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Won the [[Rosalie van der Gucht Prize]] for New Directors in 1989 and went on to become a successful director of student and professional work in Cape Town. | Won the [[Rosalie van der Gucht Prize]] for New Directors in 1989 and went on to become a successful director of student and professional work in Cape Town. | ||
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Productions as director include: | Productions as director include: | ||
| − | ''[[ | + | 1987: ''[[Madame de Sade]]'' |
| − | + | 1989: ''[[The Ghost Sonata]]'', ''[[Habeas Corpus]]'' ([[UCT]]) | |
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| + | 199?: ''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]'' ([[UCT]]) | ||
1990: ''[[Agamemnon]]'' | 1990: ''[[Agamemnon]]'' | ||
1992: ''[[Deathwatch]]' | 1992: ''[[Deathwatch]]' | ||
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| + | 1995: ''[[French Gray]]'' | ||
1997: ''[[Madame de Sade]]'' | 1997: ''[[Madame de Sade]]'' | ||
| − | 1999: ''[[The Blue Room]]'' | + | 1998: ''[[Old Wicked Songs]]'', ''[[Barrymore]]'' ([[Pieter Toerien]]) |
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| + | 1999: ''[[The Blue Room]]'', ''[[Madman]]'', ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'', ''[[Strangers on a Train]]'' | ||
| − | 2000: ''[[The Trojan Women]]'' | + | 2000: ''[[The Trojan Women]]'', ''[[Via Dolorosa]]'' ([[Pieter Toerien]]) |
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| + | 2003: ''[[A Night in November]]'' | ||
2004: ''[[Macbeth]]'' | 2004: ''[[Macbeth]]'' | ||
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2006: ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' | 2006: ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' | ||
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| + | 2007: ''[[Women Beware Women]]'', ''[[Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris|Kissed by Brel]]'' | ||
2009: ''[[As You Like It]]'' | 2009: ''[[As You Like It]]'' | ||
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2013: ''[[Between]]'' | 2013: ''[[Between]]'' | ||
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2014: ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' | 2014: ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' | ||
| − | He was also involved with | + | He was also involved with ''[[Miss Margarida's Way]]'', |
Décor and costume ''[[A Doll House]]'', designed ''[[The Rimers of Eldritch]]''. | Décor and costume ''[[A Doll House]]'', designed ''[[The Rimers of Eldritch]]''. | ||
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Geoffrey Hyland (19**-) Cape Town based actor, director/designer and lecturer.
Also billed as Geoff Hyland.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Went to school at Grey College, Bloemfontein, studied at the University of Cape Town and later became a teacher and Associate Professor there. Also studied at York University Toronto.
Career
He became a teacher and Associate Professor at UCT.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actor
He has appeared on stage in The Glass Menagerie.
As director
Won the Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors in 1989 and went on to become a successful director of student and professional work in Cape Town.
Productions as director include:
1987: Madame de Sade
1989: The Ghost Sonata, Habeas Corpus (UCT)
199?: The House of Bernarda Alba (UCT)
1990: Agamemnon
1992: Deathwatch'
1995: French Gray
1997: Madame de Sade
1998: Old Wicked Songs, Barrymore (Pieter Toerien)
1999: The Blue Room, Madman, The Yellow Wallpaper, Strangers on a Train
2000: The Trojan Women, Via Dolorosa (Pieter Toerien)
2003: A Night in November
2004: Macbeth
2005: Blood Wedding, Masque
2006: Twelfth Night
2007: Women Beware Women, Kissed by Brel
2009: As You Like It
2012: Sacred Elephant (also co-writer)
2013: Between
2014: Titus Andronicus
He was also involved with Miss Margarida's Way,
Décor and costume A Doll House, designed The Rimers of Eldritch.
He is one of the judges for the awarding of the Brett Goldin Bursary.
Awards, etc
Won the Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors in 1989.
He was the Young Artist Award winner for drama in 1997.
Sources
Madame de Sade programme notes, 1997.
Hilde Roos. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. Stellenbosch University.
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