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Sylvester Stein

SYLVESTER STEIN  (1920 - )

 Nationality:    South African
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SYLVESTER STEIN was born in South Africa 25 December, 1920. After serving in the navy during the Second World War he worked as a reporter for the Rand Daily Mail, eventually becoming political editor. He took over the editorship of Drum in 1955, spending the following three years there until political conditions forced him and many of his staff to flee South AfricA. He settled in Great Britain in 1957 just before the publication by Fabers of 2nd Class Taxi.

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below is a list of Sylvester Stein's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         This Is Your Captain Speaking         Who Killed Mr Drum?

This Is Your Captain Speaking

Synopsis:
Affable urban terrorism

Notes:
written by Sylvester Stein And Robert Troop

1st Produced:
Pentameters, London    2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
sales@thenononsensepress.com.   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Who Killed Mr Drum?

Who Killed Mr Drum?
a fascinating portrait of 1950's South Africa and the resistance of young black writers to apartheid

Notes:
by Fraser Grace And Sylvester Stein, based on book by Stein

1st Produced:
Riverside, London    2005

Organisations:
Treatment Theatre

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>, 1999   978-1840026108

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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