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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
He has performed in ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' | He has performed in ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'' | ||
| − | ''[[The Years of the Locust]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966) | + | ''[[The Years of the Locust]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966), ''[[A Hatful of Rain]]'', ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'', |
''[[Under Milk Wood]]'', | ''[[Under Milk Wood]]'', | ||
''[[Macbeth]]'', | ''[[Macbeth]]'', | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 20 December 2016
Glynn Day (19**-). Actor, director, playwright.
See also Rick Everett.
Contents
Biography
He was born in Cape Town.
Training
He studied Drama and Journalism.
Career
He spent five years (since 2965) under permanent contract to CAPAB. Since 1970 he has freelanced and worked for NAPAC and PACT. He has acted and written for Springbok Radio.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He has performed in Boesman and Lena The Years of the Locust (CAPAB 1966), A Hatful of Rain, Ons Hou Konsert, Under Milk Wood, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (with CAPAB), Puss in Boots, As You Like It (with NAPAC), The Collector (with CAPAB, played the lead), Though the Looking Glass (with NAPAC), Jane Eyre (as “Rochester”), The Eagle Has Two Heads (as “Stanislas”), Waiting for Godot (at The Centre, as “Estragon”), Hamlet (at Maynardville, as “Laertes”), The Homecoming The Merchant of Venice (as “Lorenzo” with CAPAB), Beecham at the Baxter Theatre, A New Birth at the Nico Malan Theatre.
He directed Geraldine Aron's plays Bar and Ger, Mr McConkey's Suitcase and The Shrinking of Alby Chapman in a triple bill at the Baxter Theatre Studio in 1977. He directed In the Shadow of the Mountain during the Cape Town Festival in April 1983.
He wrote the plays Beyond the Pale of Water and The Boxes.
He was also the director of The Imps Drama Workshop.
Television work includes People are Living There, Harry's Kid, Die Perdesmous, The Green and Gold Hero.
Awards, etc
Received a Three-leaf Award for his performance as Outa in Boesman and Lena; Three Leaf Award Nomination for his role as Teddy in The Homecoming.
Sources
SACD 1973; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80.
The Boxes theatre programme.
Rand Daily Mail 13 October 1977.
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