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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' in 1983 before it moved to the [Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the Baxter production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984 and Baxter Studio. He starred in ''[[Murder at the Vicarage]]'' (Baxter 1985), ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for Pieter Toerien in 1986, ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' (1992), "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap]] Theatre Award, Best Actor, 1993).
-Directed ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994.
+Directed ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] (1986)and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	Born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and evacuated to Australia during WW2. After a stint with the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, he returned to England where he read law at Queens college, Oxford.		Born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and evacuated to Australia during WW2. After a stint with the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, he returned to England where he read law at Queens college, Oxford.

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	He has over 300 credits in television drama with the BBC and ITV, from soap opera to the classics.		He has over 300 credits in television drama with the BBC and ITV, from soap opera to the classics.

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 == Sources ==
 ''Shadowlands'' theatre programme, 1991.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

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 Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' in 1983 before it moved to the [Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the Baxter production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984 and Baxter Studio. He starred in ''[[Murder at the Vicarage]]'' (Baxter 1985), ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for Pieter Toerien in 1986, ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' (1992), "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap]] Theatre Award, Best Actor, 1993).
-Directed ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' and at Baxter ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994.
+Directed ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' in 1983 before it moved to the [Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the Baxter production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984 and Baxter Studio. He starred in ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for Pieter Toerien in 1986, ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' (1992), "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap]] Theatre Award, Best Actor, 1993).
+Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' in 1983 before it moved to the [Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the Baxter production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984 and Baxter Studio. He starred in ''[[Murder at the Vicarage]]'' (Baxter 1985), ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for Pieter Toerien in 1986, ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' (1992), "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap]] Theatre Award, Best Actor, 1993).
 Directed ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' and at Baxter ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994.

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−	[[John Carson]] Actor, director.	+	[[John Carson]] (19**-) Actor, director.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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-CARSON, John. (19*-) Actor. Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' together with [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] and [[Sean Taylor]], directed by [[Nikolas Simmonds]] with lighting design by [[Pip Marshall]] in 1983 before it moved to the [[Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter]] production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' together with [[Zoë Randall]] and directed by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984. He starred in ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1986, "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actor, 1993), and directed ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994.  **
+[[John Carson]] Actor, director.
 == Sources ==
-(Tucker, 1997)
+''Shadowlands'' theatre programme, 1991.
-Baxter theatre pamphlet, February-March 1994.
+[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities C]]
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  C]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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−	CARSON, John. (19-) Actor. Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' together with [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] and [[Sean Taylor]], directed by [[Nikolas Simmonds]] with lighting design by [[Pip Marshall]] in 1983 before it moved to the [[Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter]] production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' together with [[Zoë Randall]] and directed by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984. He starred in ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1986, "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards\|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actor, 1993), and directed ''Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994. *	+	CARSON, John. (19-) Actor. Roles include the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter]] production of Julian Mitchell’s ''[[Another Country]]'' together with [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] and [[Sean Taylor]], directed by [[Nikolas Simmonds]] with lighting design by [[Pip Marshall]] in 1983 before it moved to the [[Market Theatre]] with minor cast changes in July. He starred in the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter]] production of Aleksei Arbuzov’s ''[[Old-World]]'' together with [[Zoë Randall]] and directed by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1984. He starred in ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1986, "C.S. Lewis" in ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards\|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actor, 1993), and directed ''[[Happy Jack]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Oleanna]]'' in 1994. *

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