Clare Stopford - Revision history

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	[[Eastern Province Herald]], March 18, 1970.
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	[[SACD]] 1979/80; 1980/81.		[[SACD]] 1979/80; 1980/81.

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	=== Career ===		=== Career ===
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		+	'''March 18 - 20, 1970:''' In the [[St Dominic's Priory]], Walmer, Port Elizabeth, production of [[The Mikado]], she played the part of The Mikado, which was produced by Mrs [[Amber Siops]].
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	She began her theatre career at the [[Space Theatre]]. Following a move to Johannesburg, she worked for [[PTP]], [[NAPAC]], [[PACT]] (since 1985, notably at the [[Windybrow Theatre]]), [[Market Theatre]], [[CAPAB]], and [[SABC]].		She began her theatre career at the [[Space Theatre]]. Following a move to Johannesburg, she worked for [[PTP]], [[NAPAC]], [[PACT]] (since 1985, notably at the [[Windybrow Theatre]]), [[Market Theatre]], [[CAPAB]], and [[SABC]].

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Performed in
 ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'' (with [[CAPAB]]),
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 She has directed for television, most notably ''Soul City'' and the series ''Zero Tolerance''.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 [[National Arts Festival]] porgramme, 1991. 44.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Mam-Mar|Martin]] 2008.
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 She began her theatre career at the [[Space Theatre]]. Following a move to Johannesburg, she worked for [[PTP]], [[NAPAC]], [[PACT]] (since 1985, notably at the [[Windybrow Theatre]]), [[Market Theatre]], [[CAPAB]], and [[SABC]].
-A restless actress who was never happy waiting for the phone to ring, Clare initiated many projects with colleagues, e.g. with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Neil McCarthy]] and [[Bo Petersen]].
+Clare initiated many projects with colleagues, e.g. with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Neil McCarthy]] and [[Bo Petersen]] and in the late 1980s [[Barney Simon]] convinced Clare to leave acting and become the Resident Director at the [[Market Theatre]] for two years (1988-1989). She later became Associate Artistic Director at the Market (from 1995-1997).
 Towards the late 2000s she had found a niche conceptualizing and directing in corporate theatre.

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 Space: acting in  ''[[The Arnold Bliss Show]]'', ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]'', ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[Four Twins]]'', ''[[Patty Hearst]]'' and ''[[Rape – A Revue]]''.
-She acted in ''[[Translations]]'', ''[[The Trojan Women]]'', ''[[Wild Honey]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]], ''[[Endpapers]]''. She was also cast in a production at the old Rosebank [[Arena Theatre]] by [[Chris Pretorius]], entitled ''[[Amandla Mr Fassbinder]]''.
+She acted in ''[[Translations]]'', ''[[The Trojan Women]]'', ''[[Wild Honey]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]], ''[[Endpapers]]'', ''[[Chekov in Yalta]]''. She was also cast in a production at the old Rosebank [[Arena Theatre]] by [[Chris Pretorius]], entitled ''[[Amandla Mr Fassbinder]]''.
 Together with [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Nandi Nyembe]] and [[Jacqui Singer]] she workshopped and starred in [[Ulovane Jive]] which was the opening production of the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. She starred in [[Bobby Heaney]]’s production of [[Jean Genet]]’s ''[[The Maids]]'' at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in 1987. She starred in [[Fred Abrahamse]]’s production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1989.

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 === Career ===
-Clare began her theatre career at the [[Space Theatre]]. Following a move to Johannesburg, she worked for [[PTP]], [[NAPAC]], [[PACT]] (since 1985, notably at the [[Windybrow Theatre]]), [[Market Theatre]], [[CAPAB]], and [[SABC]].
+She began her theatre career at the [[Space Theatre]]. Following a move to Johannesburg, she worked for [[PTP]], [[NAPAC]], [[PACT]] (since 1985, notably at the [[Windybrow Theatre]]), [[Market Theatre]], [[CAPAB]], and [[SABC]].
 A restless actress who was never happy waiting for the phone to ring, Clare initiated many projects with colleagues, e.g. with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Neil McCarthy]] and [[Bo Petersen]].
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 She became Associate Artistic Director at the Market from 1995-1997.
-Towards the late 2000s she had found a niche conceptualising and directing in corporate theatre.
+Towards the late 2000s she had found a niche conceptualizing and directing in corporate theatre.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 [[Clare Stopford]] (19**-)  Actress and director.
 == Biography ==
 Clare studied at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]].

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 ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1994 for which she received the [[Vita Award]] as Director of the Year jointly with [[Marthinus Basson]].
-Clare has twice won both Regional and National [[Vita]] Best Director Awards.
+Clare has twice won both Regional and National [[Vita Awards]] as Best Director.
 She has been awarded the Ernest Oppenheimer grant for resident director at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1988.