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	''[[Cape Times]]'', 12 September 2007.		''[[Cape Times]]'', 12 September 2007.
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		+	IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767227].
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		+	TVSA [https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=15470].

	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 == Training ==
 He graduated from [[UCT]] in 1979.
 == Career ==
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 As writer he was a co-creator, (with [[Geraldine Aron]], [[Peter Snyders]] and others) of ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' (Performed at [[The Space]], 197*, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]]).
-As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992), ''[[Popcorn]]'' (1999), played Dudley Moore in [[Pieter Toerien]]'s production of ''[[Good Evening]]'' in 2007.
+As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992),
-•	Crashing the Night
+Other productions include ''[[In Two Minds]]'' ([[The Space]] 1979), ''[[Kaspar]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1981), the double bill ''[[Lone Star]]'' and ''[[Pvt. Wars]]'' ([[People's Space]] 1982), ''[[On the Razzle]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1983), ''[[Bremer Freiheit|Bremen Coffee]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1985), ''[[Dangerous Obsession]]'' (1990), ''[[Popcorn]]'' (1999), ''[[Crashing the Night]]'' ([[Aardklop]] 2000), ''[[The Tale of the Allergist's Wife]]'' (as Ira, 2002), played Dudley Moore in [[Pieter Toerien]]'s production of ''[[Good Evening]]'' in 2007.
 Ruusel went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',
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 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' theatre programme.

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	As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992), ''[[Popcorn]]'' (1999), played Dudley Moore in [[Pieter Toerien]]'s production of ''[[Good Evening]]'' in 2007.		As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992), ''[[Popcorn]]'' (1999), played Dudley Moore in [[Pieter Toerien]]'s production of ''[[Good Evening]]'' in 2007.
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		+	• Crashing the Night
		+	• In Two Minds
		+	• Lone Star
		+	• Pvt. Wars
		+	• The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
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		+	• Dangerous Obsession
		+	• Kaspar
		+	• Directed [[The Woods]]
		+	• Bremer Freiheit
		+	• On the Razzle
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	Ruusel went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',		Ruusel went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',

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 Ruusel went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',
-He played in ''Heroes'', ''Thicker than Water'', ''People Like Us'', ''John Ross Story'', ''The Big Time''. He had taken part in feature films like ''Steel Dawn'' with Patrick Swayze, ''Journey'' and ''Options''.
+He played in ''Heroes'', ''Thicker than Water'', ''People Like Us'', ''John Ross Story'', ''The Big Time''. He had taken part in feature films like ''Steel Dawn'' with Patrick Swayze, ''Journey'', Inside Out'' and ''Options''.
 He co-operated with [[Neal Sundstrom]] in writing the screenplay for the film ''Finding Lenny''.

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 As writer he was a co-creator, (with [[Geraldine Aron]], [[Peter Snyders]] and others) of ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' (Performed at [[The Space]], 197*, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]]).
-As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992).
+As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992), ''[[Popcorn]]'' (1999), played Dudley Moore in [[Pieter Toerien]]'s production of ''[[Good Evening]]'' in 2007.
 Ruusel went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',
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 Photograph (Vita Award) held by [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: FNB VITA]: 2005. 74. 10. 5. 2.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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-(19*-) Actor and playwright. ***
+[[Russel Savadier]] (19*-). Actor and playwright.
 == Biography ==
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 == Training ==
-Graduated from UCT 1979.
+He graduated from [[UCT]] in 1979.
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 As actor he starred in ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' (CAPAB 1981), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' for [[PACT]], William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' which was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1986, ''[[The Boys Next Door]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1986), Simon Gray’s ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' directed by [[Ken Leach]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1987, ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]]'', 1988, Lanford Wilson’s ''[[Burn This]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1989 and in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' which opened at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] on 28 September 1991, ''[[Night Sky]]'' (1992).
-Went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',
+Ruusel went on to become a well known television and film comedian, i.a. in the long running SABC sit. com. ''Fishy Fêshuns'',
 He played in ''Heroes'', ''Thicker than Water'', ''People Like Us'', ''John Ross Story'', ''The Big Time''. He had taken part in feature films like ''Steel Dawn'' with Patrick Swayze, ''Journey'' and ''Options''.
 == Awards, etc ==
-He was nominated for a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for his role as Mendy in ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', 1991.
+He was nominated for a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]]  and won a [[Vita Award]] (National) for his role as Mendy in ''[[The Lisbon Traviata]]'', 1991.
 == Sources ==
-Tucker 1997
+[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' theatre programme.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 == Career ==
-He was contracted to [[CAPAB]] for five years after graduating.
+During his student years he worked at [[The Space]] and also took part in touring productions. He was contracted to [[CAPAB]] for five years after graduating.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==