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 He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[La Puce à L'Oreille|A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (1978), ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''.
-Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at ''[[The Space]] and the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980.
+Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Troupe Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at ''[[The Space]] and the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980.
 Other productions include ''[[Travesties]]'' (1977),  ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' (1980/81), ''[[Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes, ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' (1982).

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 He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[La Puce à L'Oreille|A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (1978), ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''.
-Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980.
+Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at ''[[The Space]] and the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980.
 Other productions include ''[[Travesties]]'' (1977),  ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' (1980/81), ''[[Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes, ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' (1982).

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.
+He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[La Puce à L'Oreille|A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (1978), ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''.
-''[[Travesties]]'' (1977), ''[[La Puce à L'Oreille|A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (1978), ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' (1980/81), ''[[Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes, ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' (1982),
+Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980.
 ''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, painstakingly abridged by Michael O'Brien, assisted by [[Peter Piccolo]], at the [[Glass Theatre]], February 1982.

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 == Sources ==
 ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' programme notes, 1982.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 == Return to ==

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	He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''. In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.		He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''. In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.
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		+	''[[Travesties]]'' (1977), ''[[La Puce à L'Oreille\|A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (1978), ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' (1980/81), ''[[Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes, ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' (1982),
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	''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, painstakingly abridged by Michael O'Brien, assisted by [[Peter Piccolo]], at the [[Glass Theatre]], February 1982.		''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, painstakingly abridged by Michael O'Brien, assisted by [[Peter Piccolo]], at the [[Glass Theatre]], February 1982.

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-O'BRIEN, Michael (19**-) Actor, director and playwright.
+[[Michael O'Brien]] (19**-). Actor, director and playwright.
 == Biography ==
-He was born in Kimberley.
+Michael was born in Kimberley.
 == Training ==
-Studied Drama at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]].
+He studied Drama at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.
+He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.
-''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, painstakingly abridged by Michael O'Brien assisted by [[Peter Piccolo]], at the [[Glass Theatre]], February 1982.
+''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, painstakingly abridged by Michael O'Brien, assisted by [[Peter Piccolo]], at the [[Glass Theatre]], February 1982.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''. In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.		Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''. In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1980. He played the role of August Strindberg in ''[[Lunatic and Lover]]'' in 1982.
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		+	''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, painstakingly abridged by Michael O'Brien assisted by [[Peter Piccolo]], at the [[Glass Theatre]], February 1982.

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 (19**-) Actor, director and playwright.
-* Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Fairy Tales of New York]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]'', ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' and ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the time he and [[Richard Grant]] also co-directed ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'', he co-wrote ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and was a designer on ''[[Sticks and Bones]]''. *  O’BRIEN, Mike. Together with [[Richard E. Grant]] he directed the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] at the [[Market]] in 1980.
 == Sources ==
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 Tucker, 1997
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities O]]
+Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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