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Anthony Akerman

ANTHONY AKERMAN  (1949 - )

 Nationality:    South African
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Anthony Akerman was born in South Africa on august 12, 1949, lived in Holland as an exile during the apartheid regime and returned to his own country around 1990. Since then several of his plays have been produced there. During his stay in Holland, he worked as a playwright, director and dramaturg or literary manager. On November 11 1983 his play SOMEWHERE ON THE BORDER was first performed by THEKWINI THEaTER at the Theater aan de Haven in The Hague. The text of this play (in English) was published by Thekwini in cooperation with DE POPULIER, a progressive publishing house and performance space in amsterdam. Both organizations are no longer in existence. another play of his, a MaN OUT OF THE COUNTRY, was first performed on November 8 1989 at FRaSCaTI in amsterdam, again directed by the author himself. In this case a playtext was published by Frascati in association with the defunct theatre magazine aLLIGaTOR.His adaptation of Horace McCoy's novel THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? for the RO THEaTER in Rotterdam didn't survive the previewing stage in September 1988. Mr. akerman has worked extensively for South African radio and television. His radio play THE aFRICaNIST concerning Pan African Congress leader Robert Sobukwe was first broadcast by Safm on March 21, 2006

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 Dark Outsider         Man Out Of The Country, A         Old Boys         Somewhere On The Border

Dark Outsider

Synopsis:
about the Durban born poet Roy Campbell

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1st Produced:
Grahamstown Festival in South Africa    1996

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1st Published:
in THREE PLaYS by Anthony aKERMaN (Witwatersrand University Press)   -

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Man Out Of The Country, A

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1st Produced:
Frascati, amsterdam    1989

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playtext was published by Frascati in association with the defunct theatre magazine aLLIGaTOR
in THREE PLaYS by Anthony aKERMaN (Witwatersrand University Press)   -

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Old Boys

Synopsis:
takes a look at the long-term effects of the private school system

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1st Produced:
Durban, South Africa    1997

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in THREE PLaYS by Anthony aKERMaN (Witwatersrand University Press)   -

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Somewhere On The Border

Anthony Akerman
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1st Produced:
Theater aan de Haven in The Hague    1983

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Thekwini Theatre

1st Published:
in " South African Plays" edited by Stephen Gray, Hern, London and Heinemann-Centaur, London, 1993
published by Thekwini in cooperation with DE POPULIER, a progressive publishing house and performance space in amsterdam. Both organizations are no longer in existence   978-1868145607

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