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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | She has appeared on stage in ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973}, ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel|Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[La Dame aux Camélias|Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966}, ''[[The Circus Adventure|Die Sirkusavontuur]]'' ([[PACT]] 1969), ''[[Lappies die Lappiesmous]]'', ''[[Picnic in Town]]'', ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' ([[PACT]] 1974), ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACOFS]] 1967), ''[[Antigone (by Sophocles)]]'' ([[PACT]] 1970), ''[[Sextet 69]]'', ''[[Der Prozess|Kafka: The Trial]]'', ''[[La Locandiera|Moeite met die Minnaars]]'' (1968). | + | She has appeared on stage in ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973}, ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel|Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[La Dame aux Camélias|Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966}, ''[[The Circus Adventure|Die Sirkusavontuur]]'' ([[PACT]] 1969), ''[[Lappies die Lappiesmous]]'', ''[[Picnic in Town]]'', ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' ([[PACT]] 1974), ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACOFS]] 1967), ''[[Antigone (by Sophocles)]]'' ([[PACT]] 1970), ''[[Sextet 69]]'', ''[[Der Prozess|Kafka: The Trial]]'', ''[[La Locandiera|Moeite met die Minnaars]]'' (1968), ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'', ''[[The White Liars]]''. |
| − | She commissioned [[Janice Honeyman]] to adapt and direct [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Hard Times]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1989 | + | She commissioned [[Janice Honeyman]] to adapt and direct [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Hard Times]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1989. |
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Lynette Marais (19**-). Actress, stage manager, theatre administrator and director.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Career
Was stage manager for PACT English drama. She was the administrative head of PACT since 1982. She then became the director of the Grahamstown Festival.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She has appeared on stage in Tartuffe (PACT 1973}, Kinkels in die Kabel (PACT 1973), Die Dame met die Kamelias (CAPAB 1966}, Die Sirkusavontuur (PACT 1969), Lappies die Lappiesmous, Picnic in Town, Troilus and Cressida (PACT 1974), Ring Round the Moon (PACOFS]] 1967), Antigone (by Sophocles) (PACT 1970), Sextet 69, Kafka: The Trial, Moeite met die Minnaars (1968), The House of Blue Leaves, The White Liars.
She commissioned Janice Honeyman to adapt and direct Charles Dickens's Hard Times for PACT in 1989.
Awards, etc
DALRO award (Outstanding Practical Contribution to the performing arts in South Africa in the sphere of theatre administration), circa 1994.
Lynette Marais, Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded March 2009.
Naledi Award, Lifetime Achievers, 2009.
Arts and Culture Trust Awards of the President.
Sources
SACD 1973; 1974.
Tucker, 1997. 459, 475.
Sunday Independent, 15 March 2009.
Business Day, 21 April 2009.
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