Lynette Marais - Revision history

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Biography

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		+	She passed away of colon cancer at her home in Grahamstown on 30 August(?) 2020

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-=== Career ===
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Moved to Pretoria to become a stage manager for [[PACT]] English drama and later the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. In 1989 she became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]], remaining in the post  until 2008 when [[Ismail Mahomed]] took over the position.
 She commissioned [[Janice Honeyman]] to adapt and direct [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Hard Times]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1989.
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 ''[[Business Day]]'', 21 April 2009.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Worked as a stage manager and actress for [[PACOFS]] in the late 1960s, ''inter alia'' appearing in [[Leslie French]]'s renowned production of ''[[The Tempest]]''.
-Was stage manager for PACT English drama. She was the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. She then became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] until 2008 when [[Ismail Mahomed]] took over the position.
+Moved to Pretoria to become a stage manager for [[PACT]] English drama and later the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. In 1989 she became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]], remaining in the post  until 2008 when [[Ismail Mahomed]] took over the position.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-'''Lynette Marais''' (19**-).  Actress, stage manager, theatre administrator and director.
+'''Lynette Marais''' (19**-2020).  Actress, stage manager, theatre administrator and director.
 == Biography ==
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-=== Youth ===
+=== Career ===
 Was stage manager for PACT English drama. She was the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. She then became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] until 2008 when [[Ismail Mahomed]] took over the position.

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 === Career ===
-Was stage manager for PACT English drama. She was the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. She then became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]].
+Was stage manager for PACT English drama. She was the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. She then became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] until 2008 when [[Ismail Mahomed]] took over the position.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-She has appeared on stage in ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973}, ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel|Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[La Dame aux Camélias|Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966}, ''[[The Circus Adventure|Die Sirkusavontuur]]'' ([[PACT]] 1969), ''[[Lappies die Lappiesmous]]'', ''[[Picnic in Town]]'', ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' ([[PACT]] 1974), ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACOFS]] 1967), ''[[Antigone (by Sophocles)]]'' ([[PACT]] 1970), ''[[Sextet 69]]'', ''[[Der Prozess|Kafka: The Trial]]'', ''[[La Locandiera|Moeite met die Minnaars]]'' (1968).
+She has appeared on stage in ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973}, ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel|Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[La Dame aux Camélias|Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966}, ''[[The Circus Adventure|Die Sirkusavontuur]]'' ([[PACT]] 1969), ''[[Lappies die Lappiesmous]]'', ''[[Picnic in Town]]'', ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' ([[PACT]] 1974), ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACOFS]] 1967), ''[[Antigone (by Sophocles)]]'' ([[PACT]] 1970), ''[[Sextet 69]]'', ''[[Der Prozess|Kafka: The Trial]]'', ''[[La Locandiera|Moeite met die Minnaars]]'' (1968), ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'', ''[[The White Liars]]''.
 She commissioned [[Janice Honeyman]] to adapt and direct [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Hard Times]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1989.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 == Awards, etc ==
 Lynette Marais, [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]]  Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded March 2009.
 == Sources ==