Temple Hauptfleisch
Temple Hauptfleisch
POBox 6054
Uniedal
7612
Tel (w) : 808-3216 Fax: 808-3086
Website: www.sun.ac.za/drama
Playwright and author of academic books
Director of the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies and Director of the H.B Thom Theatre,
Stellenbosch University
Temple Hauptfleisch was born on 27 June 1945 in Bloemfontein.
Matriculated: Grey College, Bloemfontein
Studied: 1966 - BA, UOFS
1967 - University Education Diploma, UOFS
1968 - BA Hons, UOFS
1972 - MA Unisa
1978 - D.Litt. et Phil. UnisaProfessional Record:
1968 - 71: Teacher, Grey College, Bloemfontein
1972 - 87: Researcher, Human Sciences Research Council
1988 - 1995 Senior lecturer, Drama Dept,Stellenbosch University
1995 -96 Associate professor, Dept Drama and founder/director: Centre for
Theatre and Performance Studies
1996 – 2005 Professor, chairperson, Drama Dept. and Director of H.B. Thom Theatre
2006- Director of the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies
Editor and Publisher of: South African Theatre Journal:
P.O. Box 6054 UNIEDAL 7612 South Africa Temple is married to Karina and has a daughter and a son. |  |
Awards:American Field Service Scholarship for a year in Oregon, USA, 1963-64
Best Senior Latin Student, University of the OFS, 1966
DALRO Award, Best one-act play in 1971 Playwriting Competition
Vita National Award for Theatre Research, 1989
Rector's Award for Outstanding Research, Stellenbosch University, 2000Hobbies: Painting/drawing
Reading
Travel
Cooking
Photography
Favourite books:
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Damsel in distress - P.G. Wodehouse
Walden - H.D. Thoreau
Favourite quote: "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or
three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count
half-a-dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail." (Henry David Thoreau,
Walden.)
Publications:Author of more than 40 academic and other articles, 8 books, 12 plays, 11
contained in play collections also edited by the author.
Academic writing:
1978-83: Language Loyalty in South Africa (Vol's 1-4), Human Sciences Research
Council
1984: South African Theatre: Four plays and Introduction, With Ian Steadman,
HAUM Educational
1985: The Breytie Book: Essays on South African Theatre, The Limelight Press
1985: Athol Fugard - A Source Guide. With A.Cornellissen and C. Van Greunen. Ad
Donker
1997. Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror.
1997, J.L. van Schaik
Creative writing: 1974. Wie is Leopold? One act play. DALRO.
1978-83: Language Loyalty in South Africa (Vol's 1-4), Human Sciences Research Council
1980. Die Kleiner Kosmos. A collection of one-act plays edited with P.P.
Breytenbach. Academica
1981. Homunculus. A book of poetry, with graphics by Ronnie Watt. Limited
edition by authors.
1983. Voetlig 1 A collection of one-act plays, edited with P.J. du Toit. De
Jager Haum
1983. Voetlig 2 A collection of one-act plays, edited with P.J. du Toit. De
Jager Haum
1984: South African Theatre: Four plays and Introduction, With Ian Steadman, HAUM Educational
1985: The Breytie Book: Essays on South African Theatre, The Limelight Press
1985: Athol Fugard - A Source Guide. With A.Cornellissen and C. Van Greunen. Ad Donker
1985. André - A Play. Human and Rousseau
1985. Die spieël en die weerkaatsing (A collection of one-act plays.)
1985 Academica
1987. Players. A collection of one-act plays, edited with T. Townsend. Academica
1989. Storieboom. A collection of one-act plays, edited with U. Wood. Jutalit
1990. 'n Rooie met ratte, pa. A collection of one-act plays, edited with Ulla
Schüler. Jutalit
1991. Die Magiese Kring. A collection of one-act plays. Jutalit
1997. Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror. 1997, J.L. van Schaik
2007. Festivalising! Theatrical Events, Politics and Culture. With Shulamith Lev-Aladgem, Jacqueline Martin, Willmar Sauter and Henri Schoenmakers. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Text by Temple Hauptfleisch Photos by Rosemarie Breuer
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