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O’KELLY, Pauline (19**-) Actress
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[[Pauline O'Kelly]] (19**-). Actress.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
 
She was born in Dublin and grew up in Cape Town
 
She was born in Dublin and grew up in Cape Town
 
  
 
== Training ==
 
== Training ==
 
Graduated from [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama School]] with a BA Performer’s Diploma in 1986.
 
Graduated from [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama School]] with a BA Performer’s Diploma in 1986.
 
  
 
== Career ==
 
== Career ==
She worked as a freelance actress before joining the CAPAB Drama Company in November 1987.
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She worked as a freelance actress before joining the [[CAPAB]] Drama Company in November 1987.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
She had roles in ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Everything in the Garden]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[The Seagull]]'' as Nina, ''[[Thina Bantu - We People]]'' , ''[[My Sister in this House]]'', ''[[The Bergvliet Murder Mystery]]'', ''[[Measure for Measure]]'', ''[[Good]]'', ''[[The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth]]'', Luciana in ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', ''[[The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant]]'' (1990).
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She had roles in ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' (as Elsa, 1989-1990), ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Everything in the Garden]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[The Seagull]]'' as Nina, ''[[Thina Bantu - We People]]'' , ''[[My Sister in this House]]'', two productions of ''[[The Bergvliet Murder Mystery]]'' (1989 and 1990), ''[[Measure for Measure]]'', ''[[Good]]'', Luciana in ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', ''[[The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant]]'' (1990), Dorothea in ''[[A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur]]'' (1990), Sandra in ''[[Selle Ou Storie]]'' (1991).
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Other productions include ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 1989), ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'', ''[[Thark]]'' and ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''.  
  
 
She appeared in several cabarets.
 
She appeared in several cabarets.
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== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
  
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== Sources ==
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''Everything in the Garden'' programme notes, 1988.
  
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[[CAPAB Brochure]], Aug-Nov 1989.
  
== Sources ==
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''[[Evening Post]]'', 11 July 1990.
''Everything in the Garden'' programme notes, 1988
 
 
 
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 16:53, 6 April 2022

Pauline O'Kelly (19**-). Actress.

Biography

She was born in Dublin and grew up in Cape Town

Training

Graduated from UCT Drama School with a BA Performer’s Diploma in 1986.

Career

She worked as a freelance actress before joining the CAPAB Drama Company in November 1987.

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

She had roles in The Road to Mecca (as Elsa, 1989-1990), The Merchant of Venice, Tartuffe, Everything in the Garden, The Wizard of Oz, The Seagull as Nina, Thina Bantu - We People , My Sister in this House, two productions of The Bergvliet Murder Mystery (1989 and 1990), Measure for Measure, Good, Luciana in The Comedy of Errors, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1990), Dorothea in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1990), Sandra in Selle Ou Storie (1991).

Other productions include Twelfth Night (Maynardville 1989), The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo and Juliet, Tartuffe, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Thark and Love's Labour's Lost.

She appeared in several cabarets.

Awards, etc

Sources

Everything in the Garden programme notes, 1988.

CAPAB Brochure, Aug-Nov 1989.

Evening Post, 11 July 1990.

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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