Paul Slabolepszy

**Paul Slabolepszy** (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1948), bee  Paul "Slab", nyɛla ŋun nyɛ South Africa kpɛrikpɛrita mini sasabira .

## Plays

* *Renovations (yuuni 1979)*
* *The Defloration of Miles Koekemoer (yuuni 1980)*
* *[[Saturday Night at the Palace]] (yuuni 1982)* – winner of Amstel, Vita & Fleur du Kap Best Play, , Ad. Donker, 1985
* *Karoo Grand (yuuni 1983)*
* *Under the Oaks (yuuni 1984)*
* *Over the Hill (yuuni 1985)* – Dalro Best Play award
* *Boo to the Moon (yuuni 1986)*
* *Making Like America (yuuni 1986)* – Vita Best Play award
* *Travelling Shots (yuuni 1988)*
* *Smallholding (yuuni 1989)* – Vita Best Play award
* *One for the High Jump (yuuni 1990)*
* *The Eyes of Their Whites (yuuni 1990)*
* *Braait Laaities (yuuni 1991)* – Pick of the Fringe award, Grahamstown Festival
* *Mooi Street Moves (yuuni 1992)* – Paper Boat Best Play award, Glasgow MayFest, Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, 1992, , Witwatersrand University Press, 1994
* *[[The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie]] (yuuni 1992)* – Vita, Fleur du Cap and Dalro Best Play awards
* *Pale Natives (yuuni 1993)*
* *Victoria Almost Falls (yuuni 1994)*
* *Tickle to Fine Leg (yuuni 1994)*
* *Heel Against the Head (yuuni 1995)* – Vita, Star Tonight Best Comedy awards
* *Once a Pirate (yuuni 1996)*
* *Going for the Jocular (yuuni 1997)*
* *Fordsburg's Finest (yuuni 1997)*
* *Planet Perth (yuuni 1998)*
* *Life's a Pitch (yuuni 1998)*
* *Crashing the Night (yuuni 2000)*
* *Running Riot (yuuni 2001)*
* *It's Just Not Cricket (yuuni 2002)*
* *Whole in One (yuuni 2003)*
* *Art of Charf (Lady Lonely Hearts) (yuuni 2005)*
* *Not the Big Easy (yuuni 2006)*
* *For Your Ears Only (yuuni 2008)*
* *Freak Country (yuuni 2008)*

## Screenplays

* *[[Saturday Night at the Palace]]* – Merit Award, AFI (American Film Institute), Los Angeles, 1987
* *Oh, Shucks – Here Comes UNTAG*
* *Heel Against the Head*
* *Swansong for Charlie* – based on his play Over the Hill
* *[[Running Riot (film)|Running Riot]]*
* *Van Der Merwe P.I.* – co-wrote for Philo Pieterse
* *Prince of Pretoria* – co-wrote for Franz Marx
* *Taxi to Soweto* – co-wrote for Edgar Bold

## Books

* *Drama for a New South Africa: Seven Plays*, David Graver (Editor), , Indiana University Press, 1999   (contains *Mooi Street Moves*)
* *Mooi Street and Other Moves*, by Paul Slabolepszy, Robert Greig (Introduction), Wits University Press, 1994, . Includes *Under the Oaks*, *Over the Hill*, *Travelling Shots*, *Smallholding*, *The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie* and *Mooi Street Moves*

## Film

### Acted in

* *[[Boetie op Manoeuvres]]* (yuuni 1985) - as "The Horror"
* *Senor Smith* (yuuni 1986) TV series – played Godfrey
* *Saturday Night at the Palace* (yuuni 1987) – played Vince
* *Reason to Die* (yuuni 1989) – played Kyle Bellows
* *Rhodes* (yuuni 1996) TV mini-series – played Frederick Selous
* *The Making of the Mahatma* (yuuni 1996) – played JC Smuts (aka *Apprenticeship of a Mahatma*)
* *Heel Against the Head* (yuuni 1999)- played Crispin Wentzel
* *Stander* (yuuni 2003) – played Politico
* *Running Riot* (yuuni 2006) – played Crispin

### Wrote or co-wrote

* *Senor Smith* (yuuni 1986) (TV series)
* *Saturday Night at the Palace* (yuuni 1987) (Screenplay)
* *[[Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG|Kwagga Strikes Back]]* (yuuni 1990) (aka *Oh Schucks... here comes UNTAG!*)
* *[[Heel Against the Head]]* (yuuni 1999)
* *[[Mama Jack]]* (yuuni 2005)
* *[[Running Riot (film)|Running Riot]]* (yuuni 2006)

### Produced

* *Running Riot* (2006) (co-producer)

## References

## External links

* 
* Review of ''Saturday Night at the Palace''
* NY Times review of ''Saturday Night at the Palace''
* Review of ''Running Riot''