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At university he performed in productions of ''[[The Kentucky Cycle]]'' and ''[[My Plaas se Naam is Vergenoeg]]''. | At university he performed in productions of ''[[The Kentucky Cycle]]'' and ''[[My Plaas se Naam is Vergenoeg]]''. | ||
| − | He also wrote two one-act plays, ''[[Hy Is Ons Herder]]'' and [[Vanweë die Gedagte]]'' as | + | He also wrote two one-act plays, ''[[Hy Is Ons Herder]]'' and ''[[Vanweë die Gedagte]]'' as exercises for the playwriting module in the Drama Department. |
After university he became a freelance actor and voice-over artist, and was an actor at the [[Africa Centre for Hiv/Aids Management]] in Cape Town. | After university he became a freelance actor and voice-over artist, and was an actor at the [[Africa Centre for Hiv/Aids Management]] in Cape Town. | ||
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Ralston Oliphant (1983-) is a freelance actor.
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Biography
Born on 11 November 1983, he studied at the Stellenbosch University Drama Department in the early 2000s, completing his M.Dram degree in 2004.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
At university he performed in productions of The Kentucky Cycle and My Plaas se Naam is Vergenoeg.
He also wrote two one-act plays, Hy Is Ons Herder and Vanweë die Gedagte as exercises for the playwriting module in the Drama Department.
After university he became a freelance actor and voice-over artist, and was an actor at the Africa Centre for Hiv/Aids Management in Cape Town.
His acting career encompassed a variety of forms and roles, including
Theatre
2014 Stellenbosch affer innie Pad Narrator/ Slave Chommies Production 2014 Vuurwarm Aand Jan Chommies Production 2013 Emancipation of Salvery Slave Euodia Samson Drie Dae Meester Gert Juanita Swanepoel 2005-2013 Lucky the Hero&Lucky Fish Narrator/Sharky Vicky Davis Educational theatre Dr. Oyster/Calamari Stellenbosch University Awareness Roadshows Children’s Theatre and Puppetry: 2005-2008 School Road Shows: Various Roles Abduraagman Adams Poetry and Short stories 2006 ‘n Kersliggie Narrator Mareth Van Scalkwyk 2005 Gangsters with a Difference Iceman/Gangster Marthinus Basson 2004-2006 Oedipus Jabulani Terrisias/Appolo Prof. Marie Kruger En die leeu Knorrepot The Father Poempernickle Dr. Ben DeHaeck WAM Juanita Swanepoel 2004 My Plaas se naam is Petris Boois Jonathan Esterhuizen Vergenoeg 2004 The Kentucky Cycle Taskwan Chris Dumas
Film and Television
Besides roles in a range of commercials, he played the "Mourner" in 2014 Homeland (season 4: 2014), and a "Palace Guard" in Of Kings and Prophets (2015-2016).
Sources
https://za.linkedin.com/in/ralston-oliphant-44508285
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralston-oliphant-69322041/?originalSubdomain=za
https://www.bluestarsa.co.za/clips/artists/690/ralston-oliphant-cv.pdf
Typed text of Hy Is Ons Herder, held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.
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