Melanie-Ann Sher

(****-****). Actress. Obtained a B.A. Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama from UCT. Performed in Midsummer Nights Dream (for Robert Möhr), Paradise is Closing Down (for Pieter-Dirk Uys), Rise and Fall of First Empress Bonaparte (for Pieter-Dirk Uys), Fantastical History of a Useless Man (for Ken Leach), The Cherry Orchard (for Ken Leach), Kinkels Innie Kabel (directed by William Egan), Die Wonderwerk (as “Helen Keller”),

(SEE ALSO ASHER, Melanie-Anne???Pieter-Dirk Uys mentions a Melanie-Anne Asher as a performer in the first production of Paradise is Closing Down at the Grahamstown Festival in 1977 (http://pdu.co.za/works.html) But elsewhere the name is written Melanie-Ann Sher, also in su\bsequent production of Paradise is Closing Down at the Market Theatre.)

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