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(****-****).  Actress and singer.  Performed in ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' (as “Mme Dubonnet”), ''[[La Traviata]]'' (as “Flora”), ''[[Give My Regards to Broadway]]'' (with [[NAPAC]]),
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'''KING, Olive''' (19**-).  British-born South African actress and singer.   
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''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (with [[PACT]]), ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (with [[PACT]]), ''[[Golden Rendevous]]'' (with [[Richard Harris]]), ''[[Shut your Eyes and Think of England]]'' (for [[Toerien-Firth Company]])' Also made “Olive King’s original Puppets. ([[SACD]] 1973) ([[SACD]] 1977/78) ([[SACD]] 1978/79) ([[SACD]] 1979/80)
 
  
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KING, Olive. (19*-). Performer. ** Roles in [[Adam Leslie]]’s ''[[For Love or Money]]'' (1960),  ''[[Show Boat]]'' (JODS, 1963-1964), directed and designed by [[Anthony Farmer]], [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]’s ''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]''  ([[[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] , 1966), * (See Tucker, 1997)
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== Biography ==
  
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KING, Olive. (19*-) Actress and singer*. ** As performer appeared in the revue ''[[Sextet]]'' by [[Anthony Farmer]], [[Ralph Trewhela]] and [[Adam Leslie]] (1957), [[Brian Brooke]]’s production of ''[[The Reluctant Debutante]]'' (1956), [[Adam Leslie]]’s ''[[For Love or Money]]'' (1960), *
 
  
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KING, Olive. South African actress. Starred in imported musicals such as ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]'', which was staged by [[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] in 1949, and ''[[Brigadoon]]'', also staged by [[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] in 1950. She starred in ''[[Sextet]]'', a review which was devised and written by [[Anthony Farmer]] with music by [[Ralph Trewhela]]. [[Adam Leslie]] contributed material to the show. Also starring [[Olive Wright]], [[Norma Vorster]], [[Dennis Hale]], [[Jimmy Mentis]] and [[Tommy Tucker]] in 1957. She played the part of Gwendolyn in ''[[Half in Earnest]]'', a musical version of Oscar Wilde’s ''The Importance of Being Earnest''. It was [[Kushlick-Gluckman]]’s first production, staged in April 1959, and directed by [[Leon Gluckman]]. It also starred [[Taubie Kushlick]], [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[June Hern]] and [[Michael McGovern]]. She starred in ''[[The Glass Slipper]]'', which the National presented in conjunction with [[Children's Theatre]] and the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] for Christmas 1959. It was a musical version of ''Cinderella'' which also starred [[Hilda Kriseman]] and [[Anne Ziegler]]. She starred in ''[[For Love or Money]]'', by [[Adam Leslie]], which was the inaugural production of the [[Playhouse]] in October 1960. [[Michael Finlayson]] directed this show starring [[Adam Leslie|Leslie]] himself, and also [[Joan Blake]], and comedian [[Garth Meade]]. She starred in the [[JODS]] production of  the musical ''[[Show Boat]]'', with [[Inia te Wiata]], [[Marie Van Zyl]], [[Ronnie Shelton]], [[Shirley Arden]] and the [[Capedium Choir]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1963. [[Anthony Farmer]] directed and did the designed for the production. It played at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]] again in 1964, and [[JODS]] took it to [[African Theatre]]’s Cape Town venue, the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]], where the [[Eoan Group]] replaced the Capedium Choir. She starred in [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]]’s ''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' for [[[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]], which opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre|Alhambra]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in 1966. [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and other performers included [[Lynton Burns]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]] with [[Joan Brickhill]] playing the lead girl. ***(Tucker, 1997)
 
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Olive starred in imported musicals such as ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]'', which was staged by [[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] in 1949, and ''[[Brigadoon]]'', also staged by [[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] in 1950.
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She has appeared in [[Brian Brooke]]’s production of ''[[The Reluctant Debutante]]'' (1956),  the revue ''[[Sextet]]'' (1957), she played the part of Gwendolyn in ''[[Half in Earnest]]'', staged in April 1959,  ''[[The Glass Slipper]]'', for Christmas 1959.
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Other productions include  ''[[For Love or Money]]'' (1960), ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]'' ([[JODS]] 1962), ''[[Show Boat]]'' ([[JODS]], 1963-1964), ''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]''  ([[African Consolidated Theatres|ACT]] , 1966), ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' (as “Mme Dubonnet”), ''[[La Traviata]]'' (as “Flora”), ''[[Give My Regards to Broadway]]'' (with [[NAPAC]]), ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (with [[PACT]]), ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (with [[PACT]]), ''[[Shut Your Eyes and Think of England]]'' (for [[Toerien-Firth Company]] 1978), [[The Student Prince]] ([[PACT]] 1985).
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Olive also produced several puppet shows.
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She had a role in the 1977 film  ''[[Golden Rendezvous]]'' (with [[Richard Harris]]).
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== Awards, etc ==
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== Sources ==
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[[SACD]] 1973;  1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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== For more information ==
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Letter dated 17 October 2005 to Jeemy Fogg of NELM [re: a summary of her theatre career, with a chronology of the shows she appeared in] held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: KING, Olive]: 2006. 1. 2. 9.
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 17 November 2016

KING, Olive (19**-). British-born South African actress and singer.

Biography

Youth

Training

Career

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

Olive starred in imported musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun, which was staged by ACT in 1949, and Brigadoon, also staged by ACT in 1950.

She has appeared in Brian Brooke’s production of The Reluctant Debutante (1956), the revue Sextet (1957), she played the part of Gwendolyn in Half in Earnest, staged in April 1959, The Glass Slipper, for Christmas 1959.

Other productions include For Love or Money (1960), The Most Happy Fella (JODS 1962), Show Boat (JODS, 1963-1964), The Minstrel Scandals (ACT , 1966), The Boy Friend (as “Mme Dubonnet”), La Traviata (as “Flora”), Give My Regards to Broadway (with NAPAC), The Merry Widow (with PACT), My Fair Lady (with PACT), Shut Your Eyes and Think of England (for Toerien-Firth Company 1978), The Student Prince (PACT 1985).

Olive also produced several puppet shows.

She had a role in the 1977 film Golden Rendezvous (with Richard Harris).

Awards, etc

Sources

SACD 1973; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80.

Tucker, 1997.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

For more information

Letter dated 17 October 2005 to Jeemy Fogg of NELM [re: a summary of her theatre career, with a chronology of the shows she appeared in] held by NELM: [Collection: KING, Olive]: 2006. 1. 2. 9.

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