stories, articles and radio plays. ...echnikon]], remaining there until 1976, when he gave up teaching to become a full-time painter.
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• Frederick Timpson I'Ons
  ...tp://www.sahistory.org.za/people/frederick-timpson-ions] was a painter and a participant in amateur theatre. ...dlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and became a art teacher, who owned an art school in Marylebone in London, teaching drawing, painting, handwriting and
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• William Mitcheson Timlin
  ...n Timlin]] (1892-1943) was an architect and illustrator, who designed some of South Africa's most famous atmospheric theatres . ...facts.co.za/main/Buildings/archframes.php?archid=645&countadd=1], designer of, ''inter alia'', the ''[[Theatre Royal]]'' in Kimberley in 1895).
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• Fringe Theatre
  The word [[Fringe]] has been part of theatrical terminology since the late 1940s. It has had many meanings over the years of course, and its cultural and social meanings are also quite diverse. For i
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• Adriaan Meyer
  He is the son of the [[Afrikaans]] writer [[Riana Scheepers]]. ...University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in the 2000s, completing a B.A. Honours degree in Drama, specializing in playwriting and directing.
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• Eric Smith
  ...1981 the puppet company came to South Africa to star in the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]]. World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts [https://wepa.unima.org/en/israel/].
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• SouthAfrica.info
  If you're a South African at home or abroad, or if you're interested in visiting or inv ...y the International Marketing Council of South Africa (IMC), the custodian of Brand South Africa.
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• Chekhov Festival
  This refers to a festival of Chekhov work (and Chekhov inspired work) by South African theatre artists. ...]], and the second [[Chekhov Festival]] ten years later under the auspices of the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre|Joburg Theatre]].
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• Criticism
  ...evaluation'' which does not necessarily find fault to the more usual sense of one which expresses disapproval.(See ''[[Wikipedia]]'' - Criticism[https:// ...ry], ''literary theory''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_theory], ''art criticism''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_criticism], ''film criticism'
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• Moshidi Motshegwa
  ...mfontein, from where she graduated in 1993. In 1994, she went to study for a BA degree in English and History at Wits University. === Stage work ===
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• What is ESAT?
  ...performance in South Africa. Created in conjunction with the [[University of Stellenbosch]]'s IT department and library, it uses the Wiki format and pro ...h the help of a large number of associates and assistants) over the course of twenty years (1990-2010) (For more on this see [[Background, origins and hi
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• Nozincwadi Books and Story Festival
  ...ion in 2001 Nozincwadi The festival has travelled to the most remote areas of the country, particulkarly in Kwazulu-Natal. ...heir own stories and their own books, so they can have a say in the future of writing and reading in the country.
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• Lighting design
  The process of designing the lighting plot for a public performance of any kind. ...se and they can be found working on rock and pop tours,corporate launches, art installation and on massive celebration spectaculars, for example the Olymp
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• Lighting Designer
  The process of designing the lighting plot for a public performance of any kind. ...se and they can be found working on rock and pop tours,corporate launches, art installation and on massive celebration spectaculars, for example the Olymp
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• Hamoy
  [[Hamoy]] (18**-18**) was apparently the stage name of a specialist [[Pantomime|pantomime]], [[Music Hall|vaudeville]] and [[Circus| ...s [[Signor Severo|Severo]] and [[Dalle Case]] in 1847, and then went on to work for the [[Dalle Case Company]] in 1848.
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• Four Plays
  ''[[Four Plays]]'' is a collection of dramatic works, edited by [[Zakes Mda]] (1948-) ...ss]] in 1996, the work is aimed at both students and practitioners of the art and contains works by four playwrights who have distinguished themselves, l
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• Tsepo wa Mamatu
  ...can Literature and Film in 2007, with a thesis which critiqued the work of of filmmaker [[Leon Schuster]], based on race and critical theory. ...cussion of the role of the artist, artistic integrity, and the intricacies of censorship.
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• Petrus Gerhardus Nel
  [[Petrus Gerhardus Nel]] (1927-2004) was a cultural historian, academic and editor. ...rontplooiing van die Afrikaner'' (1979), ''J.H. Pierneef: His Life and His Work'' (1990).
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• Vere Stent
  [[Vere Stent]] (1872-1941) was a journalist, critic, playwright and author. ...id, the Anglo-Boer War (including the Siege of Mafeking), various campigns of the First World War (e.g the campaign in South West Africa), etc.
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• Khanyisile Mbongwa
  [[Khanyisile Mbongwa]] (1984-) is a Cape Town-based artist and curator. ...ice and uses photomontage, sound and video to engage with the re-imagining of psychological and physical spaces.
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• Zakes Mokae
  ...961 for exile in the UK, where he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He later moved to the US in 1969. After 1994 he visited his home in Meadow ...s disease. He later returned to the United States where he died at the age of 75 in September 2009.
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• Gordon Vorster
  [[Gordon Vorster]] (1924-1988) was a filmmaker and actor, novelist and painter. ...rster in Warrenton, near Kimberley, on the 17th of September 1924, the son of Paul Philippus Vorster and Nancy Christina Clack. He also had one brother a
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• Frazer Fenton
  [[Frazer Fenton]] (1970-) is a UK based contributor to [[ESAT]]. ...on the 20th October 1970. He lived in South Africa until he was 10 years of age, when the family moved to England in 1980.
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• Kremetart
  ...me, the one adapted from, and the other a translation of, another literary work:''' ...ipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Constanduros] and actor and playwright Howard Agg[]. A One-act play.
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• Staticphlow
  ...er to build a non-commercial archive that will host research, activism and art relating to youth culture. ...exploring aspects of youth culture, development and activism from a range of disciplines – to network and share resources.
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• ESAT I Bibliography V
  The [[Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre]] ([[VIAD]]) is a research facility, dedicated to research and critical commentary on identit Situated in the FADA Building, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture
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• Bantu People's Theatre (BPT)
  ...targeting urbanized and urbanizing workers and intellectuals. They hosted a '''BPT Drama Festival''' at the BMSC, and in 1941 they organised another fe A one-off festival event in 1940, hosted by the '''Bantu People’s Theatre''
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• CAPAB Theatre Laboratory
  ...onal theatre, and brings the actor back to basics in order to evaluate his work. ...he nature of the art of acting. We are in too early a state of development of theatre in this country to say how this might develop or in what direction.
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• John Wright
  ...an assistant stage manager for the ''Ballet Rambert'', and was inspired by a performance by the famous ''Podrecca's Piccoli'' marionette company. ...Rhodesia and the Congo eventually reaching England in 1946 where he set up a workshop and studio theatre in Hampstead.
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• Graham Weir
  Born in Scotland, Weir came to South Africa at the age of 5, when his parents settled in Benoni on the East Rand. His sister is the a ...gland to dodge the draft, before returning to work in theatre in a variety of capacities.
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• Dialogue
  ...st notable non-theatrical examples in Western literature are the dialogues of Plato. ...us a primary element in a staged play, which is essentially a performance of human interaction.
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• Zebulon Dread
  ...cultural icon (or cultural terrorist, as he describes himself) and writer. A controversial celebrity, known for his political views. Created and perform ...g firms. He sold the magazine himself on the streets, at book fairs and at art festivals countrywide.''" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_Dread]
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• Beautiful Things
  Also known as "''[[Beautiful Things - A Love Story]]''". A 2001 two-hander play by [[Selaelo Maredi]]. ...ve been tragically widowed and both have issues of guilt and commitment to work through.
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• Rhodes Ballet Society
  ...gus]] and [[J Struthers]]. The set was designed by [[Alex Kiddie]], of the Art School. ...would never again be able to stand up to the rigorous toe-work demanded of a ballet dancer due to her leg injuries. She then turned her attention to cho
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• Drama
  ...(a drama = a [[Play|play]] ), (b) as a collective term for a whole body of work written for the theatre (e.g. English drama, [[Afrikaans]] drama or [[Xhosa It is in these terms that the concepts of [[Drama Studies]] (and [[Drama Departments]] and Literature Departments at
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• James MacNamara
  '''James MacNamara''' (19**- ) is a leading South African scenic designer. ...arts led him graduating with distinction from the Pretoria Technikon with a National Diploma in Fine Arts and Design.
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• Arts and Culture Trust
  ...provides financial support for the development, promotion and celebration of South African arts and culture. == ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST OF THE PRESIDENT ==
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• Mona Vida de Beer
  [[Mona Vida de Beer]] (1928-2001) was a journalist, publiscist and writer. ...SA musician [[Stanley Glasser|Stanley 'Spike' Glasser]]. The family lived a cosmopolitan life in such places as the UK and France. She married the poli
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• Ivor Markman
  [[Ivor Markman]] (1949-) is a freelance photographer, socio-cultural historian and writer in Port Elizabe ...e]], his history of art teacher. While at school he helped in the building of sets for [[Caught Napping]] and [[Spider's Web]], the school's annual stage
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• Books and Articles on South African Theatre and Performance
  ...mance, as well as the broader cultural political and social context of the art forms in the country. == To find a publication ==
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• Recital
  ...lo performance of a musical nature or, at one period, for a performance of a verbal nature, an oral recital. ...f theatre, various public occasions, solo performances, etc. Often done by a trained '''Vocal artist''' or [[Speech training|Elocutionist]]
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• Ashley Callie
  She died in a car accident in February 2008. She studied at Wits University, completeing a BA Dramatic Art Degree.
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• George Ballot
  '''[[George Ballot]]''' (1946-2023) was a stage, film and TV actor. ...ty of Pretoria], and began work with [[PACT]] in Pretoria in 1968, as part of the influentual [[Afrikaans]] company led by [[Francois Swart]] and includi
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• T.O. Honiball
  ...all]] (1905-1990)[https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ochse_Honiball] was a celebrated and pioneering [[Afrikaans]] cartoonist. ...Adoons-hulle]]'' (1948-1971), in which the main characters are a community of baboons.
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• Keith Anderson
  Studied art at the [[University of Cape Town]]’s [[Michaelis School of Art]]. ...e. In 1964 [[Tim Heale|Tim]] and [[Margaret Heale]] took over the running of Anderson’s company and toured for [[CAPAB]] until 1967.
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• The Crow Family
  ...Rice and his followers, ''[[The Crow Family]]'' was part of the repertoire of the [[Christy Minstrels]] when they visited South Africa in 1862. ('''See [ ...music from Australian rock legend, Peter Farnan and played at the Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne, in July 2017.
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• Antony Sher
  ...and Emmanuel Sher. He grew up in the suburb of Sea Point and was a cousin of the playwright [[Ronald Harwood]]. In 1968, after completing his compulsory ...nsuccessful. Instead, he studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1969 to 1971.
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• John Nankin
  ...] in Cape Town in 1981, a group whose ground-breaking work was informed by a return to Surrealism and Dada. ...974, later also directing plays in the venue’s fringe under the mentorship of [[Brian Astbury]].
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• Price Coetzee
  ...multilingual South African born actor, designer and director, working much of his life in US theatre, television and film. ...n and grew up on Killarney Farm, Stickland, Cape Town, and was educated at a little farm school in the immediate area (later named Excelsior Primary, ha
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• Susan Coetzer
  She studied at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. ...2 she has been the co-owner of [[Die Blou Hond]], a theatre restaurant and art gallery in Pretoria.
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• Mark Wilby
  [[Mark Wilby]] is an educator, production designer and art director. ...personal research interest is in the expanding potential for hybrid forms of storytelling that embrace multiple media platforms. Solo and collaborative
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• Wits Theatre
  ...atre]] is a multi-purpose performing arts centre built by the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. .... Nicholas Ellenbogen’s Theatre for Africa presented Kwamanzi and Elephant of Africa here in 1992. Pieter-Dirk Uys’s Paradise is Closing Down was stage
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• Matsemela Manaka
  He grew up in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg. Attended Soweto's Madibane High School during the mid-'70s an ...rous programme of self-education saw him emerge as a pioneer in the middle of the education crisis which resulted from the Soweto riots in 1976.
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• Neville Engelbrecht
  ...e Theatre]] in Cape Town and in 2000 became the co-director of the [[Imago Art-Theatre Company]]. ...icings]]'', his co-operation with [[Antony Sher]] in ''[[Primo]]'' and his work with [[Janet Suzman]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'' as highlights in his career.
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• Catalina Theatre
  The [[Catalina Theatre]] is a 166 seater venue built at 18 Boatman's Road on Wilson's Wharf Durban. ...im of bringing new artistic work and the artists involved to the attention of the public.
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• P.J. Sabbagha
  ...eatre and more specifically HIV-and AIDS-focused art. He was the recipient of the 2005 [[Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] for Dance, and has participat ...the direction of [[Gary Gordon]], and is the founder and artistic director of the [[Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative]].
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• Naòmi Morgan
  [[Naòmi Morgan]] is a literary translator and academic ...e Department Afrikaans, German and French at [[Free State University]] and a professional translator.
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• Site-specific theatre
  ...trical location or found space, such as an open field, a hotel courtyard, a converted building, and so on. ...n used in a wider sense as well, simply to refer to all works performed in a non-theatrical venue.
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• Malcolm Purkey
  ...rsity of New York) 1980, an a Fulbright Scholarship. He is also a Graduate of the British National Film and Television School (1994 ). ...venue Theatre Company]] in 1976. They were later joined by former members of [[Theatre Workshop '71]]. He was the administrative director for most [[Jun
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• Edward Woodward
  ...Woodward]] (1930–2009)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Woodward] was a British actor, singer and director. ...nd, making his London stage debut in R. F. Delderfield's ''[[Where There's a Will]]'' in 1955.
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• Leslie French
  [[Leslie French]] (1904-1999) was a British actor, singer, dancer and director for stage, TV and film. Leslie French. He started his acting career as a boy in the Ben Greet Players and went on to star in Lillian Bayliss' Old Vi
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• Myles Holloway
  ...'' (1988). In later years he completed a TESOL diploma at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] (2008). ...uth Africa]] ([[UNISA]]) and in 2008 joined SABIS® Educational Services as a senior analyst in English, in 2014 becoming Section Manager: English for th
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• Jen Snowball
  ...) is a professor of Economics and a researcher in cultural economics, with a specialization in festivals and theatrical events. Also known as [[Jeanette ...A Hons in Applied Economics (1997-8); MA Applied Economics (1998-2001) and a PhD in Applied Economics (2004-6)
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• Paula Styger
  Born in Burgersdorp, she was a distant relative of [[André Huguenet]]’s. ...r a serious operation, she bid the stage farewell and turned to commercial art and the publicity and marketing sector. However, she still acted in films f
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• Tom Lanoye
  ...story Plays, ''Mefisto for Ever'' and ''[[Mamma Medea]]'', an adaptation of Euripides' classic ''[[Medea]]''. ...ticulturalism. He also wrote ''[[Kartonnen Dozen]]'' with elements of pop art in literature according to him. [[Daniël Hugo]] translated it into Afrikaa
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• Peter Cartwright
  ...935–2013) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cartwright_%28actor%29] was a South African-born British radio, stage, television and film actor. ...wn, then went to Britain in 1959 to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art] in Lon
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• Fiona Ramsay
  ...teaching acting technique and skills if practices and content fall outside a cultural range the students are asked to inhabit. ...ntly moved to the UK for 5 years, where she built up an impressive body of work. Among the highlights were playing "Lady Croom" and "Hannah" for the Royal
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• John Hunt
  [[John Hunt]] (1954- ) is a South African advertising executive, writer and playwright. ...in the army, before registering at the University of the Witwatersrand for a course in psychology. However, he decided that he would rather sow some wi
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• Charles Meredith Bleach
  ...Portsmouth, Hampshire **/**/1880 – d. Clovelly, Cape Town, 23/10/1957) was a soldier-artist and one-time actor. ...[African Film Productions]], it was released as ''[[Isban; or, The Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe]]'' (1919) in South Africa, but shown elsewhere as ''[[T
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• Christine le Brocq
  ...was accepted into the suitably reputable Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. ...ll famous names. Christine became a regular name in the programmes of many of [[Pieter Toerien]]s comedies and farces for example.
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• Hertzogprys
  ...ki/J._B._M._Hertzog]. The author may also use the rewards occasion to make a public acceptance speech. ...a whole. The prize has not always been awarded, since no award is made if a suitable candidate is not available, and the first prize awarded for Drama
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• Community Theatre Festival
  = As a generic term = ...m [[Community Theatre]] practitioners and groups. There have been a number of such initiatives in South Africa.
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• Nicholas Wright
  He trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) ...e Theatre Upstairs in 1969. From 1975 to 1977, he was Co-Artistic Director of the Royal Court along with Robert Kidd. He joined the National Theatre as L
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• Anna Klaassen
  ...off for India in 1919, where she stays till 1928, doing pioneering theatre work in Dutch there. In 1928 she came to South Africa. Initially touring with sp
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• Jeroen Kranenburg
  He met his South African wife during the production of ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' in 1983. The couple has two sons. ...f Cape Town Drama Department]] in 1978. Gained wide experience locally, (i.a. at [[Space Theatre|The Space]]).
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• Ian Steadman
  ...n 1969 enrolled at [[Natal University]], Durban. He graduated in 1972 with a BA Degree in History and Drama and in 1972 he completed an honours degree i ...tersrand]]'s [[School of Dramatic Art]] ([[SODA]]). In 1985 he completed a a PhD thesis called ''Drama and Social Consciousness: Themes in Black Theatre
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• Robin Malan
  ...aking degrees in Arts and Education at UCT, he trained in the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|Speech and Drama Department]]. ...nt]] in the 1970's and tutored in the English Department at the University of Cape Town.
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• Soweto Theatre
  ...' can have two meanings, referring either to theatre as an activity and to a theatricval venue. Both are discussed below. Used as a general or generic term, this may refer to all the various theatrical activ
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• Lynsey Shmukler
  She graduated fron Wits in 1987 with a BA Dramatic Art. ...erous stage and television shows. Since graduating her career has followed a varied path ranging from film, television commercials, to dance, cabaret an
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• Fred Engelen
  ...involved with the municipal theatre in Antwerp, and in 1955 was in charge of the studio for young actors at the Royal Flemish Theatre in Antwerp. ==Work in Belgium==
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• Muff Andersson
  During the struggle years, she became a Major in [[Umkhonto weSizwe]], working in Procurement and later communicati ...ty of the Witwatersrand, 2002) and a PhD in African Literature (University of the Witwatersrand (2005).
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• Sarah Roberts
  ...Wales, and an MA in English and Modern English Theatre from the University of Wales. ...abroad. She is a member of staff at the School of Dramatic Art, University of the Witwatersrand.
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• Kita Redelinghuys
  ...tor. Publications in this regard include ''Vyf Luister Na Mamma Stories'', a book by Jean Sutcliffe, ...and Raymonde Lombardin in Paris and the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art in London. They returned to South Africa in 1957, where she began her caree
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• Transformation
  ...mation scenes]] have been a fundamental part of theatre for as long as the art form has existed. Indeed basic [[storytelling]] often involves multiple cha ...ck change of costume and character by the performers in the piece. The use of transformation is also often found in farces and comedies, as well as one-p
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• Bianca Amato
  ...d actress/designer [[Hildur Amato]]. She studied drama at the [[University of Cape Town]], graduating with Distinction in 1994. She worked extensively in ...ooks (To date she has narrated upwards of 30 novels.) Bianca also works as a private acting coach.
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• Yaël Farber
  ...nt|University of Witwatersrand]], obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Art (Honours). ...ector in South Africa till 1998, then left the country when she was 30, to work and study abroad. Over the years she has thus attended several internationa
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• Marda Vanne
  ...ded the "cockney housewife" in ''[[If]]'' (Dunsany), and roles in a number of plays by Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham (e.g ''[[For Services Rendered]]''), In London she formed a professional and personal partnership with actress [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies
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• Kurt Baum
  [[Kurt Baum]] (b. Breslau, Germany, 18/12/1901 - d. Pretoria, 21/02/1964) was a stage actor, theatrical producer and documentary filmmaker. ...s Sowden]] entitled ''[[The Man in Checks]]'' and staged Shakespeare’s ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]'', which was later presented at the [[Empire Ex
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• Theatremaking
  ...d to "play" as a childhood activity and more particularly to various forms of sport[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmaker] (especially in the form "pla ...''" as an approximate equivalent of [[playwright]] and/or [[director]], or a '''[[theatremaker]]'''.''
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• Richard Cook
  He studied Art at the University of Cape Town. ...ume designer [[Christa Scholtz]]. After his move to Canada he continued to work in Theatre, but turned his focus to Film & TV as the industry grew in Vanco
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• Claire French
  [[Claire French]] is a performance maker and researcher, specialising in multilingual, applied and ...n and a PhD in Theatre Studies , University of Warwick from the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies and the Centre for Applied Linguistics.
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• Intercultural Theatre
  ...lop a common civic culture based on the values of freedom and liberty, and of human rights, as derived from the Western civilization, while encouraging i ...same idea, but as applied to the arts, i.e. works of art produced in such a way as to involve and represent multiple cultural traditions in an integrat
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• Jo Gevers
  [[Jo Gevers]] (1930-2016) was an actor, director, and lecturer of drama. ...n Bree, Belgium, on 13 February in 1930 (though some sources have his date of birth as 1932).
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• Matthew Roberts
  ...odes University Drama Department]] production of ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'', directed by [[David Alcock]] and [[Gary Gordon]] for Graduation ...stival. Film work includes Matthew in [[Regardt van den Bergh's production of ''[[Matthew's Gospel]]''. He has also appeared in several television and ra
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• Malika Ndlovu
  ...Durban, she later settled in Cape Town, where she became a founder-member of Cape Town-based women writers' collective [[WEAVE]] and later joined [[The ...ained a National Diploma in Performing Arts ([[Natal Technikon, Department of Drama]], 1993), completed Michael Kaiser's Arts Administration Course - USI
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• Peter Hayes
  ...a BA, majoring in Drama and Cultural History of Western Europe, UCT, 1986; a BA Honours, Theatre Directing, UCT, 1990. For a while he also ran his own Cape Town restaurant, ''Gorgeous'', where he was
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• Tiridate, ou Comédie et Tragédie
  ''[[Tiridate, ou Comédie et Tragédie]]'' is a French "comédie-[[vaudeville]]" in one act by Narcisse Fournier (1803-1880 ...Louise, the bailiff of the province and his son. Set in Paris in the time of Louis XV.
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• Neo Muyanga
  ...and performs music for plays, and composes chorus songs and has a variety of works for chamber and large ensembles. ...the acoustic pop duo, ''BLK Sonshine'' with Masauko Chipembere, garnering a following throughout Southern Africa and Internationally.
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• Hennie Aucamp
  ...iki/Hennie_Aucamp] was an academic and prolific and highly regarded writer of [[Afrikaans]] short stories, poetry, cabarets, plays, sketches, lyrics. ...951. He began writing stories when nine years old, publishing in a variety of journals for the youth, and his first in an adult journal (''[[Die Huisgeno
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• Yvette Hardie
  [[Yvette Hardie]] (1969-) is a theatre advocate, producer, director, educator, writer and actor. ...(Drama) in Voice and Speech at the Technikon Pretoria (2000). Next she did a Professional Teaching Certificate at the Lessac Training and Research Insti
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• J. Langley Levy
  ...ll recruited him to become the editor of The Sunday Times in Johannesburg, a post in which he remained until his retirement in 1942. ...herub, a nom de plume he had used before in England. In every way, he was a major figure on the city’s cultural scene. Langley Levy Street in Montgo
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• Council for Culture, Sport and Recreation
  ==Council for Culture, Sport and Recreation, Department of Education and Culture == ...February 1968 and advised the Minister, and later the Executive Management of the Coloured Representative Council (??**), on such matters.
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• Adam Haupt
  ...warded a Mandela Mellon Fellowship to work at the W.E.B. du Bois Institute of African and African American Research at Harvard University. ...ssor and Director of the Centre for Film & Media Studies at the University of Cape Town.
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• Dakawa Arts and Crafts Community Centre
  Dakawa Arts and Craft Community Centre was once a flourishing project. Formed by the African National Congress ([[ANC]]) and The centre started as an ANC textile printing workshop in Tanzania at a place called Dakawa in 1986.
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• Port Elizabeth City Hall
  ...re designed by F Pickford Marriott and made by him and the students of the Art School. ...h City Hall: [[Taubie Kushlick]] presented Edward Albee’s ''[[Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf]]'' starring American actors Jerome Kilty, Cavada Humphrey, a
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• Krishna Shah
  ...India, Shah graduated from the Indian Academy of Dramatic Art and became a leading actor on the professional stage. ...it Ray of Calcutta for his films, and the young director, [[Krishna Shah]] of Bombay, for his stage plays."
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• Percival Rubens
  ...ival Rubens (b. Krugersdorp, 29/12/1928 – d. Johannesburg, 13/06/2009) was a film director and scriptwriter. ...television movies. He frequently wrote or contributed to the screenplays of the films he directed. He married Gisela Rothe in 1968.
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• Jean Plaat-Stultjes
  [[Jean Plaat-Stultjes]] (1898-1934) was a painter, actor, theatre company manager and set designer and builder. (Als ...ica) on the 10th of October 1898, the son of Gerard Stultjes, an agent for a [[Dutch]] insurance company. ( [[Ludwig Binge]] wrongly states that he was
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• Ruphin Coudyzer
  [[Ruphin Coudyzer]] (1948-) is a photographer and musician. ...to university to study classical philology for one year, then switched to a two year Commercial and Secretarial Degree.
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• Irene Stephanou
  ...ol of Dramatic Art, [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and graduated with a BA (Dramatic Arts) Honours in 1983. All her new work has been staged at the [[Market Theatre]]. They include ''[[Is Every Sperm
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• Pieter Geldenhuys
  ...th [[Dulcie Howes]] and do a licenciate with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. ...ubsequently worked for [[NTO]] and [[Wena Naudé]]'s company, and was for a considerable period under contract to [[CAPAB]], acting in both English an
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• Salomé Dans!
  ...ion or adaptation of his work, the play text won the [[Afrikaans]] section of the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]]'s Diamond Jubil ...Department of the University of Cape Town to be carried onto the stage on a tray. The author attended this first production.
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• Institute for Languages, Literature and Arts
  ...one of the original institutes of the [[Human Sciences Research Council]], a autonimous institution founded by the South African government in 1969 to u ...to have an institute founded to collect material on the languages and arts of South Africa and to undertake research in these fields.
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• Artslink.co.za
  ...spapers, magazines, radio and television and to an ever-expanding database of subscribers nationwide, forwarded to Google News and other internet sites a ...ional arts festivals and events. Although this built up a substantial body of information it was impossible to maintain without funding which could not b
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• Jason Potgieter
  ...psychology and at the same time pursuing acting, and hopefully at the end of it all, combine them. ...leukaemia when he was in grade 9 and was confined to an isolation ward for a long period.
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• Community Theatre
  = Community Theatre as a generic term and concept = ...eur and commercial theatre. The emphasis is often on devised or improvised work, deriving from, based on and addressing the problems, needs and issues that
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• L'intruse
  ''[[L'intruse]]'' (1890), ("The Intruder") is a one-act play by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949). ...s part of a benefit for Paul Gauguin and Paul Verlaine. First published in a Belgian periodical in 1890 and then with ''[[Les Aveugles]]'' in the collec
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• Janni Younge
  She was the Head of [[Unima]] ([[the International Company for Puppetry]]) in South Africa till ...l and visual performance works, with an emphasis on puppetry arts. Janni’s work has been performed widely internationally in North and South America, Afric
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• The Seven Deadly Sins
  ...of Christianity, often used as '''title''' and/or '''theme''' in works of art, including drama, film, media and performance. ''Not to be confused with the Catholic doctrine of "'''Mortal Sin'''"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin]''
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• Hermien Dommisse
  [[Hermien Dommisse]] (1915-2010) was a stage, radio, screen and television actress, director, academic author, and ...d matriculated from Pretoria Girls High School. At school she was not only a good hockey player and horsewoman, but was already deeply interested in the
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• Zane Meas
  ...o matriculated. 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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• Estelle van der Merwe
  ...ivelihood and she participated in many exhibitions and completed a number of commissions over the years. ...mainly for charity) in a studio with a puppet stage which she fitted up in a room in her home in Parys. In later years, as they became famous, she trave
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• Ken Gampu
  He took up a bursary from the Women's Art Club to study acting at [[Dorkay House]]. ...t South Africa to work for Paramount and 20th Century Fox in Hollywood for a few years. Returned in the 1970s to continue his local career, but still wo
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• Trek
  ...tish colonial rule in the Cape Colony, to seek new homes in the hinterland of Southern Africa. (See the entry on '''[[The Great Trek]]''') ...was edited by [[Jacques Malan]] and in 1947 the journal merged with ''[[S.A. Opinion]]'' (also known as ''[[South African Opinion]]''), hoping to combi
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• Cairns James
  ...s]] (1866-1946)[http://www.manfamily.org/about/other-families/5280-2/] was a singer, actor, manager, composer and elocution teacher. ...at various London theatres between 1891 and 1902. He also undertook tours of South Africa and North America.
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• Thijs Nel
  Born in Ellisras, in the district of the Waterberg, and matriculated at the Hoër Landbouskool Merensky, an agr ...stayed for a year, before completing a BA in Fine Arts at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]].
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• The Space
  ...ape Town theatre scene, including students and staff from the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch. ...eatre]] occupied two buildings during its existence, within which a number of sub-venues were created.
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• Thembinkosi Philemon Wakashe
  ...e and Heritage White Paper which was the framework for the democratisation of the arts sector. ...hat saw him champion policy development, strategic planning, and oversight of statutory bodies. It was during his tenure as Deputy Director-General in 20
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• D.C. Boonzaier
  [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1865-1950) was a highly regarded South African political cartoonist, [[amateur]] theatre pra ...f the South African newspaper, ''[[South Africa News]]''. At the inception of the [[Afrikaans]] newspaper, ''[[Die Burger]]'', in 1915 he became its cart
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• Janet Suzman
  ...niversity of the Witwatersrand]] and at London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art in England. ...es'', becoming a highly regarded member of the ensemble. Her vast canon of work over the years has been lauded in London and internationally.
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• Michael Atkinson
  ...Actor and director. Perhaps the most respected and versatile English actor of his generation in the country. ...He attended the full-time acting course at the ''Royal Academy of Dramatic Art'' ([[RADA]]) from 1944 to 1946.
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• The Firebird
  ...burning bird from a faraway land which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebird_(Slavic_folklore ...number of fairy tales, folk tales, literary, theatrical and other works of art over the ages.
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• Adam Small
  ...e canon of [[Afrikaans]] literature and theatre in the pivotal early years of the [[cultural struggle]]. ...his father was a teacher in a one-man school for farm workers. At the end of 1944 they moved to Retreat, where he was introduced to the [[Cape Flats]] v
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• Ian Strauss
  ...]'' ([[David Millin]]/1962). During this time he also played (uncredited) a fictional role in the documentary ''[[The Captive River]]'' ([[J. Blake Dal ...Softly'', ''Adam Adament Lives!'' and ''Vendetta''. He also had a role as a German pilot in John Guillermin’s feature film ''The Blue Max'' (1966) an
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• James Welch
  [[James Welch]] (1865–1917) was a British comedian. ...eet]]'' (Parker) in 1898 and "Dr. William Dawson" in the London production of Arthur Conan Doyle's play ''[[Halves]]'' un 1899.
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• Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance
  ...and performance researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of drama, theatre and performance in South Africa. ...and make it available as a general reference work and resource for the use of researchers, students, artists, journalist and all other interested parties
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• Vishnyovyi sad
  ...ssian: ''[[Вишнёвый сад]]''; English: '''''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''''') is a play by [[Anton Chekhov]] (1860–1904)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_ ...nd with the rather ambiguous statement and the inherent dual nature of the work.
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• Afrika Cultural Centre
  ...ducational and vocational programmes for the encouragement and advancement of community development. ...to find a fixed setting to develop a full spectrum of facilities grew out of this situation .
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• Cape Performing Arts Board
  ...Afrikaans]]: '''[[Kaaplandse Raad vir die Uitvoerende Kunste]]''') was one of the four state-funded performing arts councils instituted in 1963 to replac ...ubsidies to fund various art forms as well as the operational requirements of the theatre facilities. Staff could be taken into permanent employment.
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• Fatima Dike
  ...er brother-in-law. Her friend [[Sue Clark]] introduced her to poetry as an art form and she began writing. ...[[Rob Amato]] she ventured into playwriting and produced ''[[The Sacrifice of Kreli]]'' and was made resident playwright at the [[Space Theatre|Space]].
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• Pamela Gien
  ...Mime and Movement in Paris in 1979, before returning to becoming a member of the [[PACT]] company. ...h of an Author]]'', ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'', ''[[Piano]]'', ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' and many other productions.
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• Len Grossett
  ...''' (b. Devonport, Plymouth, 01/06/1906 – d. Johannesburg, 03/05/1977) was a set designer. ...e and the couple’s son, [[Peter Grossett]], became a noted film editor and a producer/director for television.
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• The Field of the Cloth of Gold
  ...also the title used for various performances based on the event, including a play by Shafto Scott. ...f gold, an expensive fabric woven with silk and gold thread, that the site of the meeting was named after it.
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• Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
  ...Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("[[South African Academy for Science and Art]]") . ...e Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("South African Academy for Science and Art").
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• DALRO
  ...a commercial enterprise in 199*, In 200* they started posting a catalogue of plays on their website. ...ous newspapers in the region. The presentation of the awards take place at a midday luncheon. The first cermenony was held in November 1972. *** Among t
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• ESAT I Bibliography S
  ...can share the work they've done in the past and present. This came out of a reaction from seeing theatre images with no credits and production informat ...ipants post SA Theatre photos, and links to videos etc. with date and name of the production, and photo credit, wherever possible.
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• Jay Pather
  He was a Fulbright scholar at New York University with a MA in theatre and dance. ...Cape Town from 1991-1993in 1986, then and in 1996 became artistic director of KwaZulu Natal based [[Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre]] [https://en.wikipedia.or
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• ESAT I Bibliography A
  =The list: Internet Sources on Theatre, Film, Media and Performance: '''A'''= For more on the project, see Richard Price. 2020. ''The Story of Academia.edu.'' on the [[Academia.edu]] website [https://www.academia.edu/4
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• Christine
  ...y controversial play about an [[Afrikaner]] artist haunted by his betrayal of his Jewish lover to the Nazi's while living in Germany. The published play ...ty as chairman of the [[CAPAB]] Board) at the last minute, and shelved for a later possible workshop production, which never happened. It was eventually
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• Albert Lawrence
  ...]], but a projected part in ''[[Turn to the Right]]'' fell through because of his film commitments. He and [[Ray Brown]] arrived back in the United Stat ...ve acted in ''The Miracle Man'', ''The Spendthrift'', ''Seven Days'' and ''A Gentleman from Mississippi'' at their theatre in Des Moines. At some stage
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• La Famille Benoîton
  ''[[La Famille Benoîton]]'' is a comedy in five acts by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.or A play about female frivolity and the disdain aristocrats have for self-made
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• Elize Cawood
  ...school at the Hoërskool Sentraal and studied BA Drama at the [[University of the Orange Free State]]. Her brother is film and TV director [[Bromley Cawo She was married to actor [[Wilson Dunster]] in 1982 and is the mother of Luke Dunster and actress [[Jenna Dunster]].
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• Town Hall
  ...frikaans]]) commonly refer to the municipal offices and the public hall in a town or city. For more information on '''specific''' halls, see under the names of specific towns or cities - e.g. [[Johannesburg City Hall]] or [[Benoni Town
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• Albert Maritz
  [[Albert Maritz]] (1960-) is a stage, film, radio and television actor, television presenter, director and ...from [[UNISA]] (1995). He became a teacher, then an actor, a director and a producer.
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• Soyikwa Players
  [[Soyikwa Players]] is a progressive theatre company founded and run by [[Matsemela Manaka]] (1955-1 ...t that what is variouly referred to as the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Art]] or the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Theatre]]).
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• Greg Homann
  ...nction) in Text and Performance Studies from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and King’s College London. ...e and playwriting. he left in January 2015. On behalf of the [[Wits School of Arts]] Homann continued to manage the Tisch (New York University) Study Abr
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• Gcina Mhlophe
  [[Gcina Mhlophe]] (1958-) is a South African actress, writer, educationist and charismatic storyteller. ...h she received an [[Obie Award]]). At one time she was a Resident Director of the [[Market Theatre]].
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• Ici on Parle Français
  Published as Issue 297 of French's minor drama, by Samuel French ...Parle Français, or The Major's Mistake]]''''' in the new 1889 publication of the text by H. Roorbach, New York.
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• Gert van den Bergh
  ...n den Bergh''' (b. Krugersdorp, 16/10/1920 – d. Cape Town, 16/02/1968) was a stage, film and radio actor. ...hereafter he acted with the [[Pierre De Wet Toneelgeselskap]], followed by work for the [[National Theatre Organisation]].
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• Marjorie Gilbey
  ...April, 1913. Both were staged at the Fortune Theatre. This was followed by a season at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead. ...a studio in Cape Town, with her sister, Pamela Gilbey, who had trained as a dancer at the Noreen Bush School in London.
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• Klein Libertas-teater
  ...well known De Kelder Restaurant opened at Vredelust.) In 1967, on the sale of the Vredelust farm, the club moved to the old stables on the Bergzicht gro ...well known De Kelder Restaurant opened at Vredelust.) In 1967, on the sale of the Vredelust farm, the club moved to the old stables on the Bergzicht gro
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• F.C.L. Bosman
  [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1898-1981) was a prolific academic, theatre historian and cultural leader. ...e the secretary to the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]], a position he held till 1958.
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• Ossip Runitch
  [[Ossip Runitch]] (1889-1947) was a Russian-Jewish theatre actor, producer and stage director. Thanks to his star roles in Russian films of the 1910s, he was, at the time, the best-known Jewish actor in Russia.
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• ESAT I Bibliography C
  A Facebook website on arts and performance events world-wide. Founded by Patrick Crowley (a web designer and developer, and aspiring film maker) and
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• Gina Shmukler
  Studied for B.A. Honours in Dramatic Art, [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. Did other voice, theatre and music courses overseas. As a child actress she performed in ''[[Annie]]'' (as “Molly” for [[Brickhil
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• ESAT Bibliography Y
  Click on the appropriate letter of the alphabet below to find the relevant list. [[ESAT Bibliography A|A]] [[ESAT Bibliography B|B]] [[ESAT Bibliography C|C]] [[ESAT Bibliography D
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• Theatre
  ...age|British spelling]]. (See "Language and Style" under ''Basic Principles of Editing and Using ESAT''[http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Basic_principles_i ...g for viewing dramatic spectacles, playhouse.. , 3: Dramatic literature or art”).
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• Indian theatre
  ...ndians possess a long tradition of oral education based upon the retelling of extracts from the great Hindu epics , the Ramayana and the Mahabarata. ...ions it has made a unique contribution to the changing cultural experience of South Africa.
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• Ludwig Binge
  ...eau in Pretoria, while studying German Classical Drama at the [[University of Pretoria]]. ...was elected to the "Wetgewende Vergadering" (parliament) as representative of Keetmanshoop.
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• Samuel Ravengai
  [[Samuel Ravengai]] (1970–) is a performer trainer, director, theatre maker and academic. ...re Society. He distinguished himself as "Macbeth" in the school production of William Shakespeare's play in 1988.
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• South African Theatre/Plays
  ...ding the title of the work.''' There you then click on the relevant letter of the alphabet to go to the specific entry. (For more information, see '''''N (Significant South African productions of foreign plays, in the original and in translation)
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• Dalle Case Company
  The [[Dalle Case Company]] was one of the names given to a short-lived professional French theatre company very active in Cape Town in ...also mention of "die kleine [[Hamoy]]" ("the tiny Hamoy"), most probably a circus performer.
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• Dawn Lindberg
  [[Dawn Lindberg]] (1945-2020) was a singer, actress, director and theatre entrepreneur. ...olar in Detroit, USA (1963-4), then obtained a BA (Fine Arts) [[University of the Witwatersrand]]; Diploma Etching (Urbino, Italy), Stage Design (Salzbur
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• Ron Smerczak
  '''Ron Smerczak''' (1949-) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Smerczak] is a British-born South African stage, film and television actor. ...so entered the world of horror movies. Playing a small part in ''The House of Whipcord'', now on video circuit in SA.
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• The Outsider
  '''''The Outsider'' can refer to three theatrical works, two of which have been produced in South Africa:''' ...lays and said to have been first performed in London in 1908. No record of a South African performance.
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• The Miseries of Human Life
  ...a famous book of satirical dialogues written by James Beresford (1806) and a farce performed (and possibly written/translated) by the actor/manager Benj The book appears to have been the inspiration for both a French play and the English play.
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• Raka
  ...and has been reprinted more than 40 times since. Critically considered one of the major literary works in [[Afrikaans]]. Translated into English by [[Antony Dawes]] (1968), into German by [[W.A. Kellner]] (1970), into Kwanyama by [[Paavo Hasheela]] (1982), the radio ve
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• Pantomime
  ...icular kind of theatrical presentation, and sometimes to a particular form of performance (e.g. [[mime]]). The term has a range of meanings, including:
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• Deon Opperman
  [[Deon Opperman]] (1962-) is a prolific and influential playwright, director, actor and entrepreneur. ...or of Arts degree, majoring in Speech and Drama (Acting) and English, with a second in [[Afrikaans-Nederlands]]
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• Leontine Sagan
  [[Leontine Sagan]] (1889-1974) was an actress and director of theatre and film. ...ht and Shadows''), edited by [[Loren Kruger]], was published by University of the Witwatersrand Press in 1996.
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• ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az
  Click on the appropriate letters of the alphabet in the sub-list below. [[ESAT Bibliography A-Al|A-Al]] [[ESAT Bibliography Am-Ap|Am-Ap]] [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Ar-Az]]
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• Marlene Zwiegers
  ...rience to look at the potential of structured drama interventions in cases of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). ...1990). While in Bloemfontein she wrote for the [[Volksblad]] newspaper on a freelance basis (1987 to 1993) and founded and ran the [[Kimberley Drama Ac
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• Will Jamieson
  ...y High School and went on to train in theatre at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, having been awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship for the mo ...red as a professional and associated with many of the famous professionals of the day.
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• ESAT Bibliography Ra-Res
  Click on the appropriate letters of the alphabet in the sub-list below. [[ESAT Bibliography A|A]] [[ESAT Bibliography B|B]] [[ESAT Bibliography C|C]] [[ESAT Bibliography D
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• Paul Slabolepszy
  ...migrated to South Africa when Paul was aged 3. He then grew up in a number of small towns around South Africa, including Modderfontein, Witbank and Musin ...versity productions included ''[[Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' and ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]''.
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• ESAT Bibliography Wam-Wel
  Click on the appropriate letters of the alphabet in the sub-list below. [[ESAT Bibliography A|A]] [[ESAT Bibliography B|B]] [[ESAT Bibliography C|C]] [[ESAT Bibliography D
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• The Fugard
  [[The Fugard]] (2010-2021) was a theatre venue in Cape Town named in honour of South African playwright [[Athol Fugard]] ...[[District Six]] seamstresses and tailors. This is owned by and forms part of the [[District Six Museum]]'s Homecoming Centre and it has incorporated the
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• Naomi Rutherford
  ...rktown, Johannesburg. In fact, one of them was [[Adele Fillis]], a member of the circus family who would go on to act in four silent movies. ...k In]]'', produced by [[George R. Montford]], whom she married in February of the following year.
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• Reza de Wet
  '''Reza de Wet''' (1952-2012) was a South African actress, director, playwright, novelist and drama lecturer. ...Wet and Elizabeth Mary De Wet (née Marais). In Senekal she apparently had a private tutor, but when her father was transferred to Bloemfontein, she att
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• Mavis Taylor
  She was born on 7 October 1924 and died on 4 November 1997 at the age of 73. ...l]] where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and Psychology and a Teaching Diploma. She studied and worked in theatre in England, where she o
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• Black Tie Ensemble
  ...y opera, and to create work in order to generate income for the singers on a continuous basis. ...athan Boinamo]], [[Agos Mohagi]] and [[Kaiser Nkosi]], who had already had a background in music and some voice training from tertiary institutions, als
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• Charles Etienne Boniface
  ...promotion for himself and his works. These include: [[Mr C.B.]], [[Vyfstar of Wraak]], [[Affront]] and (possibly) [[Clavigo]]. ..., Italian, Portuguese, Latin, Greek, had written short dramas in the style of Molière, played the guitar and had learned to dance" (Wikipedia, the free
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• Jana Cilliers
  [[Jana Cilliers]] (1950-) is a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]]-English) actress. Born Johanna Wilhelmina Cilliers, the daughter of renowned artist Betty-Cilliers Barnard (1914-2010)[https://en.wikipedia.org
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• Windybrow Theatre Complex
  ...me in England had that name. When Reunert left the country at the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War, boarders occupied the mansion. Later student nurses mov ...upied for several years and the government intervened to declare the house a cultural institution.
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• Classical Theatre
  ...e ''[[Paradox]]'' by [[Chris Vorster]], an immensely popular disco-version of The Frogs and ** by William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company.
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• P.G. du Plessis
  [[P.G. du Plessis]] (1934-2017) was a multi-talented academic, author and journalist. ...rwyskollege), BA Honneurs - 1960- (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand) and a Phd -1966 - (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand)
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• First Millenium AD
  Return To [[ESAT Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]] ...tian religion in its many forms. Caligula and Nero rule Rome. Destruction of Jerusalem. Buddhism migrates from India to China. The Roman Empire extends
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• Norman H. Lee
  ...South Norwood, Croydon 10/10/1889 – St. Kilda, Melbourne, 23/07/1962) was a stage and screen actor, playwright, cartoonist and producer. ...essions he would follow. At 17 he became an apprentice scenery painter at a music hall in Brighton and is also said to have drawn for the Harmsworth co
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• Norman Lee
  ...South Norwood, Croydon **/**/1889 – St. Kilda, Melbourne, 23/07/1962) was a stage and screen actor, playwright, cartoonist and producer. ...essions he would follow. At 17 he became an apprentice scenery painter at a music hall in Brighton and is also said to have drawn for the Harmsworth co
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• Standard Bank Ovation Awards
  ...nel members see shows on the Fringe and meet daily to discuss the awarding of winners. ...o identify quality work on the Fringe Festival Programme. They also act as a bridge between the Fringe and the Main programme, with all winning producti
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• Community Arts Project
  ...ngu, Lindy Wilson and Gavin Younge as trustees, and a committee comprised of workshop heads. ...o dramatic productions a year, documentation of the project and management of the building.
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• Athol Fugard
  ...ting in English in the 1980s, and was voted one of the top 100 playwrights of the 20th century. ...s of apartheid to the years following the liberation and inspired a number of other writers, directors and performers.
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• Diepe Grond
  ...of the saying "Still waters run deep" and, in a subversive spin on a set of popular [[Afrikaans]] stories by Alba Bouwer (1920-2010)[https://www.litnet ...orality and the dark forces that would underpin Apartheid. The play caused a sensation when it was first performed at the [[ATKV Kampustoneel]].
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• Theatre, Media and Performance Criticism and Research in South Africa
  '''This entry consists of two main sections, two providing general overviews of the South African context: ...to Theatre, Media and Performance Criticism in South Africa''' (including a '''link''' to an ''[[Index to South African Theatre and Media Critics, Comm
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• Faust
  ...wledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for a large number of literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works. '''(For more on versions of the Faust legend, see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust)'''
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• African Consolidated Theatres
  ...as a national theatre and film organization active in the country for much of the 20th century. ...izing it nationwide. They pooled their resources to gradually gain control of theatres and cinema halls across the country and set about bringing out dra
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• William Shakespeare
  ...kespeare's private life survive, there is much uncertainty about the truth of this version, and Shakespearean authorship question[https://en.wikipedia.or ...of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, two epitaphs on a man named John Combe, one epitaph on Elias James, and several other poems.
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• Theatre and performance research in South Africa
  ...ical Commentary in South Africa’. In: ''Critical Stages'' 2(1) March 2010. A shorter article, utilising this material, was published in ''Theatre Resear ...ost-Apartheid South Africa and the surrounding regions.) The same is true of the term “'''research'''”.
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• Robert Macaire
  ...storical character as well as the title (or part of the title) of a number of plays, films and books based on the tale. ...indler, who appears in a number of French plays, films, and other works of art.
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• South African Theatre/Overview
  ='''An Introductory Overview of South African Theatre and Performance'''= ...abwe, Swaziland and Mozambique to the north. Encompassing the tiny Kingdom of Lesotho, the country is 1,2 million square kilometres in size and spans the
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• The Seagull
  ''[[The Seagull]]'', (Russian: ''[[Чайка]]'', ''[[Chayka]]'') is a play by [[Anton Chekhov]] (1860-1904)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_C ...rt Theatre a while later. Today it is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays.
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• Johannesburg Civic Theatre
  ...[[Civic Theatre|civic theatre]], or city theatre, in the country, one of a number built in the 1960s and 1970s. ...nnesburg Civic Theatre]]. It was built by and belonged to the Municipality of Johannesburg.
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• ESAT Bibliography Bot-Bre
  Click on the appropriate letters of the alphabet in the sub-list below. [[ESAT Bibliography A|A]] [[ESAT Bibliography B|B]] [[ESAT Bibliography C|C]] [[ESAT Bibliography D
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• National Theatre Organisation
  The [[National Theatre Organisation]] (1947-1961), was a bilingual, state supported theatre organisation. ''Not to be confused with the [[National Theatre Organisation of Zimbabwe]], or the [[Nasionale Toneel Organisasie]] founded in 2019).''
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• Criticism in South Africa
  '''This entry consists of three main sections:''' 1: ''[[Criticism in South Africa]]'' (An introductory overview of [[performing arts criticism]], largely focused on three subsections - on Th
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• Wilma Stockenström
  ...ström]] (1933-) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Stockenstr%C3%B6m] is a South African actress, poet, novelist, translator and playwright. ...there in 1949 and then went to [[Stellenbosch University]], where obtained a BA (Drama) in 1952, having studied speech, oratory and stagecraft with lect
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• State Theatre
  ...lifford Geertz[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Geertz] (1980) terms a "Theatre State"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_state]'' ...ments of that country, state and/or nation. Most nations tend to have such a theatre or theatre organization.
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• Amateur Theatre in South Africa
  ...ent book on amateur theatre in South Africa. For a more complete account of that particular period see: [[P.J. du Toit]] (1988). For some other aspects ...As an adjective it can refer to a person or activity done without the aim of financial gain (amateur painter, amateur sport, amateur theatre, etc)
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• Market Theatre
  ...al "National Theatre" because of its pivotal role in the cultural politics of the Struggle years (1976-1994). The [[Market Theatre]] is administered by t ...ally closed after 60 years of trade and had been relocated to another part of the city.
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• Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal
  The [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]] is one of the four State funded regional Arts Councils (PACs) that replaced the [[Nat ...ic and opera) for the then province of Transvaal (which included the areas of what are now known as Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Northern Province). It wa
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• Globe Theatre
  ...June 1889 in 47/49 Fox Street, Johannesburg. This theatre was destroyed in a fire on 7 September 1889 after three seasons. '''BURNING OF THE GLOBE THEATRE,'''
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• Nineteenth Century
  Return To [[ESAT Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]] ...GAZETTE AND KAAPSCHE STADS COURANT AND “THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ARTS AND SCIENCES”.
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• Twentieth Century
  Return To [[ESAT Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre and Performance]] ''Victor Emmanuel becomes king of Italy. Plank’s quantum theory. Labour party founded in Britain. Boxer Reb
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