Mary Dreyer - Revision history

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Before moving to Cape Town she appeared with [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[Impossible People]]''.
+Before moving to Cape Town she appeared in ''[[Billy Liar]]'' (1969) and with [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[Impossible People]]''.
 Her debut at [[Maynardville]] was as Miranda in ''[[The Tempest]]'' in January 1973.

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 == Awards, etc ==
-([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Supporting Actress, 1985) for ''[[Greek]]''; [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Supporting Actress, 1994 (''[[Mirakel]]''; [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1994 for Sussie in ''[[Drif]]''. She won the AA [[Vita Award]] for Best Actress in ''[[Measure for Measure]]''.
+([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Supporting Actress, 1985) for ''[[Greek]]''; [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Supporting Actress, 1994 (''[[Mirakel]]''; [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1994 for Sussie in ''[[Drif]]''. She won the AA [[Vita Award]] for Best Actress for ''[[Measure for Measure]]''.
 == Sources ==

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-[[Mary Dreyer]]. (1947-2019). Actress, director.
+[[Mary Dreyer]] (1947-2019) was a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actress and theatre director.
 == Biography ==
-== Training ==
+Mary was born on 11 October 1947. She obtained a BA degree at Wits, a Teachers Diploma at TCE and a Post Graduate Performers Diploma at [[UCT]], and began her acting career with [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in Cape Town and worked for [[CAPAB]]'s main company and the [[CAPAB Youth Group]], while also doing freelance work. In  1985 she rejoined [[CAPAB]] as a member of the Permanent Company, remaining there till 1995.
 She obtained a BA degree at Wits, a Teachers Diploma at TCE and a Post Graduate Performers Diploma at [[UCT]].
 == Career ==

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 Started with [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in Cape Town, doing i.a. ''[[A Different Shade of Grey]]'' (1974), ''[[Three's Company]]'' (1974), ''[[Black Beauty and the Boss]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], [[Labia Theatre]], 1976), ''[[Snow White and the Special Branch]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], [[Labia Theatre]], 1976), ''[[After Liverpool]]'' by James Saunders and  ''[[The Sun King]]'', ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' (1977).
-Other roles include ''[[Private Lives]]'' (1978), ''[['n Seder val in Waterkloof]]'', ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1978), ''[[Greek]]''; she appeared in [[CAPAB]]'s ''[[Dying Breed]]'' in 1993; played Steffy in ''[[I Ought to be in Pictures]]'' (1985); ''[[Present Laughter]]'' (1987); ''[[Drie Susters Twee]]'' (1997), ''[[Madame de Sade]]'' (1997), Helen in ''[[Good]]'' (1990); ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1991), ''[[Dying Breed]]'' in 1993; Gertie in  [[Reza de Wet]]'s ''[[Mis]]'' (1993), "Salome" in ''[[Mirakel]]'' (1994) ( and "Sussie" in ''[[Drif]]'' (1994) ,  Alice B. Toklas in ''[[Gertrude Stein and a Companion]]'' (1996); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1996), Anfisa in ''[[Drie Susters Twee]]'', 1997; ''[[Hiert Jou Bliksem!]]'' ([[KKNK]] 1998), ''[[André Huguenet – Meneer!]]'' (2000), ''[[Dearly Beloved]]'' (2001), ''[[Vatmaar]]'' (Baxter 2003), ''[[Oom Wanja]]'' (2004), ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' (2004), ''[[Vrededorp]]'' by [[Charles Fourie]] ([[KKNK]], 2005) **, ''[[Amadeus]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2006), ''[[Ella se Perde]]'' (2007), ''[[Blou Uur]]'' ([[Aardklop]] 2008, [[Woordfees]] and [[KKNK]] 2009), ''[[A Far Country]]'', ''[[The Visit]]'' and ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]''.
+Other roles include ''[[Private Lives]]'' (1978), ''[['n Seder val in Waterkloof]]'', ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1978), ''[[Greek]]''; she appeared in [[CAPAB]]'s ''[[Dying Breed]]'' in 1993; played Steffy in ''[[I Ought to be in Pictures]]'' (1985); ''[[Present Laughter]]'' (1987); ''[[Drie Susters Twee]]'' (1997), ''[[Madame de Sade]]'' (1997), Helen in ''[[Good]]'' (1990); ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1991), ''[[Dying Breed]]'' in 1993; Gertie in  [[Reza de Wet]]'s ''[[Mis]]'' (1993), "Salome" in ''[[Mirakel]]'' (1994)  and "Sussie" in ''[[Drif]]'' (1994) ,  Alice B. Toklas in ''[[Gertrude Stein and a Companion]]'' (1996); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1996), Anfisa in ''[[Drie Susters Twee]]'', 1997; ''[[Hiert Jou Bliksem!]]'' ([[KKNK]] 1998), ''[[André Huguenet – Meneer!]]'' (2000), ''[[Dearly Beloved]]'' (2001), ''[[Vatmaar]]'' (Baxter 2003), ''[[Oom Wanja]]'' (2004), ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' (2004), ''[[Vrededorp]]'' by [[Charles Fourie]] ([[KKNK]], 2005) **, ''[[Amadeus]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2006), ''[[Ella se Perde]]'' (2007), ''[[Blou Uur]]'' ([[Aardklop]] 2008, [[Woordfees]] and [[KKNK]] 2009), ''[[A Far Country]]'', ''[[The Visit]]'', ''[[Beckett/Bêkdit]]'' and ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]''.
-She has also worked for television and radio.
+She has also worked for television and radio, including  the TV mini-series ''[[Meulenhof se Mense]]''.
 Directed several productions, was involved with educational projects presented by [[CAPAB]]'s community theatre.
-She had a role in the film ''[[That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse]]'' (1990).
+Film roles included ''[[That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse]]'' (1990), ''[[Dingetjie en Idi]]'' (), .
 == Awards, etc ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Before moving to Cape Town she appeared with [[Margaret Inglis]] in ''[[Impossible People]]''.
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 She has also worked for television and radio.
-Directed several productions, was involved with educational projects presented by CAPAB's community theatre.
+Directed several productions, was involved with educational projects presented by [[CAPAB]]'s community theatre.
 She had a role in the film ''[[That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse]]'' (1990).

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		+	''[[Beeld]]'', 30 March 2005 (re ''[[Vrededorp]]'').

	''[[Die Burger]]'', 5 March 2009 (re ''[[Blou Uur]]'').		''[[Die Burger]]'', 5 March 2009 (re ''[[Blou Uur]]'').

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		+	''[[Die Burger]]'', 5 March 2009 (re ''[[Blou Uur]]'').
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		+	Tribute written by A.J. Opperman, ''[[Die Burger]]'' (Eastern Cape edition), 6 September 2019.

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