Amstel Playwright of the Year Award

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The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978, and it recognised those South African playwrights whose work had been submitted for consideration. The prize was awarded to many of South Africa's anti-apartheid playwrights.

The award was discontinued in 1994.

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[edit] Award Winners

[edit] 1978 - John Pank & James Ambrose Brown

Winners

  • John Pank for Windmills of the Mind
  • James Ambrose Brown for Time and the Wood

Special Merit Award

  • Zakes Mda for We Shall Sing for the Fatherland
  • Michael Drin for Inquest on Gordon

[edit] 1979 - Zakes Mda

Winner

Special Merit Award

  • 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

[edit] 1980 - Henry Rootenberg, Pieter Scholtz, Jill Fletcher & Leon Hamman

Winners

  • Henry Rootenberg for I Spy
  • Pieter Scholtz for Mr Big Strikes Again (Children's play)
  • Jill Fletcher for Paddy (Musical work, music by John Aronowitz)
  • Leon Hamman for Matter of Policy (Absurdist Farce)

[edit] 1981 - Paul Slabolepszy

Winner

  • Paul Slabolepszy for Saturday Night at the Palace

Special Merit Award

  • Michael Drin for Chad
  • Willie Esterhuizen for Spaceships and Peanut Butter (Children's Play)

[edit] 1982 - Victor Gordon

Winner

Victor Gordon for The Brothers

Special Merit Award

Roy Nieman for Na Verlange a die Woude van Veleer James Whyle for National Madness

[edit] 1983 - Geraldine Aron

Winner

Geraldine Aron for Brenda

Special Merit Award

Sheugnet Buys for Gutter Flowers Need Love Brendan Butler for Rehearsal in Progress Corlia Fourie for Moeders en Dogters

[edit] 1984 - Michelle Du Toit

Winner

Michelle Du Toit for Ladies/Dames

[edit] 1985 - Nicholas Hayson, Vanessa Cook & Danny Keogh

Winner

Nicholas Hayson, Vanessa Cook and Danny Keogh for The Native Who Caused All the Trouble

[edit] 1986 - Clive Howard Morris

Winner

  • Clive Howard Morris for Maid in South Africa

[edit] 1987 - Norman Coombes

Winner

  • Norman Coombes for A Snake in the Garden

[edit] 1988 - Charles J Fourie

Winner

  • Charles J Fourie for Big Boys

[edit] 1989 - Allan Jermieson

Winner

  • Allan Jermieson for Disputed Barricades

[edit] 1990 - Basil Lawrence

Winner

  • Basil Lawrence for Modern Eating Habits

[edit] 1991 - Ian Fraser

Winner

[edit] 1992 - Charles J Fourie

Winner

  • Charles J Fourie for Vrygrond

[edit] 1993 - Norman Coombes

Winner

  • Norman Coombes for Episodes in Light and Dark

[edit] 1994 - John Tucker

  • John Tucker for Waiting for the Rain

[edit] Source

  • National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa
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