Merle Lifson - Revision history

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Biography

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-LIFSON, Merle (19**-) Actress
+[[Merle Lifson]] (19**-). Actress.
 == Biography ==
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 Programme notes of ''[[Two Into One]]'' in 1986.
 == Return to ==

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 Acted in the Space productions ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'', ''[[The Riddle Machine]]'' , ''[[Edward II]]'' and ''[[You'll Come To Love Your Sperm Test]]''.
-For [[CAPAB]] she acted in ''[[Roulette]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'', ''[[Women Behind Bars]]'' (as Mary Eleanor, 1984); for the Baxter in ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'', ''[[The Hollow]]'' and ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''.
+For [[CAPAB]] she acted in ''[[Roulette]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'', ''[[Women Behind Bars]]'' (as Mary Eleanor, 1984); for the Baxter in ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'' and ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''.
 She played in the [[Pieter Toerien Productions]] ''[[The Hollow]]'' (1983), the part of Jill Mason in ''[[Equus]]'' which she says was her most exciting and rewarding theatrical experience up till then and in ''[[Two Into One]]'' (1986).
 == Awards, etc ==

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 == Sources ==
-Tartuffe theatre programme, 1978.
+''[[Tartuffe]]'' theatre programme, 1978.
 [[SACD]] 1980/81.

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 === Career ===
-Based in Cape Town since 1979, Merle has worked for [[The Space]], the [[Baxter]] Company, [[CAPAB]], [[PACT]] and [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]].
+Based in Cape Town since 1979, Merle has worked for [[The Space]], the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter]] Company, [[CAPAB]], [[PACT]] and [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 === Career ===
-Based in Cape Town, since 1979 Merle has worked for [[The Space]], the [[Baxter]] Company, [[CAPAB]], [[PACT]] and [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]].
+Based in Cape Town since 1979, Merle has worked for [[The Space]], the [[Baxter]] Company, [[CAPAB]], [[PACT]] and [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 === Training ===
 Merle trained for a year at the London Theatre Workshop and then returned to South Africa to study further at the Maas-Phillips College of Speech and Drama in Cape Town.
 === Career ===
-Worked for [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in the 1970s.
+Based in Cape Town, since 1979 Merle has worked for [[The Space]], the [[Baxter]] Company, [[CAPAB]], [[PACT]] and [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 Performed in ''[[Present Laughter]]'' (with [[PACT]]); ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' (for [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]]).
-Acted in the Space productions ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'', ''[[The Riddle Machine]]'' , ''[[Edward II]]'' and ''[[You’ll Come (chuckle) to Love Your ????? (snigger) Test]]''.
+Acted in the Space productions ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'', ''[[The Riddle Machine]]'' , ''[[Edward II]]'' and ''[[You'll Come To Love Your Sperm Test]]''.
 For [[CAPAB]] she acted in ''[[Roulette]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'', ''[[Women Behind Bars]]'' (as Mary Eleanor, 1984); for the Baxter in ''[[The Fantastical Diary of a Useless Man]]'', ''[[The Hollow]]'' and ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''.

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 For [[CAPAB]] she acted in ''[[Roulette]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'', ''[[Women Behind Bars]]'' (as Mary Eleanor, 1984); for the Baxter in ''[[The Fantastical Diary of a Useless Man]]'', ''[[The Hollow]]'' and ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''.
-In 1985 she played in two [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. ''[[The Hollow]]'' and the part of Jill Mason in ''[[Equus]]'' which she says was her most exciting and rewarding theatrical experience up till then.
+She played in the [[Pieter Toerien Productions]] ''[[The Hollow]]'' (1983), the part of Jill Mason in ''[[Equus]]'' which she says was her most exciting and rewarding theatrical experience up till then and in ''[[Two Into One]]'' (1986).
 ==Sources==