Malcolm Woolfson
Malcolm Woolfson (19**-) is a performer, theatre director and marketing specialist, critic and historian.
Also known as Malcolm L. Woolfson
Contents
Biography
Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance
A member of the of the Durban Jewish Club, he directed a number of plays for them over the years. Worked for NAPAC for a time.
He represented Natal on the editorial board of Teater/Theatre SA.
As writer
He wrote two important monographs:
- The Long Road (the history of the Natal Playhouse, 1986 - credited as Malcolm L. Woolfson)
- But the Melody Lingers On (Subtitled The inside Story of the Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society-Its Shows, Personalities, Triumphs, and Tribulations, Perskor 1992).
He wrote the children's playtext Bushveld Bibble-Babble, a dramatization of ten African animal folk tales, with music composed by Fiona Bull.
As director
1960: Mkhumbane
1965: Satin and Tweed
1977: The Great Cross-Country Race
1979: Along Came a Spider
Dates unknown: Inherit the Wind (Durban, pre-1965), Little Mary Sunshine, You Can't Take it With You
As actor
He appeared in Mirandolina (1962)
Other
He was also involved with the following productions (dates/roles unknown): Oh No Alice, Victorian Music Box and The Boy Friend.
Sources
"WOOLFSON, Malcolm L: 1999. 113. 18. 2" - in the NELM Collection.
The Rand Daily Mail, 20 September
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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