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Productions include ''[[Far Cry]]'', ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', Quince in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1988), ''[[Full Hook Up]]'' ([[PACT]], ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' ([[NAPAC]], 19**), [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[Smallholding]]'' ([[Snap Productions]], 1989) and ''[[Mooi Street Moves]]'' ([[The Laager]], 1992, followed by a European tour), Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1994), Athur Miller's ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (2001), ''[[Hinterland]]'' (2013). | Productions include ''[[Far Cry]]'', ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', Quince in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1988), ''[[Full Hook Up]]'' ([[PACT]], ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' ([[NAPAC]], 19**), [[Paul Slabolepszy]]'s ''[[Smallholding]]'' ([[Snap Productions]], 1989) and ''[[Mooi Street Moves]]'' ([[The Laager]], 1992, followed by a European tour), Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1994), Athur Miller's ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (2001), ''[[Hinterland]]'' (2013). | ||
| − | He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'', ''[[The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte]]'', ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', ''[[Night of the Iguana]]'', ''[[The Odd Couple]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'', ''[[Hostile Takeover]]'', ''[[The Bacchae]]'', ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', ''[[Translations]]'', ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', ''[[When the Cat's Away]]'', ''[[The Front Page]]'', ''[[Tom Jones]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband]]'', ''[[Street-Woman]]'', ''[[Comrades]]'', ''[[Amandla Mr Fassbinder]]'' and ''[[Via Castiglione]]''. | + | He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'', ''[[The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte]]'', ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'', ''[[The Odd Couple]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'', ''[[Hostile Takeover]]'', ''[[The Bacchae]]'', ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', ''[[Translations]]'', ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', ''[[When the Cat's Away]]'', ''[[The Front Page]]'', ''[[Tom Jones]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband]]'', ''[[Street-Woman]]'', ''[[Comrades]]'', ''[[Amandla Mr Fassbinder]]'' and ''[[Via Castiglione]]''. |
His TV work includes performances as Pickering in ''Barney Barnato'', Eric Storm in ''Timber'' and Fox in ''Sentinel''. | His TV work includes performances as Pickering in ''Barney Barnato'', Eric Storm in ''Timber'' and Fox in ''Sentinel''. | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 19 July 2016
Martin le Maitre (1960-) Actor.
Contents
Biography
He was born in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe in 1960. He is married to the actress Megan Willson.
Training
Martin studied at Rhodes University.
Career
He joined PACT in 1983; turned freelance in 1987.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As a stage actor he appeared in over 20 productions for PACT.
Productions include Far Cry, Somewhere on the Border, Othello, Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1988), Full Hook Up (PACT, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (NAPAC, 19**), Paul Slabolepszy's Smallholding (Snap Productions, 1989) and Mooi Street Moves (The Laager, 1992, followed by a European tour), Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie (1994), Athur Miller's Death of a Salesman (2001), Hinterland (2013).
He has also appeared in Macbeth, Echoes of Anger, The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing, Death of a Salesman, The Night of the Iguana, The Odd Couple, Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Hostile Takeover, The Bacchae, The Winter's Tale, Translations, The Grapes of Wrath, When the Cat's Away, The Front Page, Tom Jones, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, Street-Woman, Comrades, Amandla Mr Fassbinder and Via Castiglione.
His TV work includes performances as Pickering in Barney Barnato, Eric Storm in Timber and Fox in Sentinel.
Awards, etc
Dalro nomination for Full Hook Up; National Vita Award for Smallholding.
Sources
Tucker, 1997.
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