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| − | '''Lynette Marais''' (19**-). Actress, stage manager, theatre administrator and director. | + | '''Lynette Marais''' (19**-2020). Actress, stage manager, theatre administrator and director. |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| + | She passed away of colon cancer at her home in Grahamstown on 30 August(?) 2020 | ||
| − | == | + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== |
| + | Worked as an actress from the late 1960s till the early 1970s, ''inter alia'' appearing for PACOFS in ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACOFS]] 1967), ''[[The Tempest]]'' ([[PACOFS]], 196*), ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel|Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' ([[PACT]] 1973), ''[[La Dame aux Camélias|Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1966), ''[[The Circus Adventure|Die Sirkusavontuur]]'' ([[PACT]] 1969), ''[[Lappies die Lappiesmous]]'', ''[[Picnic in Town]]'', ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' ([[PACT]] 1974), ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (PACOFS]] 1967), ''[[Antigone (by Sophocles)]]'' ([[PACT]] 1970), ''[[Sextet 69]]'', ''[[Der Prozess|Kafka: The Trial]]'', ''[[La Locandiera|Moeite met die Minnaars]]'' (1968), ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'', ''[[The White Liars]]''. | ||
| − | + | Moved to Pretoria to become a stage manager for [[PACT]] English drama and later the administrative head of [[PACT]] since 1982. In 1989 she became the director of the [[Grahamstown Festival]], remaining in the post until 2008 when [[Ismail Mahomed]] took over the position. | |
| + | She commissioned [[Janice Honeyman]] to adapt and direct [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Hard Times]]'' for [[PACT]] in 1989. | ||
| + | == Awards, etc == | ||
| + | [[DALRO]] award (Outstanding Practical Contribution to the performing arts in South Africa in the sphere of theatre administration), circa 1994. | ||
| − | + | Lynette Marais, [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded March 2009. | |
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| − | + | [[Naledi Award]], Lifetime Achievers, 2009. | |
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| − | + | Arts and Culture Trust Awards of the President. | |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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''[[Sunday Independent]]'', 15 March 2009. | ''[[Sunday Independent]]'', 15 March 2009. | ||
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| + | ''[[Business Day]]'', 21 April 2009. | ||
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| + | ''[[Die Burger]]'', Monday 31 August, 2020 | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:12, 31 August 2020
Lynette Marais (19**-2020). Actress, stage manager, theatre administrator and director.
Contents
Biography
She passed away of colon cancer at her home in Grahamstown on 30 August(?) 2020
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Worked as an actress from the late 1960s till the early 1970s, inter alia appearing for PACOFS in Ring Round the Moon (PACOFS]] 1967), The Tempest (PACOFS, 196*), Tartuffe (PACT 1973), Kinkels in die Kabel (PACT 1973), Die Dame met die Kamelias (CAPAB 1966), Die Sirkusavontuur (PACT 1969), Lappies die Lappiesmous, Picnic in Town, Troilus and Cressida (PACT 1974), Ring Round the Moon (PACOFS]] 1967), Antigone (by Sophocles) (PACT 1970), Sextet 69, Kafka: The Trial, Moeite met die Minnaars (1968), The House of Blue Leaves, The White Liars.
Moved to Pretoria to become a stage manager for PACT English drama and later the administrative head of PACT since 1982. In 1989 she became the director of the Grahamstown Festival, remaining in the post until 2008 when Ismail Mahomed took over the position.
She commissioned Janice Honeyman to adapt and direct Charles Dickens's Hard Times for PACT in 1989.
Awards, etc
DALRO award (Outstanding Practical Contribution to the performing arts in South Africa in the sphere of theatre administration), circa 1994.
Lynette Marais, Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded March 2009.
Naledi Award, Lifetime Achievers, 2009.
Arts and Culture Trust Awards of the President.
Sources
SACD 1973; 1974.
Tucker, 1997. 459, 475.
Sunday Independent, 15 March 2009.
Business Day, 21 April 2009.
Die Burger, Monday 31 August, 2020
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