Neil McCarthy - Revision history

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 == Sources ==
-http://www.mlasa.com/actors/neimcc.htm
+Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 ===As actor===
-One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s he had roles in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Agamemnon]]'', ''[[National Madness]]'', ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), ''[[Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!]]'', ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]'', ''[[The Woman in Black]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[It's a Boy!]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[The Labyrinth]]'', ''[[Burn This]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1988), title role in ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[First Monday in October]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' (1986), ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Total Eclipse]]'', ''[[Born in the RSA]]'', ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1994).
+One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s he had roles in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Agamemnon]]'', ''[[National Madness]]'', ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), ''[[Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!]]'', ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]'', ''[[The Woman in Black]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[It's a Boy!]]'', ''[[Othello]]'' (as "Montano", [[Maynardville]] 1982), ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[The Labyrinth]]'', ''[[Burn This]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1988), title role in ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[First Monday in October]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' (1986), ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Total Eclipse]]'', ''[[Born in the RSA]]'', ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1994).
 ===As playwright===

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 ===As director===
-He directed ''[[Claw]]'' (1981), ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1982, Space), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Good]]''  (1990), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1992), ''[[Mojo]]'' (1996) and his own play ''[[Superheroes]]'' (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'' (1986). Directed and designed Alfrded Jarry’s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]].
+He directed ''[[Claw]]'' (1981), ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1982, Space), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Good]]''  (1990), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1992), ''[[Mojo]]'' (1996) and his own play ''[[Superheroes]]'' (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'' (1986). Directed and designed Alfrded Jarry’s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]], ''[[Hellhound]]'' (1992).
 He wrote and appeared in a cabaret, ''[[Forked Tongues]]''.

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-'''Neil McCarthy''' (19**-), playwright, actor, television personality, writer, producer and director.
+'''Neil McCarthy''' (1957-), playwright, actor, television personality, writer, producer and director.
 == Biography ==
+Neil was born in 1957 in Cape Town.
 == Training ==
-BA-degree in Drama at [[University of Cape Town]] (1979).
+BA-degree in Drama at [[University of Cape Town]] (1980).
 == Career ==
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 ===As actor===
-One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s he had roles in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Agamemnon]]'', ''[[National Madness]]'', ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), ''[[Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!]]'', ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]'', ''[[The Woman in Black]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[It's a Boy!]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[The Labyrinth]]'', ''[[Burn This]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', title role in ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[First Monday in October]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[Tom and Viv]]'', ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Total Eclipse]]'', ''[[Born in the RSA]]'', ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1994).
+One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s he had roles in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Agamemnon]]'', ''[[National Madness]]'', ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), ''[[Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!]]'', ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]'', ''[[The Woman in Black]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[It's a Boy!]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[The Labyrinth]]'', ''[[Burn This]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1988), title role in ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[First Monday in October]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[Tom and Viv]]'' (1986), ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Total Eclipse]]'', ''[[Born in the RSA]]'', ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1994).
 ===As playwright===
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 He directed ''[[Claw]]'' (1981), ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1982, Space), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Good]]''  (1990), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1992), ''[[Mojo]]'' (1996) and his own play ''[[Superheroes]]'' (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'' (1986). Directed and designed Alfrded Jarry’s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]].
 He designed the set for ''[[The Last Trek]]'' (1989).

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	== Career ==		== Career ==
		+	In the early 1980s he worked for the [[Troupe Theatre Company]] and the [[People's Space]].

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

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	===As director===		===As director===
−	He directed ''[[Claw]]'' (1981), ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1982, Space), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Good]]'' (1990), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1992), ''[[Mojo]]'' (1996) and his own play ''[[Superheroes]]'' (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'' (1986). Directed and designed Alfrded Jarry’s ''Ubu Roi]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]].	+	He directed ''[[Claw]]'' (1981), ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1982, Space), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Good]]'' (1990), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1992), ''[[Mojo]]'' (1996) and his own play ''[[Superheroes]]'' (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'' (1986). Directed and designed Alfrded Jarry’s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]].

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-'''McCARTHY''', Neil (19**-), playwright, actor, television personality, writer, producer and director.
+'''Neil McCarthy''' (19**-), playwright, actor, television personality, writer, producer and director.
 == Biography ==
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 == Career ==
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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 == Awards, etc ==
-[[Fleur Du Cap]] for Most Promising Student (1981), [[Vita Award]] for Best Newcomer (1984), Robert Mohr Young Directors Award (1986), [[Vita Award]] for Best New Play (1987), [[DALRO]] Award for Playwright of the Year (1987), [[Vita Award]] for Best Director (Transvaal) (1990), FNB [[Vita Award]] for Best Director for ''[[Mojo]]'' (1997), FNB Vita Award for Best Script of a New South African Play for ''[[The Great Outdoors]]'' (2001).
+[[Fleur du Cap]] for Most Promising Student (1981), [[Vita Award]] for Best Newcomer (1984), Robert Mohr Young Directors Award (1986), [[Vita Award]] for Best New Play (1987), [[DALRO]] Award for Playwright of the Year (1987), [[Vita Award]] for Best Director (Transvaal) (1990), FNB [[Vita Award]] for Best Director for ''[[Mojo]]'' (1997), FNB Vita Award for Best Script of a New South African Play for ''[[The Great Outdoors]]'' (2001).
 == Sources ==

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 ===As actor===
-One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s, roles in **** ''[[The Labyrinth]]'' ([[The Space]], 197*), ****,
+One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s he had roles in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Agamemnon]]'', ''[[National Madness]]'', ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), ''[[Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!]]'', ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]'', ''[[The Woman in Black]]'', ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'', ''[[It's a Boy!]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Strider]]'', ''[[The Labyrinth]]'', ''[[Burn This]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', title role in ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[First Monday in October]]'', ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[Tom and Viv]]'', ''[[Scavenger's Dream]]'', ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', ''[[Guinea Fowl]]'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Total Eclipse]]'', ''[[Born in the RSA]]''.
 ===As playwright===
-Wrote   [[Superheroes]] , [[Stormriders]], [[Rainshark]], [[Veldfire]], ''[[The Great Outdoors]]'' (2000).
+Wrote  ''[[Superheroes]]'' , ''[[Stormriders]]'', ''[[Rainshark]]'', ''[[Veldfire]]'', ''[[The Great Outdoors]]'' (2000).
 ===As director===
-He directed [[Claw]] (1981), [[One Fine Day]] (1982, Space), [[West]] (1984), [[Good]]  (1990), [[Richard III]] (1992),  [[Mojo]] (1996) and his own play [[Superheroes]] (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, [[The Good Soldier Svejk]] (1986).
+He directed ''[[Claw]]'' (1981), ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1982, Space), ''[[West]]'' (1984), ''[[Good]]''  (1990), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1992), ''[[Mojo]]'' (1996) and his own play ''[[Superheroes]]'' (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk]]'' (1986).
-He designed the set for [[The Last Trek]] (1989).
+He designed the set for ''[[The Last Trek]]'' (1989).
 In 2001 he came to prominence as the supervising ** of the South African version of the TV-“reality” show Big Brother.