James Whyle

writer

James Whyle once made a bad movie with Patrick Swayze. He earns his living inscribing runes on an electric stone. His first play, National Madness, based on his army experiences, was performed at the Market and Baxter Theaters in the early eighties and published in a collection - Market Plays (1). His second play, Hellhound, was performed at the Market Theatre in 1992. A story, Sapper Fijn and the Cow appears in The Penguin Book of Contemporary South African Short Stories. (2) A radio drama, Dancing with the Dead, was broadcast in the U.K. in February 2002 on Radio 4. Richard E Grant played the leading role. A second BBC commission, A Man Called Rejoice, was re-broadcast for the third time in May 2004. It has been published as Rejoice Burning in a collection, New South African Plays, by Aurora Metro Publications. (3) 1 - Edited by Stephen Gray - Publisher AD. Donker. 1st published 1986, reprinted 1991. ISBN 0 86852 070 5. 2 - Penguin Books 1993. ISBN 0 140 237267 3 - Ed. Charles J. Fourie. ISBN 0-9542330–1-8