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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | + | Jojo in ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', 1960. | |
| − | He starred in the revue ''[[What Was, Was!]]'' (1965), in [[Olive King]], [[The Minstrel Scandals]] (1966), [[Uncle and the Jukebox]], [[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]] | + | He played Romeo in [[PACT]] School’s Tour of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and in 1965 he played Demetrius in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]]. His first appearance at [[Maynardville]] was as Cornwall in ''[[King Lear]]'' in 1966. |
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| + | He starred in the revue ''[[What Was, Was!]]'' (1965), in ''[[Olive King]]'', ''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1966), ''[[Uncle and the Jukebox]]'', ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (PACT, 1965), [[Brickhill-Burke]]’s ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' and in ''[[McCullough, or Travels with a Collapsible Woman]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1972). | ||
Was the assistant to the director for [[Brickhill-Burke]]’s ''[[Annie]]''. | Was the assistant to the director for [[Brickhill-Burke]]’s ''[[Annie]]''. | ||
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| + | He had a role in the 1977 film ''[[Golden Rendezvous]]'' (as “Dexter”). | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 2 June 2022
Michael Fisher (19**-). Actor, director.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
He studied in Israel and at the Webber-Douglas School in London.
Career
He played in a number of films, TV, radio and several Shakespeare plays outside South Africa.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Jojo in Irma la Douce, 1960.
He played Romeo in PACT School’s Tour of Romeo and Juliet and in 1965 he played Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Alexander Theatre. His first appearance at Maynardville was as Cornwall in King Lear in 1966.
He starred in the revue What Was, Was! (1965), in Olive King, The Minstrel Scandals (1966), Uncle and the Jukebox, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (PACT, 1965), Brickhill-Burke’s Winnie the Pooh and in McCullough, or Travels with a Collapsible Woman (CAPAB 1972).
Was the assistant to the director for Brickhill-Burke’s Annie.
He had a role in the 1977 film Golden Rendezvous (as “Dexter”).
Awards, etc
Sources
SACD 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80.
King Lear theatre programme notes, 1966.
Tucker, 1997.
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