Lorna Cowell - Revision history

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Miriamt at 10:38, 1 June 2017

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Miriamt: /* As stage actress */

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As stage actress

Miriamt at 06:53, 12 May 2016

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 – ''[[True Hearts Are More Than Coronets]]'' / ''[[Caste]]'' (Directed by [[Angus Neill]] for [[Neill-Firth Company]])
 – ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[PACT]] at [[Alexander Theatre]])
-* - ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (at [[Market Theatre]])
+- ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (Directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]] at [[Market Theatre]])
 '''Film'''

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 [[Rinie Stead]], 1985b
-[[Percy Tucker]], 1997
+Tucker, Percy - Just the ticket!: my 50 years in show business (1997)
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184706/

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 – ''[[The Women]]'' (Directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]])
 – ''[[The Firstborn]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[NTO]])
-– ''[[Charley’s Aunt]]'' (Directed by [[Brian Brooke]])
+– ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Directed by [[Brian Brooke]])
 – ''[[True Hearts Are More Than Coronets]]'' / ''[[Caste]]'' (Directed by [[Angus Neill]] for [[Neill-Firth Company]])
 – ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[PACT]] at [[Alexander Theatre]])

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 – ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (Directed by [[Leontine Sagan]] for [[NTO]])
 – ''[[The Women]]'' (Directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]])
-– ''[[The Firstborn]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[NTO]]) )
+– ''[[The Firstborn]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[NTO]])
 – ''[[Charley’s Aunt]]'' (Directed by [[Brian Brooke]])
 – ''[[True Hearts Are More Than Coronets]]'' / ''[[Caste]]'' (Directed by [[Angus Neill]] for [[Neill-Firth Company]])

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 – ''[[The Women]]'' (Directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]])
 – ''[[The Firstborn]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[NTO]]) )
-– ''[[Charlie’s Aunt]]'' (Directed by [[Brian Brooke]])
+– ''[[Charley’s Aunt]]'' (Directed by [[Brian Brooke]])
 – ''[[True Hearts Are More Than Coronets]]'' / ''[[Caste]]'' (Directed by [[Angus Neill]] for [[Neill-Firth Company]])
 – ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[PACT]] at [[Alexander Theatre]])

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 == Biography ==
-Lorna Mary Beeston Beckwith married Peter James Ray Cowell in 1935 and used her married name on the stage.  She had her early training in Durban, where she was a prominent member of the local drama group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley.  She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietermaritzburg and is said to have been the first woman to have broadcast from the [[SABC]] studio in Durban.  Together with the likes of [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Vivien Drummond]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[André Huguenet]], she was one of the early members of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company that toured the company in 1948.
+Lorna Mary Beeston Beckwith married Peter James Ray Cowell in 1935 and used her married name on the stage.  She had her early training in Durban, where she was a prominent member of the local drama group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley.  She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietermaritzburg and is said to have been the first woman to have broadcast from the [[SABC]] studio in Durban.  Together with the likes of [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Vivien Drummond]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[André Huguenet]], she was one of the early members of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company that toured the country in 1948.
 == Credits ==

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-[[Lorna Cowell]]. (19** -) was a South African actress.
 == Biography ==
-==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
+Lorna Mary Beeston Beckwith married Peter James Ray Cowell in 1935 and used her married name on the stage.  She had her early training in Durban, where she was a prominent member of the local drama group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley.  She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietermaritzburg and is said to have been the first woman to have broadcast from the [[SABC]] studio in Durban.  Together with the likes of [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Vivien Drummond]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[André Huguenet]], she was one of the early members of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company that toured the company in 1948.
-=== As stage actress ===
+'''Theatre'''
-She was a member of the first with the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company, which toured the country in 1948. Other members were i.a. [[André Huguenet]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].  ''Inter alia'', she appeared in ''[[Dear Brutus]]'', ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' and ''[[The Firstborn]]'' for them.
+'''Film'''
-Other performances included roles in ''[[The Women]]'' (1950), the Brian Brooke production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' in 1960; the  [[Neill-Firth Company]] production of ''[[Caste]]'' (T.W. Robertson) at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1968;  [[PACT]]'s production of ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Turgenev/Williams) in 1969; the [[Market Theatre]] production of ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (Hayes) in 197*.
+– ''The Hellions'' (Director: Ken Annakin)
-=== As film actress ===
+'''Television'''
-Appeared in ''[[Boerboel de Wet]]'' (1961), ''[[The Hellions]]'' (1961) and ''[[Gevaarlike Spel]]'' (1962).
+== Awards, etc. ==
-== Awards, etc. ==
+In 1985 she was honoured for her contribution to the theatre world by the [[South African Film and Theatre Union]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Biography ==
+She had her early training in Durbannwhere she was a prominent member of the Drama Group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley.  She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietemaritzburg and has the distinction of being the first woman to broadcast from Durban.
 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
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-She was a member of the first with the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company, which toured the country in 1948. Other members were i.a. [[André Huguenet]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].  ''Inter alia'', she appeared in ''[[Dear Brutus]]'' and ''[[The Firstborn]]'' for them.
+She was a member of the first with the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company, which toured the country in 1948. Other members were i.a. [[André Huguenet]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].  ''Inter alia'', she appeared in ''[[Dear Brutus]]'', ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' and ''[[The Firstborn]]'' for them.
-Other performances included roles in the Brian Brooke production of ''[[Charley’s Aunt]]'' in 1960; the  [[Neill-Firth Company]] production of ''[[Caste]]'' (T.W. Robertson) at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1968;  [[PACT]]'s production of ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Turgenev/Williams) in 1969; the [[Market Theatre]] production of ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (Hayes) in 197*.
+Other performances included roles in the Brian Brooke production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' in 1960; the  [[Neill-Firth Company]] production of ''[[Caste]]'' (T.W. Robertson) at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1968;  [[PACT]]'s production of ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Turgenev/Williams) in 1969; the [[Market Theatre]] production of ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (Hayes) in 197*.
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