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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Performed in  
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His stage roles as actor include appearances in:
 
''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (at the Market Theatre),  
 
''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (at the Market Theatre),  
''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (with the Young Market Company)  
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''[[Hardy Folk]]'' (with the [[Young Market Company]])  
''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (at the Market Theatre),
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''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]),
''[[Da]]'' (for Toerien/Firth),
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''[[Da]]'' (for [[Toerien/Firth]]),
''[[Ten Little Indians]]'' (for Pieter Toerien),
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''[[Ten Little Indians]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]]),
''[[A Life]]'' (for Toerien/Firth),  
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''[[A Life]]'' (for [[Toerien/Firth]]),  
''[[Spider’s Web|Spider's Web]]'' (for Pieter Toerien),  
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''[[Spider’s Web|Spider's Web]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]]),  
 
''[[A Matter of Policy]]'' (1981);  
 
''[[A Matter of Policy]]'' (1981);  
''[[The Front Page]]'' (PACT); ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1982), ''[[Another Country]]'' (1983),  
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''[[The Front Page]]'' ([[PACT]]); ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1982), ''[[Another Country]]'' (1983),  
''[[Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (as “Young Martin” with PACT);   
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''[[Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (as “Young Martin” with [[PACT]]);   
 
''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'';
 
''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'';
''[[Animal Farm]]'' (PACT);
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''[[Animal Farm]]'' ([[PACT]]);
 
''[[Sly Fox]]'';  
 
''[[Sly Fox]]'';  
 
''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' (1986); ''[[The Dybbuk]]'' (1986),  
 
''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' (1986); ''[[The Dybbuk]]'' (1986),  
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Stage manager for ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].
 
Stage manager for ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].
  
He was the lighting designer for the [[Market Tbeatre]] productions of ''[[Hellhound]]'', ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'' (which he also produced) and ''[[Kindertransport]]''.
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He was the lighting designer for the [[Market Theatre]] productions of ''[[Hellhound]]'', ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'' (which he also produced) and ''[[Kindertransport]]''.
  
He formed [[Tripletake Productions]] with [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] and [[Mark Graham]] in 2008. Their first production was ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' staged at the [[Tesson Theatre]].
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He formed [[Tripletake Productions]] with [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] and [[Mark Graham]] in 2008. Their first production was ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' staged at the [[Tesson Theatre]], and [[Actors Centre]], [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]].
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
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[[SACD]] 1979/80; 1981/82.
 
[[SACD]] 1979/80; 1981/82.
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[[Beeld]], 21 February 2008.
  
 
''[[The Star]]'', 9 September 2008.
 
''[[The Star]]'', 9 September 2008.

Latest revision as of 06:30, 5 November 2023

Michael Maxwell (19**-). Actor, stage manager. lighting designer.

Biography

He was born in Cape Town. He is married to Dorothy-Ann Gould

Career

He joined the Market Theatre as stage manager in 1976. He became a member of Janice Honeyman's Market Theatre Youth Company in 1978.

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

His stage roles as actor include appearances in: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (at the Market Theatre), Hardy Folk (with the Young Market Company) Holy Moses and All That Jazz (at the Market Theatre), Da (for Toerien/Firth), Ten Little Indians (for Pieter Toerien), A Life (for Toerien/Firth), Spider's Web (for Pieter Toerien), A Matter of Policy (1981); The Front Page (PACT); The Lady's not for Burning (1982), Another Country (1983), Royal Hunt of the Sun (as “Young Martin” with PACT); The Canterbury Tales; Animal Farm (PACT); Sly Fox; Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986); The Dybbuk (1986), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Market Theatre), Steve Biko: The Inquest.

Stage manager for The Road to Mecca at the Market Theatre.

He was the lighting designer for the Market Theatre productions of Hellhound, Scenes from an Execution (which he also produced) and Kindertransport.

He formed Tripletake Productions with Dorothy-Ann Gould and Mark Graham in 2008. Their first production was Hello and Goodbye staged at the Tesson Theatre, and Actors Centre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre.

Awards, etc

Awarded Best Suporting Actor (Transvaal) for Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Sources

84 Charing Cross Road programme notes in 1982 at the Market Theatre.

SACD 1979/80; 1981/82.

Beeld, 21 February 2008.

The Star, 9 September 2008.

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