Amstel Playwright of the Year Award explained
The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978. It recognised South African playwrights. The prize was awarded to many of South Africa's anti-apartheid playwrights.
The award was discontinued in 1994.[1]
Award winners
Year | Winner | Special Merit Award |
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1978 | - John Pank for Windmills of the Mind
- James Ambrose Brown for Time and the Wood
| - Zakes Mda for We Shall Sing for the Fatherland
- Michael Drin for Inquest on Gordon
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1979 |
| - Paul Slabolepsky for Renovations
- Esther Flowers for The Libber-Rats
- Henry Rootenberg for Letters from Uncle Barny
- Pieter Scholtz for The Amazing Adventures of Tambootie
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1980 | - Henry Rootenberg for I Spy
- Pieter Scholtz for Mr Big Strikes Again
- Jill Fletcher for Paddy (music by John Aronowitz)
- Leon Hamman for Matter of Policy
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1981 |
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1982 | - Victor Gordon for The Brothers
| - Roy Nieman for Na Verlange a die Woude van Veleer
- James Whyle for National Madness
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1983 | - Geraldine Aron for Brenda
| - Sheugnet Buys for Gutter Flowers Need Love
- Brendan Butler for Rehearsal in Progress
- Corlia Fourie for Moeders en Dogters
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1984 | - Michelle Du Toit for Ladies/Dames
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1985 | - Nicholas Haysom, Vanessa Cook and Danny Keogh
for The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
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1986 | - Clive Howard Morris for Maid in South Africa
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1987 | - Norman Coombes for A Snake in the Garden
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1988 |
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1989 | - Allan Jermieson for Disputed Barricades
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1990 | - Basil Lawrence for Modern Eating Habits
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1991 |
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1992 |
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1993 | - Norman Coombes for Episodes in Light and Dark
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1994 | - John Tucker for Waiting for the Rain
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References
- National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa
Notes and References
- National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa