Ken Marshall - Revision history

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 == Awards, etc ==
 Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Frank Elgin in Clifford Odet's ''[[Winter Journey]]''. 1969 Best Actor Award for Baldeck in ''[[With Courage This Day]]''. 1970 Best Director Award for [[John Pank]]'s ''[[Silhouettes of Autumn]]''. In South Africa it was retitled ''[[Windmills of the Mind]]'' and won Amstel Play of the Year Award.
 == Sources ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Ken played the lead in ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' for [[Brian Brooke]] in 1954. Played “Percy” in ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' and “Lutz” in ''[[Student Prince]]'', also performed in ''[[Alfie]]'', ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', ''[[Swansong]]'', and ''[[London Assurance]]''. He wrote ''[[Till Debts Do Us Part]]''.
+Ken played the lead in ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' for [[Brian Brooke]] in 1954. Played “Percy” in ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' and “Lutz” in ''[[The Student Prince]]'', also performed in ''[[Alfie]]'', ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', ''[[Swansong]]'', and ''[[London Assurance]]''. He wrote ''[[Till Debts Do Us Part]]''.
 His last appearance on stage was in Johannesburg in [[Lara Foot Newton]]'s acclaimed revival of ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1996).

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 == Awards, etc ==
-Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Frank Elgin in Clifford Odet's ''[[Winter Journey]]''. 1969 Best Actor Award for Baldeck in ''[[With Courage This Day]]''. 1970 Best Actor Award for John Pank's ''[[Silhouettes of Autumn]]''. In South Africa it was retitled ''[[Windmills of the Mind]]'' and won Amstel Play of the Year Award.
+Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Frank Elgin in Clifford Odet's ''[[Winter Journey]]''. 1969 Best Actor Award for Baldeck in ''[[With Courage This Day]]''. 1970 Best Director Award for [[John Pank]]'s ''[[Silhouettes of Autumn]]''. In South Africa it was retitled ''[[Windmills of the Mind]]'' and won Amstel Play of the Year Award.
 == Sources ==

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 Ken played the lead in ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' for [[Brian Brooke]] in 1954. Played “Percy” in ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' and “Lutz” in ''[[Student Prince]]'', also performed in ''[[Alfie]]'', ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', ''[[Swansong]]'', and ''[[London Assurance]]''. He wrote ''[[Till Debts Do Us Part]]''.
-His last appearance on stage was in Johannesburg in [[Lara Foot Newton]]'s acclaimed revival of ''[[The Crucible]]'',
+His last appearance on stage was in Johannesburg in [[Lara Foot Newton]]'s acclaimed revival of ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1996).
 == Awards, etc ==

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-(1922-1997) Actor, playwright, broadcaster
+[[Ken Marshall]] (1922-1997). Actor, playwright, broadcaster.
 == Biography ==
-Born in Salisbury, grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), moved to London after World War Two. Wrote ''The Golden Grain'' (1951), the thriller ''The Painted Devil'' (1952), ''Spell My Name Right''. He returned to Rhodesia in 1954 as head of the Federal Broadcasting Corporation, moved to South Africa in 1974 to join the SABC as announcer on the English Service. He was married to [[Clare Marshall]] since 1960.
+Ken was born in Salisbury, grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), moved to London after World War Two. He wrote ''The Golden Grain'' (1951), the thriller ''The Painted Devil'' (1952), ''Spell My Name Right''. He returned to Rhodesia in 1954 as head of the Federal Broadcasting Corporation, moved to South Africa in 1974 to join the [[SABC]] as announcer on the English Service. In 1960 he married Clare Moore who, as [[Clare Marshall]] is a well known star of stage, television and radio.
 == Training ==
-== Career ==
+He played in various movie and television productions.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Played the lead in ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' for [[Brian Brooke]] in 1954. Played “Percy” in ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' and “Lutz” in ''[[Student Prince]]'', also performed in ''[[Alfie]]'', ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', ''[[Swansong]]'', and ''[[London Assurance]]''. He wrote ''[[Till Debts Do Us Part]]''.
+Ken played the lead in ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' for [[Brian Brooke]] in 1954. Played “Percy” in ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' and “Lutz” in ''[[Student Prince]]'', also performed in ''[[Alfie]]'', ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', ''[[Swansong]]'', and ''[[London Assurance]]''. He wrote ''[[Till Debts Do Us Part]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==
 Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Frank Elgin in Clifford Odet's ''[[Winter Journey]]''. 1969 Best Actor Award for Baldeck in ''[[With Courage This Day]]''. 1970 Best Actor Award for John Pank's ''[[Silhouettes of Autumn]]''. In South Africa it was retitled ''[[Windmills of the Mind]]'' and won Amstel Play of the Year Award.
 == Sources ==
 ''Till Debts Do Us Part'' theatre programme notes, 1985.
-''The Citizen'', 11 September 1997.
+Tribute written by [[Raeford Daniel]], ''[[The Citizen]]'', 11 September 1997.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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-(****-****). Actor.  Played “Percy” in ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' and “Lutz” in ''[[Student Prince]]'', also performed in ''[[Alfie]]'', ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', ''[[Swansong]]'', and ''[[London Assurance]]''.  ([[SACD]] 1975/76) ([[SACD]] 1977/78)  .
+(19**-2000) Actor, playwright
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities M]]
+== Biography ==
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