Malcolm Woolfson
Malcolm Woolfson (19**-) is a performer, theatre director and marketing specialist, critic and historian.
Also known as Malcolm L. Woolfson
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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 as *** ??? from 19*. and also wrote two important monographs: The Long Road (the history of the Natal Playhouse, 1986 - credited as Malcolm L. Woolfson) and 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.
He directed Satin and Tweed in 1965 and Along Came a Spider in 1979.
Productions involving Malcolm Woolfson include Mkhumbane, Inherit the Wind (Durban, pre-1965), Little Mary Sunshine, Mirandolina, Oh No Alice, You Can't Take it With You, Victorian Music Box and The Boy Friend.
He represented Natal on the editorial board of Teater/Theatre SA.
Sources
"WOOLFSON, Malcolm L: 1999. 113. 18. 2" - in the NELM Collection.
The Rand Daily Mail, 20 September
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