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Ian Fraser (playwright)

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Mervyn Eric McMurtry, "The playwright-performer as scourge and benefactor: an examination of political satire and lampoon in South African theatre, with particular reference to Pieter-Dirk Uys"], viii, 467p.; 30 cm. – Thesis (PhD), University of Natal, Durban,
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in Grahamstown, South Africa, contains a large collection of Fraser's papers and writings, as part of their collection of South African writers and playwrights.
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In April 2006, Fraser relocated to the United States, where he is now a legal resident. He is writing novels and raising children. The
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Fraser's experiences in the South African Defence Force provided much of the background for his first novel, published by Penguin Books (
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activist, artist, anarchist, and social agitator, now living in the USA. He began as South Africa's first street-level comedian, "
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Born Brent Haupt, Fraser did not finish high school or complete any formal training. After being conscripted in the then
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Grundy, Kenneth W. "The politics of South Africa's National Arts Festival: small engagements in the bigger campaign",
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in South Africa, Africa's largest Arts Festival. His works repeatedly won the coveted "Pick of the Fringe" award.
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and their TV 2 channel. One of his popular TV ads for a hotel chain in South Africa (City Lodge) has emerged on
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and the 1992 Tonight-AA Life Vita Award for Comedy. His comedic work has been compared with that of Americans
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Zerbst, Jeff. "Fraser's life flashes before our eyes." Review/Books September 1993: p. 4. Suppl. to
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Boekkooi, Paul. "Is Ian Fraser net astrant?" (trans: Is Ian Fraser just 'cheeky'/'nuts'/'impudent'),
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Fraser was threatened with police and legal action because of one of his fictional blog postings,
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He won the AcidTheatre's Freedom of Speech Monologue Competition 2007, in the UK, for
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Arthur, Thomas H.; Arthur, Michael D. (1993). "The 1992 Grahamstown Festival".
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Video. Ian Fraser doing 10-minute comedy set in Boston USA, 2007, via YouTube
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FNB-Vita Award nomination for 'Playwright of the Year.' South Africa, 1994 (
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Ian Fraser circa 1993, Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa via YouTube
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AcidTheatre's Freedom of Speech Play Competition 2007, winner (UK).
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talents in South Africa. He was an official on-air "voice" for the
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Video. A second 10-minute comedy set, Boston USA, 2007, via YouTube
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Pick of the Fringe Award Grahamstown Arts Festival. South Africa (
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Pick of the Fringe Award Grahamstown Arts Festival. South Africa (
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Pick of the Fringe Award Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa (
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Ian Fraser doing a 13-minute set Johannesburg, 1995, via YouTube
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First place winner in the 1999 Wisconsin State AACTFest (USA) (
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Special FNB-Vita Award for "Most Outstanding New Production" (
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From 1994, he gradually became regarded as one of the leading
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Fraser has won many awards for his plays, including the 1992
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Ian Fraser (columnist)
Ian Fraser (disambiguation)
references
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Apartheid
ranting-verse
Apartheid
Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
Lenny Bruce
Bill Hicks
Charles Bukowski
William Burroughs
Tom Stoppard
"one-man"
Grahamstown
National Arts Festival
South African Defence Force
ISBN
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South African Broadcasting Corporation
YouTube
African National Congress
Jacob Zuma
treason
sedition

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