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For [[The Space]] he performed in ''[[Tooth of Crime]]'' (staged at the [[Beattie Theatre]]) and directed ''[[L’amante Anglaise]]''.
 
For [[The Space]] he performed in ''[[Tooth of Crime]]'' (staged at the [[Beattie Theatre]]) and directed ''[[L’amante Anglaise]]''.
  
''[[Tartuffe]]'' [[PACT]] 1972, , ''[[Fando et Lis|Fando and Lis]]'' 1970s.
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''[[Tartuffe]]'' [[PACT]] 1972, ''[[Fando et Lis|Fando and Lis]]'' 1970s.
  
 
Lindsay has appeared in ''[[Richard III]]'', ''[[Investigation into the Death of a Greek]]'', ''[[Alice’s Adventures Underground]]'', ''[[A Macbeth]]'', ''[[Enemy!]]'', ''[[The Trial]]'', ''[[Murder Among Friends]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]] 1977), ''[[The Grand Ceremonial]]'', ''[[Miss Julie]]'' and in ''[[The Persecution of Oedipus Rex]]''.
 
Lindsay has appeared in ''[[Richard III]]'', ''[[Investigation into the Death of a Greek]]'', ''[[Alice’s Adventures Underground]]'', ''[[A Macbeth]]'', ''[[Enemy!]]'', ''[[The Trial]]'', ''[[Murder Among Friends]]'' (for [[Pieter Toerien]] 1977), ''[[The Grand Ceremonial]]'', ''[[Miss Julie]]'' and in ''[[The Persecution of Oedipus Rex]]''.
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He starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of Chekhov’s ''[[The Seagull]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in June 1976..
 
He starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of Chekhov’s ''[[The Seagull]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in June 1976..
  
As Orsino in [[Twelfth Night]] Bloemfontein, undated.
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As Orsino in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' Bloemfontein, undated.
 
   
 
   
 
Other acting roles include  **, **, and ''[[Concealment]]'' ([[Reza de Wet]], 2003), *. *   
 
Other acting roles include  **, **, and ''[[Concealment]]'' ([[Reza de Wet]], 2003), *. *   
  
[[The First Physical Theatre Company]]
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The [[First Physical Theatre Company]]
  
 
He performed in and directed many productions of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], ''inter alia'' ''[[The Father]]'' 1986, ''[[The Crucible]]'', directed by [[Reza de Wet|Reza Reardon]], May 1990.
 
He performed in and directed many productions of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], ''inter alia'' ''[[The Father]]'' 1986, ''[[The Crucible]]'', directed by [[Reza de Wet|Reza Reardon]], May 1990.

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Lindsay Reardon (19**-). Actor and director.

Biography

He was married to Reza de Wet since the late 1980s until her death in 2012.

Youth

Training

Career

Lindsay worked as an actor and director at the Market Theatre. He was the director of the Centre of Creative Acting in Hillbrow.

He worked briefly for The Space in Cape Town in the early 1970s.

He formed part of Mannie Manim and Barney Simon’s The Company around 1974.

Lindsay later settled in Grahamstown, working at the Rhodes University Drama Department.

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

For The Space he performed in Tooth of Crime (staged at the Beattie Theatre) and directed L’amante Anglaise.

Tartuffe PACT 1972, Fando and Lis 1970s.

Lindsay has appeared in Richard III, Investigation into the Death of a Greek, Alice’s Adventures Underground, A Macbeth, Enemy!, The Trial, Murder Among Friends (for Pieter Toerien 1977), The Grand Ceremonial, Miss Julie and in The Persecution of Oedipus Rex.

He starred in Barney Simon’s production of Chekhov’s The Seagull at Upstairs at the Market in June 1976..

As Orsino in Twelfth Night Bloemfontein, undated.

Other acting roles include **, **, and Concealment (Reza de Wet, 2003), *. *

The First Physical Theatre Company

He performed in and directed many productions of the Rhodes University Drama Department, inter alia The Father 1986, The Crucible, directed by Reza Reardon, May 1990.

Directed Cloud Nine by Caryl Chruchill, March 2004, Interiors 2006, co-directed with Aylwyn Walsh The Birthday Party 2006

Awards, etc

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

SACD 1973; 1977/78; 1979/80.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Astbury 1979.

Schwartz, 1988.

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