Difference between revisions of "Alec Bell"
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Key professional roles include Estragon in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in 1955 and 1956), [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' , (1960), King Henry II in ''[[Becket]]'' (1963), Luka in ''[[The Lower Depths]]'', Tevye in ''[[Tevye and His Daughters]]'' (produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Brian Brooke]], 1966), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' ([[PACT]], 1967), also ''[[Tango]]'', ''[[‘n Skip is Ons Beloof]]'' and ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' ([[KRUIK]] 1969). | + | Key professional roles include Estragon in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in 1955 and 1956), ''[[Mornings at Seven]]'', [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' , (1960), King Henry II in ''[[Becket]]'' (1963), Luka in ''[[The Lower Depths]]'', Tevye in ''[[Tevye and His Daughters]]'' (produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Brian Brooke]], 1966), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' ([[PACT]], 1967), also ''[[Tango]]'', ''[[‘n Skip is Ons Beloof]]'' and ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' ([[KRUIK]] 1969). |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 27 February 2016
BELL, Alec (19**- ) Actor.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Career
Started his career in Cape Town amateur theatre, inter alia working for the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Key professional roles include Estragon in Waiting for Godot (directed by Leonard Schach in 1955 and 1956), Mornings at Seven, Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten , (1960), King Henry II in Becket (1963), Luka in The Lower Depths, Tevye in Tevye and His Daughters (produced by Taubie Kushlick and Brian Brooke, 1966), Heartbreak House (PACT, 1967), also Tango, ‘n Skip is Ons Beloof and Cyrano de Bergerac (KRUIK 1969).
Awards, etc
Three Leaf Arts Award for Best Actor, 1966, for his role in The Lower Depths.
Sources
Teater SA, 1(3), 1969.
SACD 1973.
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities B
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
